Deepa Mukundan, M.D.
ProfessorChair, Department of PediatricsDepartment of Pediatricsdeepa.mukundan@utoledo.eduProMedica Conrad Jobst Tower, 3rd FloorEducation
- Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Michigan
- Residency: Pediatrics, University of Toledo (Medical College of Ohio)
- Medical School: University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
I completed medical school in India and residency at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and life sciences (UTCOMLS). I joined the faculty at UTCOMLS in 2006 after completing my fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan. As an infectious disease physician in Pediatrics, I take care of children who have serious infections like HIV, bone and joint infections, infection of the heart, newborn sepsis, meningitis, etc. A critical part of practicing infectious diseases is preventive care and hence advocacy for vaccination of children. WHO (World Health Organization) recognizes antimicrobial resistance as one of the top ten threats to global health. Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi to resist medicines and threatens to send us back to a time when we were unable to easily treat infections such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and salmonellosis. The inability to prevent infections could seriously compromise surgery and procedures such as chemotherapy. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics drives up resistance to them. As infectious disease physicians we are the stewards of the use of antimicrobials and therefore decrease the drive to resistance in these organisms.
My practice location is both in-patient and ambulatory at ProMedica Ebeid Children’s Hospital and Nationwide Children’s Hospital - Toledo.
Clinical Focus
General pediatric infectious diseases like HIV, travel health, bone and joint infections, MRSA infections, congenital infections (CMV, HIV, Toxoplasma, etc), sepsis, neonatal infections, and antimicrobial resistance
Academic Focus
Medical education, harmful algal blooms
Selected Publications
Menon B, Ranabothu MR, Tarter KE, Layson TDO, Mukundan D, Laukka JJ. Reinforcement of core foundational science concepts during clinical rotations: a strategy to enhance medical student learning and diagnostic reasoning. Adv Physiol Educ. 2025 Mar 1;49(1):47-52. doi: 10.1152/advan.00179.2024. Epub 2024 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 39480251.
French BW, Kaul R, George J, Haller ST, Kennedy DJ, Mukundan D. A Case Series of Potential Pediatric Cyanotoxin Exposures Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms in Northwest Ohio. Infect Dis Rep. 2023 Nov 20;15(6):726-734. doi: 10.3390/idr15060065. PubMed PMID: 37987403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10660511.
Matus AR, Matus LN, Hiltz A, Chen T, Kaur B, Brewster P, Sun Z, Mukundan D, DeShetler LM, Laukka JJ, Menon B. Development of an assessment technique for basic science retention using the NBME subject exam data. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Nov 9;22(1):771. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03842-5. PubMed PMID: 36352441; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9647915.
Soper BC, Cadena J, Nguyen S, Chan KHR, Kiszka P, Womack L, Work M, Duggan JM, Haller ST, Hanrahan JA, Kennedy DJ, Mukundan D, Ray P. Dynamic modeling of hospitalized COVID-19 patients reveals disease state-dependent risk factors. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 Apr 13;29(5):864-872. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocac012. PubMed PMID: 35137149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8903413.
Nguyen S, Chan R, Cadena J, Soper B, Kiszka P, Womack L, Work M, Duggan JM, Haller ST, Hanrahan JA, Kennedy DJ, Mukundan D, Ray P. Budget constrained machine learning for early prediction of adverse outcomes for COVID-19 patients. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 1;11(1):19543. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98071-z. PubMed PMID: 34599200; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8486861.
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Honors & Awards
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Advising, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Excellence in Career Advising Faculty Award, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Class of 2022 & 2023
- Proclamation by ProMedica in recognition of patient care related services at Ebeid Children’s Hospital especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor: Pediatric Infectious Diseases (since 2020)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) of America, Fellow (FPIDS)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow (FAAP)
Conflict of Interest: None Reported