Kartikeya Makker, MBBS, MPH
Neonatology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Kartikeya Makker
Professional Titles
- Interim Division Director of Neonatology
- Regional Neonatal Network Director
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Kartikeya Makker is a neonatologist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He diagnoses and treats premature babies and newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions.
Dr. Makker graduated from the Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College. He then completed a residency in pediatrics at the Maimonides Medical Center, and later a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals.
Research Interests
Childhood development, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), neonatal pulmonology, quality improvement
Research Summary
Kartikeya Makker’s research interests include epidemiological and big data research focused on health outcomes in neonates. He leads the JHCC multidisciplinary chronic lung team, and he is active in several quality improvement (QI) projects focused on improving respiratory care of preterm infants.
His research theme is focused on neonatal respiratory diseases and long term cardiometabolic outcomes of preterm infants. Dr. Makker is investigating the role of preterm birth and NICU exposure on the childhood development of insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
PubMed - Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kartik.makker.1/bibliography/public/
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
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- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
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- phone: 410-550-0100
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Expertise
Education
- Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH, 2022
- Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, 2014
- Residency: Maimonides Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2011
- Medical Education: Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, MBBS, 2006
Board Certifications
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2016
- Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2011
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)