Rita Nathawad

Rita Nathawad, MD

Associate Professor; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency; Medical Director, Jacksonville Health And Transition Services (JaxHATS)

Department: Pediatrics – Jacksonville
Business Email: rita.nathawad@jax.ufl.edu

About Rita Nathawad

Additional Positions:
Associate Professor
2022 – Current · University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDT7400 Elect Top/Pediatrics
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatrics

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-5153-7746

Publications

2022
The impact of COVID-19 on children’s lives in the United States: Amplified inequities and a just path to recovery.
Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care. 52(7) [DOI] 10.1016/j.cppeds.2022.101181. [PMID] 35400596.
2022
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Inequity in Routine Childhood Vaccination Coverage: A Systematic Review
Vaccines. 10(7) [DOI] 10.3390/vaccines10071013. [PMID] 35891177.
2021
Violence Against Children: Recognition, Rights, Responses.
Pediatric clinics of North America. 68(2):357-369 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.12.008. [PMID] 33678291.
2020
Pandemics, epidemics and inequities in routine childhood vaccination coverage: a rapid review.
BMJ paediatrics open. 4(1) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000842. [PMID] 33195821.
2020
Where do we go from here? A child rights-based response to COVID-19.
BMJ paediatrics open. 4(1) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000714. [PMID] 32577537.
2017
Optimizing the Office Visit for Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs.
Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care. 47(8):182-189 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.07.002. [PMID] 28844854.
2016
Toward a Child Rights Theory in Pediatric Bioethics.
Perspectives in biology and medicine. 58(3):306-19 [DOI] 10.1353/pbm.2016.0014. [PMID] 27157347.
2014
A child rights and equity-based framework to advance policy and practice related to adolescent consent to vaccines.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 54(5) [DOI] 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.02.007. [PMID] 24759359.
2013
Addressing the gaps in preparation for quarantine.
Prehospital and disaster medicine. 28(2):132-8 [DOI] 10.1017/S1049023X1200180X. [PMID] 23356554.
2011
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in otitis-prone children.
Archives of otolaryngology–head & neck surgery. 137(12):1217-22 [DOI] 10.1001/archoto.2011.192. [PMID] 22183900.
2011
Severe ocular reactions after neonatal ocular prophylaxis with gentamicin ophthalmic ointment.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 30(2):175-6 [DOI] 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181f6c2e5. [PMID] 20885334.
2006
Prevalence of viral and mycobacterial co-infections in perinatally HIV-infected children.
Fetal and pediatric pathology. 25(6):321-31 [PMID] 17696043.

Grants

Jul 2023 ACTIVE
Jacksonville Health and Transition Services (JaxHATS)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS
Jun 2023 ACTIVE
5-2-1-0" implementation through family and community partnerships
Role: Other
Funding: AMER ACAD OF PEDIATRICS
Aug 2022 ACTIVE
Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
Jun 2022 – Dec 2023
Optimizing Pediatric Emergency Department STI Education
Role: Other
Funding: AMER ACAD OF PEDIATRICS
Jul 2020 – Jun 2023
Jacksonville Health and Transition Services – Renewal
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS via US DEPT OF HLTH AND HUMAN SER
Jul 2017 – Jun 2020
Jacksonville Health and Transition Services
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS via US DEPT OF HLTH AND HUMAN SER
Jul 2016 – Jun 2020
Coordination Services to Support the Northeast Florida HATS Coalition
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA via US DEPT OF HLTH AND HUMAN SER
Jul 2014 – Jun 2017
Jacksonville Health and Transition Services (HATS)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH
Jul 2013 – Jun 2016
JaxHATS Coalition Subagreement between USF and UF
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Education

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
2007-2010 · SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pediatrics Residency
2004-2007 · SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Doctor of Medicine
2000-2004 · St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies

Contact Details

Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
653-1 WEST 8TH STREET, BOX L14
UFCOM-J DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
JACKSONVILLE FL 32209