Ajay Kishor Desai, DO, FAAP

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Tampa, Florida 33602

856-***-**** adj9g9@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

*/****-*/**** ******* College, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, With Honors, May 2002

●Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2002

●Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society, 2001

●National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2000

●Golden Key National Honor Society, 2000

8/2002-5/2006 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree, May 2006

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

6/2006-6/2009 Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

201 Lyons Avenue, Newark, NJ 07112

Resident Physician, Department of Pediatrics

7/2009-9/2012 St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

3601 A Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134

Fellow Physician, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

10/2012-3/2014 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

10/2012-3/2013 Virtua Voorhees

100 Bowman Drive, Voorhees, NJ 08043

Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

4/2014–4/2016 All Children’s Hospital – Johns Hopkins Medicine

501 6th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

4/2016- Florida Hospital Tampa

3100 East Fletcher Avenue 33613

Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

6/2018- After Hours Pediatrics Urgent Care

Attending Physician

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

7/2009-9/2012 Drexel University College of Medicine

Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics

10/2012-3/2014 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pediatrics

4/2014-Present University of South Florida School of Medicine

Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics

CERTIFICATIONS

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners

●COMLEX Level 1-CE, June 8, 2004, Pass

●COMLEX Level 2-CE, November 9, 2005, Pass

●COMLEX Level 2-PE, March 27, 2006, Pass

●COMLEX Level 3-CE, April 25, 2007, Pass

Basic Life Support

●Re-Certified, June 29, 2009

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

●Re-Certified, June 29, 2009

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

●Re-Certified, February 21, 2009

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Osteopathic Physician and Surgeons

●Certified March 2012

●License Number OS014712

State of New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners

●Certified March 2013

●License Number 2MB09109400

State of Florida Division of Medical Quality Assurance

●Certified April 2014

●License Number OS12568

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

●Certified, December 1, 2010

Drexel University College of Medicine

●Certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, June, 2010

Drug Enforcement Agency

●Issue Date June 17,2001

●Registration Number FD2647571

American Board of Pediatrics

●General Pediatrics Certifying Examination, October 10, 2011, Pass

●Certificate Number 99946

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

2003-2005 UMDNJ-SOM Student Council (STUCO)

Second Vice-President (2003-2004)

●Organized Annual Formal Dance (“Medicine Ball”); coordinated selection of location and menu, advertising, mailing of invitations and funding for event

●Organized annual Talent Show (“SOM Live”); recruited performers and stage crew, coordinated lighting and sound, refreshments, and funding for event

●Managed finances for Scribe Service for first and second-year classes

Secretary (2004-2005)

●Responsible for recording minutes during monthly meetings, maintaining correspondence with student council members, club presidents, faculty and administration

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

2004-2006 UMDNJ-SOM Admissions Committee

Student Member

●Interviewed and evaluated students for admission into incoming medical school class

2007 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Pediatrics Residency Review Committee

Member

●Represented fellow residents in meeting with residency program evaluator to discuss program compliance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies

2011-Present American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow

MEDICAL MISSIONS

7/2013 Hope for Kids International – Tororo, Uganda

Medical Volunteer

●Provided free medical care for underserved patients at walk-in clinics

6/2014 Operation Smile – Samar, The Philippines

Team Pediatrician

●Conducted preoperative screening for candidates for cleft lip and palate repair surgery

●Provided postoperative care for surgical patients

11/2014 Alliance for Smiles – Wenzhou, China

Team Pediatrician

●Conducted preoperative screening for candidates for cleft lip and palate repair surgery

●Provided postoperative care for surgical patients

5/2015 Operation Smile – Juigalpa, Nicaragua

Team Pediatrician

●Conducted preoperative screening for candidates for cleft lip and palate repair surgery

●Provided postoperative care for surgical patients

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2003 National Youth Leadership Forum at UMDNJ-SOM

●Provided tours, participated in workshops and panel discussion on medicine for high school students involved in nationally recognized summer program

2004 Atlantic City Covenant House

●Provided free physical exams, medical care, and sexual education to medically underserved adolescent patients in Atlantic City, NJ

2004-2005 Camden Student Run Health Clinic

●Provided free medical care to medically underserved population in Camden, NJ

2012-2014 Eliza Shirley Clinic

●Supervised medical students providing free medical care to pediatric patients in Philadelphia, PA

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

2006 Mason, D., Herring., M, Desai, A. Cost-Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment in the Health Maintenance Organization Population, The Journal: the Official Magazine of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Vol. 6.1, Winter 2006

2009 Russo, C., Desai, A. Management of Specific Soft Tissue Injuries, Pediatric Emergency Procedures, 2nd Edition, Macgraw-Hill, New York, NY 2009

2010 Desai, A., Haines, C., Mull, C., Tong, J., Gaughan, J. Utility of Plain Radiographs in Pediatric Patients with Back Pain

Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Society, Denver, Colorado, May 2011

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES

5/2006 Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia: A Case Study

Case presentation, Royal College of Psychiatrists, St. Ann’s Hospital, London, England

1/2010 Pediatric Substance Abuse

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty/Fellow Education Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1/2010 Pediatric Endocrine Emergencies

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Emergency

Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2/2010 Utility of Plain Radiographs in Pediatric Patients with Back Pain

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow’s Conference, Houston, Texas

5/2010 Pediatric Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5/2010 Pediatric Shock

Guest Lecture, Regional Emergency Medical Services Conference, Narberth, Pennsylvania

5/2010 Pediatric Burns

Guest Lecture, Regional Emergency Medical Services Conference, Narberth, Pennsylvania

6/2010 Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies

Guest Lecture, Kennedy Memorial Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey

11/2010 Pediatric Shock

Guest Lecture, Kennedy Memorial Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey

12/2010 End of Life Care in the Emergency Department

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12/2010 Respiratory Emergencies

Simulation Laboratory/Lecture, Albert Einstein Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania

5/2011 The Critically Ill Child: Palliative Care, Staff Care, and Self Care in the 21st Century

Workshop Presentation, Pediatric Academic Society, Denver, Colorado

5/2011 Utility of Plain Radiographs in Pediatric Patients with Back Pain

Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Society, Denver, Colorado

9/2012 Utility of Plain Radiographs in Pediatric Patients with Back Pain

Scholarly Oversight Committee Presentation, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

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