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Rajesh Aneja, MD

Job Title Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5164 Phone
412-692-6076 Fax

Education and Training

Medical School:

1993 Christian Medical College, Punjab, India

Residency:

1999 Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY

Fellowship:

2002 Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2004 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics                                         
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine                                      
  • Shock Society

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation
  • Shock Society Travel Award (Research Mentor to Stephen Robert)
  • Outstanding Intensivist, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • Outstanding Critical Care Physician, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • Anesthesia Specialty Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine Specialty Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Vipin Khanna Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Intern
  • Distinction in Forensic Medicine

Publications

  • Aneja R, Odoms K, Dunsmore K, Shanley TP, Wong HR. Extracellular HSP-70 induces endotoxin tolerance in THP-1 cells 2006;15;177(10):7184-92.
  • Aneja R, Fink MP. Novel therapeutic agents for sepsis Trends. Microbiol. 2007 Jan;15(1):31-7.
  • Aneja R, Carcillo JA. What is the rationale for hydrocortisone therapy in children with infection related adrenal insufficiency and septic shock? Arch Dis Child. 2007 Feb;92(2):165-9.
  • Aneja R, Carcillo JA. What is the rationale for hydrocortisone therapy in children with infection related adrenal insufficiency and septic shock? Arch Dis Child. 2007 Feb;92(2):165-9.
  • Aneja RK, Tsung A, Sjodin H, Gefter JV, Delude RL, Billiar TR, Fink MP.  Preconditioning with High Mobility Group Box 1induces Lipopolysaccharide tolerance. J Leukoc Biol. 2008; Nov; 84(5): 1326-34.

    View Dr. Aneja's full list of publications from PubMed.

Research Interests

  • Role of endogenous danger signals in LPS tolerance

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • PARP-1 is a negative modulator of the heat shock response

Last Update

March 18, 2009
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