Positions

Professor of Surgery

Division of Pediatric Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research

Texas Children's Hospital

Surgical Director, Basic Science Research

Texas Children's Hospital

Associate Surgeon-in-Chief

Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)

Mark A. Wallace Tower
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3135
Pediatric Surgery

Feigin Center (Lab)

1102 Bates Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis

Pediatric Surgery

Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans

Internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans

MD from Ross University School of Medicine

Portsmouth

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Center for Molecular Fetal Therapy Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati

Fetal Therapy Research

Fellowship at The Children’s Institute for Surgical Science Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Pediatric Surgery Research & Fetal Surgery

MBA from Boston University

Boston, MA

Certifications

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

• Neonatal Surgery
• Pediatric General Surgery
• Fetal Surgery
• Pediatric Wound Healing

Professional Statement

Dr. Sundeep Keswani is chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and holds the Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research at Texas Children’s Hospital. He leads the division of Pediatric Surgery which performs near 7000 operative cases and 15,000 clinic visits annually. His clinical areas of expertise are in fetal diagnosis and therapy, as well as ECMO, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and the management of congenital lung malformations. He is an active member of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center.

In addition to his clinical and administrative duties, Dr. Keswani is the Surgical Director of Basic Science Research for the Texas Children’s Department of Surgery and oversees a 12,000 sq. ft. multidisciplinary laboratory that investigates the interaction of inflammation and extracellular matrix to develop regenerative therapies for the human response to injury. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2010. Dr. Keswani has mentored over 60 postdoctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduates in his lab, and currently serves as the primary mentor for two K08 awardees. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles.

Dr. Keswani completed his general surgery residency training at Louisiana State University in his hometown of New Orleans followed by a pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at the Washington University School of Medicine. He then moved to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for a research fellowship and fetal surgery fellowship. After beginning his career at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Dr. Keswani has been on the faculty at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Baylor College of Medicine since 2015.

Currently, he is a governor of the American College of Surgeons and the current vice president of the Wound Healing Society. Dr. Keswani is a member of several academic societies, including the Association for Academic Surgery, the Society of the University of Surgeons, and the American Surgical Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and is dual-certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and Pediatric Surgery.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Sweere JM, Van Belleghem JD, Ishak H, Bach MS, Popescu M, Sunkari V, Kaber G, Manasherob R, Suh GA, Cao X, de Vries CR, Lam DN, Marshall PL, Birukova M, Katznelson E, Lazzareschi DV, Balaji S, Keswani SG, Hawn TR, Secor PR, Bollyky PL. "Bacteriophage trigger antiviral immunity and prevent clearance of bacterial infection.." Science. 2019; Pubmed PMID: 30923196
• Wang X, Balaji S, Steen EH, Li H, Rae MM, Blum AJ, Miao Q, Butte MJ, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "T Lymphocytes Attenuate Dermal Scarring by Regulating Inflammation, Neovascularization, and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling.." Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2019; Pubmed PMID: 31637099
• Belfort MA, Whitehead WE, Shamshirsaz AA, Bateni ZH, Olutoye OO, Olutoye OA, Mann DG, Espinoza J, Williams E, Lee TC, Keswani SG, Ayres N, Cassady CI, Mehollin-Ray AR, Sanz Cortes M, Carreras E, Peiro JL, Ruano R, Cass DL. "Fetoscopic Open Neural Tube Defect Repair: Development and Refinement of a Two-Port, Carbon Dioxide Insufflation Technique." Obstet Gynecol.. 2017; Pubmed PMID: 28277363
• Balaji S, Wang X, King A, Le LD, Bhattacharya SS, Moles CM, Butte MJ, de Jesus Perez VA, Liechty KW, Wight TN, Crombleholme TM, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "Interleukin-10-mediated regenerative postnatal tissue repair is dependent on regulation of hyaluronan metabolism via fibroblast-specific STAT3 signaling." FASEB J.. 2017; Pubmed PMID: 27903619

Memberships

American Surgical Association

Fellow

Society of University Surgeons Foundation

President