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Prabhu Parimi

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Specialty:
 Neonatology
Position:
 Associate Professor, Division Chief & Medical Director NICU
E-Mail:
 pparimi@kumc.edu
Telephone:
 913-588-6337
Facsimile:
 913-588-6317
Office Location:
 Wescoe 3035A
Mailing Address:
 Mail Stop 4004
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, KS  66160

Education & Training:

  • Undergraduate: New Science College, Hyderabad, India
  • Residency (Rotating) in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and subspecialties.  Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India and Kingston Regional Hospitals, Jamaica, West Indies
  • Junior Resident  Pediatrics, Bustamante Hospital for Children, University Hospital Of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Doctoral Training Program in Pediatrics, University Hospital Of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. This program leads to a Doctoral degree in Medicine (D.M.)
  • Fellowship: Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  •  PL-3/ Chief-Resident Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  • Trainee, Metabolism Training Program NIH DK07319 (obtained specialized training in perinatal metabolism and molecular biology with Drs. Hanson and Kalhan)
 

 

Licensure and Certification:

  • Licensed in Kansas, Ohio and Utah
  • Certified - American Board of Pediatrics
  • Certified - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

 

Honors and Awards:

  • Distinction (Honors) in Anatomy and Physiology (1979)
  • Distinction (Honors) in Pathology and Microbiology (1980)
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center (2000 and 2003)
  • Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center (2003)
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Professional Societies:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Society for Pediatric Research

  • Perinatal Research Society

 

 

Current and Recent Grant Funding:

Med Immune Inc; Clinical Care Grant: Antibody response to vaccinations in premature infants less than 1500 grams receiving monthly Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunoglobulin (RSVIGIV) infusions; PI: Prabhu S. Parimi; $13,000.  1996

RR00080 (NIH) Clinical Research Feasibility Funds (CreFF).  General Clinical Research Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  Project Title:  “Metabolism of Threonine in the Newborn Infant,” PI:  Prabhu S. Parimi; $17,900 direct costs.  2003

RO1 HD042154 (NIH) “Glutamine Metabolism in the Human Newborn Infant.”  $225,000/year. Direct costs, 2003-2007.   Co-Investigator (S. Kalhan, P.I.).

Institutional Research Initiative Grant. Metabolism of threonine in very low birth weight infants. Direct costs $50,000 (2004-2005)

Clinical Pilot Lied Grant: KU Research Institute. $35,000 (2008-2009
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