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Dinesh Kumar Pillai, MD

The Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease

Departments
Pulmonary Medicine

Programs
Cystic Fibrosis Center (Pediatric and Adult)
Infant Apnea/BPD Program
Pulmonary Clinic
Pulmonary Diagnostics Laboratory



Board CertificationsAmerican Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Pulmonology
National Provider Identifier1053567982
E-Mail
Biography

Dinesh Pillai, MD, earned his bachelor's degree from Washington University at St. Louis, and his medical degree from St. George’s University. He completed his residency at The Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn, at Maimonides Medical Center. After his residency, he completed his pediatric pulmonary medicine fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in 2009. Recently, Dr. Pillai was awarded an NIH K12 Lung and Genomics Career Development Award, and he joined the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Children’s National Medical Center as a faculty member; he is board eligible in pediatric pulmonology. Dr. Pillai has been appointed an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. His research interests include identifying genetic modifiers in airway inflammation and asthma and his clinical interests are in asthma, complicated pneumonia, and interstitial lung disease.
Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Undergraduate Education Washington University St. Louis, MOBachelor of Arts 1994 -1998
Medical School St George's University St George's, GrenadaDoctor of Medicine 1999 -2003

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Internship Program Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYIntern Pediatrics 2003 - 2004
Residency Program Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYResident Pediatrics 2004 - 2005
Residency Program Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LAResident Pediatrics 2005 - 2005
Residency Program Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYResident General Pediatrics 2005 - 2006
Fellowship Program Children's National Medical Center Washington, DCFellow Pediatric Pulmonology 2006 - 2009



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