Neonatology

Dedicated to improving healthcare for children in Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding Appalachian Region

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Des R. Bharti, MD, MBA

Professor

EDUCATION

Graduate Education: MBA, East Tennessee State University
Medical Education: Aligarh Muslim University 
Residency: Flushing Hospital Medical Center 
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital

CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE

Diplomate of American Board of Pediatrics
Diplomate of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
TN Medical Licensure

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Bharti, D. (2022). Duplication of 12p11.23p11.22  presenting in a preterm infant with anorectal fistula, imperforate anus, growth retardation, bilateral mild hydronephrosis and mild facial dysmorphism. Clin Surg, 7(6).

Bharti D & Shah D. (2022). Heterozygous 8q24.3 Duplication in a Neonate with Jarcho-Levin Syndrome Presenting as Severe Scoliosis, Respiratory Distress, Spondylo-Costal Abnormality, Two Vessel Umbilical Cord and Mild Bilateral Hydronephrosis. Clin Surg, 7(1)

Bharti D. & Blake, KA. (2021) Blood in Stool in The Immediate Neonatal Period. J Pediatr Neonatal Biol 6(2): 49-52.

Bharti, D. (2021). Deletion of 3p26. 3 And Duplication of 17p13. 3 In A Male Infant with Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Cryptorchidism, Hypospadias and Sacral Abnormality. Clin Surg, 4(9), 1-4.

Bharti, D & Payne, M (2021). Neonatal abstinence syndrome in Appalachia: Changing trends, clinical representation and management of NAS. Pediatrics and Neonatal Biology, 6(1) DOI: 10.23880/PNBOA– 16000154.

Stone, W. L., Wood, D. L., Justice, N. A., Shah, D. S., Olsen, M. E., & Bharti, D. (2020). The systems medicine of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition), 25, 736-759.

Bharti, D., Shah, D., & Hollinger, S. (2018). Acute Parotitis in a Preterm Infant with Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococci: A Case Review. J Neonatol Clin Pediatr, 5, 023.

Bharti D, & Gibson J. (2018). Zipper-Induced Injury Leading to Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus Abscess in a Premature Infant. Archives of Pediatrics and Neonatology.  V1, No. 1:9-12.

Aboaziza, A., Shah, D., Gibson, J., & Bharti, D. (2017). Effect of type of feeding on infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Neonatology Today, 12(11).