Email

bhalakia@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatrics
General Academic Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

The Center for Children and Women Southwest (Clinic)

9700 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77036
United States
Phone: (832) 733-1300
avni.bhalakia@bcm.edu

Education

MD from George Washington University

Washington, DC

BA from George Washington University

Washington, DC

Anthropology

Residency at Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

Pediatrics

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Texas Medical Board

Selected Publications

• Maslyanskaya S, Alderman EM, Bhalakia AM, Rinke ML. "Improving Tracking of Postdischarge Results of Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Tests in Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative." Sex Transm Dis.. 2019 May;46(5):354-356. Pubmed PMID: 30985637
• Kim MH, Ahmed S, Preidis GA, Abrams EJ, Hosseinipour MC, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Paul ME, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN "Low Rates of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in a Routine Programmatic Setting in Lilongwe, Malawi.." PLoS ONE. 2013;8(5):e64979. Pubmed PMID: 23741437
• Kim MH, Ahmed S, Buck WC, Preidis GA, Hosseinipour MC, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN, Chimbwandira F, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Schutze GE, Kline MW "The Tingathe programme: a pilot intervention using community health workers to create a continuum of care in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) cascade of services in Malawi.." J Int AIDS Soc. 2012;15(4):41285. Pubmed PMID: 22789644
• Bhalakia AM, Talib HJ, Choi J, Watnick D, Bochner R, Futterman D, Gross E. "Acceptance of Routine HIV Testing by Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults." Hosp Pediatr. 2018 Apr; Pubmed PMID: 29599198

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics