Geetanjali Srivastava, M.D., M.P.H.

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine

Biography

Geetanjali Srivastava, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric emergency medicine.

Dr. Srivastava earned her medical degree at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center and received advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

She also holds a master’s degree in public health policy from the University of Texas Houston.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric emergency medicine, she first joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2009, serving as an Assistant Professor until 2014. After serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, she returned to UT Southwestern in 2023.

Dr. Srivastava is a Fellow of Emergency Medicine in the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her research interests include mycoplasma pneumoniae in cerebrospinal fluid, health policy, and community outreach.

Education & Training

Other Post Graduate Training - University of Texas Houston School of Public Health (1996-1997)
Medical School - UT Health Science Center McGovern Medical School (1993-1998)
Residency - University of Chicago (1998-2001), Pediatrics
Fellowship - Children's National Medical Center (2006-2009), Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Board of Trustees Meritorious Service Award for Research and Scholarly Activity 2021, Valley Children’s Healthcare

Books & Publications

Books
- Trauma: Thoracic in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Question Book 2017
  Srivastava G (2017), Lulu Press
- Administration in Prepare for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Examination
  Srivastava G, Avva U, Jara F (2020), Springer
- Pulseless electrical activity and asystole in Fleisher and Ludwig 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (3rd ed.)
  Srivastava G (2024), Wolters Kluwer
Publications
- Timing of repeat epinephrine to inform paediatric anaphylaxis observation periods: a retrospective cohort study
  Author Collaboration PE, Dribin TE, Sampson HA, Zhang Y, Boyd S, Zhang N, Michelson KA, Neuman MI, Brousseau DC, Mistry RD, Freedman SB, Aronson PL, Bergmann KR, Boswell B, Chinta SS, Chua WJ, Cohen AR, Cohen JS, Daggett A, Davis JR, Freeman JF, Khanna K, Knoles CL, Kwan KY, Larsen CD, Lee J, Lubell TR, Metcalf AM, Moake MM, Nesiama JA, Ngo TL, Pulcini CD, Russo CJ, Singh NV, Srivastava G, Strutt J, Thapar V, Wyst CV, Walsh PS, Wolnerman Y, Schnadower D The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2025 Jul 9 484-496
- A Novel Risk Score to Guide the Evaluation of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children
  Stephan AM, Platt S, Levine DA, Qiu Y, Buchhalter L, Lyons TW, Gaines N, Cruz AT, Sudanagunta S, Hardee IJ, Eisenberg JR, Tamas V, McAneney C, Chinta SS, Yeung C, Root JM, Fant C, Dunnick J, Pifko E, Campbell C, Bruce M, Srivastava G, Pruitt CM, Hueschen LA, Ugalde IT, Becker C, Granda E, Klein EJ, Kaplan RL Pediatrics 2024 Feb 153
- Omphalitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection
  Kaplan RL, Cruz AT, Freedman SB, Smith K, Freeman J, Lane RD, Michelson KA, Marble RD, Middelberg LK, Bergmann KR, McAneney C, Noorbakhsh KA, Pruitt C, Shah N, Badaki-Makun O, Schnadower D, Thompson AD, Blackstone MM, Abramo TJ, Srivastava G, Avva U, Samuels-Kalow M, Morientes O, Kannikeswaran N, Chaudhari PP, Strutt J, Vance C, Haines E, Khanna K, Gerard J, Bajaj L Pediatrics 2022 May 149
- Neonatal mastitis and concurrent serious bacterial infection
  Kaplan RL, Cruz AT, Michelson KA, McAneney C, Blackstone MM, Pruitt CM, Shah N, Noorbakhsh KA, Abramo TJ, Marble RD, Middelberg L, Smith K, Kannikeswaran N, Schnadower D, Srivastava G, Thompson AD, Lane RD, Freeman JF, Bergmann KR, Morientes O, Gerard J, Badaki-Makun O, Avva U, Chaudhari PP, Freedman SB, Samuels-Kalow M, Haines E, Strutt J, Khanna K, Vance C, Bajaj L Pediatrics 2021 Jul 148
- Correlation of Level of Trauma Activation with Emergency Department Intervention
  Cooper MC, Srivastava G Pediatric emergency care 2018 Jun 34 369-375
- Impact of just-in-time and just-in-place simulation on intern success with infant lumbar puncture
  Kessler D, Pusic M, Chang TP, Fein DM, Grossman D, Mehta R, White M, Jang J, Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Holder M, Stryjewski GR, Ostrom K, Kothari L, Zaveri P, Seelbach B, Agrawal D, Rocker J, Hebbar K, Kou M, Lindower J, Rabe G, Paul A, Strother C, Weinberg E, Shah N, Ching K, Cleary K, Zuckerbraun N, McAninch B, Pratt A, Reid J, Cico S, Gerard J, Petrescu M, Haubner L, Srivastava G, Oriot D, Arteaga G, Lemke D, Van Ittersum W, McQueen A, Blumberg SM, Arnold S, O'Cain P, Cercone M Pediatrics 2015 May 135 e1237-e1246
- Prevalence and predictors of return visits to pediatric emergency departments
  Akenroye AT, Thurm CW, Neuman MI, Alpern ER, Srivastava G, Spencer SP, Simon HK, Tejedor-Sojo J, Gosdin CH, Brennan E, Gottlieb LM, Gay JC, Mcclead RE, Shah SS, Stack AM Journal of hospital medicine 2014 Dec 9 779-787
- The greater good: How supervising physicians make entrustment decisions in the pediatric emergency department
  Tiyyagura G, Balmer D, Chaudoin L, Kessler D, Khanna K, Srivastava G, Chang TP, Auerbach M Academic Pediatrics 2014 14 597-602
- Qualitative evaluation of just-in-time simulation-based learning: The learners' perspective
  Kamdar G, Kessler DO, Tilt L, Srivastava G, Khanna K, Chang TP, Balmer D, Auerbach M Simulation in Healthcare 2013 Feb 8 43-48
- A response to the article, "is a lumbar puncture necessary when evaluating febrile infants (30 to 90 days of age) with an abnormal urinalysis?"
  Kurian EC, Srivastava G Pediatric emergency care 2012 May 28 488
- An educational video improves technique in performance of pediatric lumbar punctures
  Srivastava G, Roddy M, Langsam D, Agrawal D Pediatric emergency care 2012 Jan 28 12-16
- Foreign bodies in the oropharynx, gastointestinal tract, ear, and nose
  Srivastava G Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2010 Jun 11 81-94
- Airway foreign bodies in children
  Srivastava G Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2010 Jun 11 67-72
- A study to determine the incidence and prevalence of newly discovered human immunodeficiency virus infection during the prenatal care period
  Grimes RM, Srivastava G, Helfgott AW, Eriksen NL Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000 8 172-175
- Emergency department presentations of Lyme disease in children
  Bachman DT, Srivastava G Pediatric emergency care 1998 Oct 14 356-361

Research

Mycoplasma pneumoniae in cerebrospinal fluid
Health policy
Community outreach

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