Email

virk@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Assistant Professor

Critical Care
Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States

Education

MD from Kathmandu University, Manipal College of Medical Sciences

09/2006 - Pokhara, Nepal

Residency at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California

06/2012 - Los Angeles, California United States

Fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

06/2016 - Los Angeles, California United States

Certifications

Assistant Professor

American Board of Pediatrics

General Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

2012- present

Pediatric Critical Care

American Board of Pediatrics

2016- present

Selected Publications

• Virk MK, Hotz J, Khemani RG, Newth CJ, Ross PA "Change in Oxygen Consumption Following Inhalation of Albuterol in Comparison With Levalbuterol in Healthy Adult Volunteers." 2007 Jun;195(2):233-239. Pubmed PMID: 28210808
• Virk MK, Hotz J, Wong W, Khemani RG, Newth CJL, Ross PA "Minimal change in CI with increasing PEEP in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome." Front Pediatr. 2019 Jan 29;7(9) Pubmed PMID: 30761278
• Khemani RG, Smith L, Lopez-Fernandez YM, Kwok J, Morzov R, Klein MJ, Yehya N, Wilson D, Kneyber MCK, Lillie J, Fernandez A, Newth CJL, Jouvet P, Thomas NJ "Paediatric Acute REspiratory Distress Syndrome Incidence and Epidemiology (PARDIE); An International, Observational Study." Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Feb 7;2:115-128. Pubmed PMID: 30361119
• Khemani RG, Smith L, Lopez-Fernandez YM, Kwok J, Morzov R, Klein MJ, Yehya N, Wilson D, Kneyber MCK, Lillie J, Fernandez A, Newth CJL, Jouvet P, Thomas NJ "Respiratory Distress Syndrome Incidence and Epidemiology (PARDIE) Investigators." Pediatric Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Feb 7;2:115-128.

Funding

Clinical study examining the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in critically ill children

Grant funding from NIH DMID

November, 2017 NIH Funded - DMID

Pediatric Pilot Awards

Grant funding from Texas Children's Hospital

Languages

Hindi, Punjabi