Harsh Kothari, MD

Dr. Harsh Kothari is part of the pediatric critical care team at Dayton Children’s, caring for children with serious or life-threatening conditions. They work closely with families and the care team to ensure each child receives attentive, expert care around the clock.

awards and honors:
Rookie (Best Intern) Award, Department of Pediatrics, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey (2015)
Quality & Performance Improvement Award, House Staff Research Awards, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey (2016)
Steven Lefrak Award for Excellence in Pediatrics, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey (2017)

publications and presentations:
Arya R, Kothari H, Zhang Z, Han B, Horn PS, Glauser TA. Efficacy of non-venous medications for acute convulsive seizures: A network meta-analysis. Neurology. 2015, Nov; 85(21): 1859-1868; PMID: 26511448. 
McInnes AD, Gironda J, Hilliard D, Kothari H, Avvaru P, Grossman H, Teitelbaum J. Achieving Cost Savings Through Increased Adherence with Bronchiolitis Guidelines. Pediatrics. 2018; Vol 141 (1): 189-189. 
Wu Y, Proch KL, Teran FA, Lechtenberg R, Kothari H, Richerson GB. Chemosensitivity of Phox2b‐expressing retrotrapezoid neurons is mediated in part by input from 5‐HT neurons. Journal of Physiology, 2019, Mar; PMID: 30866045 
Mille F, Badheka A, Yu P, Kheir J, Van den Bosch S, Cabrera AG, Lasa JJ, Zhang X, Katcoff H, Hu P, Hock K, Kothari H, Weller J, Blinder J. Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Stage I Palliation Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020, May, Vol: 9, Issue 10; PMID: 32390527 
Chegondi M, Kothari H, Chacham S, et al. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Associated With Febrile Status Epilepticus in a Child. Cureus, August 2020, 12(8): e9840. doi:10.7759/cureus.9840  
Lilitwat W, Robb K, Grundstad M, Kothari H, Haskell S, Coro M, Randak  CW. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Following Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizure in a 14 Year-Old Boy. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2018;197:A5644 
Lilitwat W, Kothari H, Luangrath M, Allareddy V. Recurrent Life Threatening Pneumothorax Associated with Diffuse Subpleural Cystic Lung Disease in a Trisomy 21 Infant with Congenital Heart Disease: A Unique Case Report! American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2018;197:A5608 
Mille F, Badheka A, Yu P, Kheir J, Van den Bosch S, Cabrera AG, Lasa JJ, Zhang X, Katcoff H, Hu P, Borasino S, Hock K, Kothari H, Weller J, Blinder J. Red Blood Cell Transfusion After the Norwood Operation is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes. Circulation. 2018, Nov; Vol 138, A13135-A13135 
Badheka A, Kothari H, Rudolph K, Crumley J, Balikai S. Successful Use Of ECMO For Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome In Primary Immunodeficiency. Critical Care Medicine. 2019, Jan: Vol 47 (1): 253; DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000551298.78472.5b 
Kothari, H; Wellnitz, K; Badheka, A. Sorghum Consumption Causing Severe Methemoglobinemia. Critical Care Medicine: 2020, Jan - Volume 48 - Issue 1 - p 239 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000620408.55405.b9 
Kothari, H; Lilitwat, W; Badheka, A; Chegondi, M. An Unusual Coin Story: Chronic Cough Due To Tracheal Aspiration With Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Jan; Volume 48 - Issue 1 - p 583 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000643764.48578.50 
Koneru, G; Kaul, A; Kothari, H; El-Chammas, K; Kantamaneni, V: Factors in Establishment of Enteral Autonomy in Children with Intestinal Aganglionosis and Instestinal Failure. Gastroenterology. 158. S-1154. Doi: 10.1016/S0016-5085(20)33559-9.