- Medical School - Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College (2000-2006)
- Residency - Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program (2008-2011), Pediatrics
- Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine (2011-2014), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine


Vedanta Dariya, M.D.
- Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatrics
Biography
Vedanta Dariya, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a board-certified neonatal intensivist in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and at the level IV NICU at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.
Dr. Dariya attended medical school in Mumbai, India at the Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College. He completed a pediatric residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and gained advance training through a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, he joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2014.
Dr. Dariya has held many titles, chief among them the Associate Medical Director of the Level IV NICU at Children’s Health Dallas. His research and clinical interest center on the medical care of babies with complex medical and surgical conditions. He has an interest in the cardio-respiratory physiology of neonates, with special focus on babies with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH).
He currently serves as the site investigator for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network-sponsored randomized controlled trial evaluating the use of Milrinone in patients with CDH. He is also an active member of the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Focus Group on CDH, a group of level IV NICUs across North America working on optimizing the care of these babies. He is also part of the ECMO team in the NICU, and a member of the CHNC ECMO Focus Group.
As the Director of NICU transport and outreach at Children’s Health, Dr. Dariya has helped create one of the country’s first tele-transport programs for neonates transported the NICU and the Tele-Cooling program for babies who develop Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. He is also a co-investigator on a multi-center trial evaluating the use of tele-medicine on transport.
Dr. Dariya has championed a number of quality improvement and safety initiatives to improve the care of infants in the NICU. He has been involved in several projects to decrease hospital-acquired conditions in the NICU, particularly unplanned extubations and central line-associated blood stream infections. He has written the Cochrane review on the use of cuffed endotracheal tubes in neonates and continues to pursue improved airway management of NICU patients through a project to streamline the intubation process in the neonatal unit. Dr. Dariya is also working with the pediatric anesthesiologists at Children’s Health to improve rates of post-operative hyperglycemia and optimize team communication during transitions of care between the ICU and OR teams.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Perinatal Section (2008)
- American Board of Pediatrics (2011)
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSIH) (2013)
- Texas Pediatric Society (2013)
Honors & Awards
- TCH Educational Project Scholarship Award 2012, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
- Outstanding Resident Award 2011, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Case 2: A Large Prenatally Undiagnosed Mass in a Preterm Infant, What Could It Be?
Ibrahim J, Pavageau L, Miller J, Timmons C, Wickiser J, Piper H, Dariya V, Brion LP NeoReviews 2018 19 7 e413-417 -
Syngnathia and obstructive apnea in a case of popliteal pterygium syndrome.
Posey JE, Dariya V, Edmonds JL, Lee EI, Probst FJ, Premkumar MH European journal of pediatrics 2014 Dec 173 12 1741-4 -
Teaching NICU Fellows How to Relay Difficult News Using a Simulation-Based Curriculum: Does Comfort Lead to Competence?
Ghoneim N, Dariya V, Guffey D, Minard CG, Frugé E, Harris LL, Johnson KE, Arnold J, Teaching and learning in medicine 2019 Apr-May 31 2 207-221 -
Cuffed versus uncuffed endotracheal tubes for neonates.
Dariya V, Moresco L, Bruschettini M, Brion LP, The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2022 Jan 1 CD013736 -
Index of suspicion: case 1: leg cramps, hand spasms, diarrhea, and substantial weight loss in a 12 year old: case 2: hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate: case 3: recurrent fevers, abdominal pain, and cervical lymphadenopathy in a 7 year old.
Patra KP, Dariya V, Thomas W, Herbst J, Martin J, Drury-Brown M, Hill I, Kerrigan J, Jung-Wu S, Tetteh B, Dickson P Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics 2011 Jul 32 7 299-305
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Case 2: A Large Prenatally Undiagnosed Mass in a Preterm Infant, What Could It Be?
Research
- Neonatal cardiovascular diseases
- Improving family-centered care through simulation training
- Pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Clinical Focus
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatrics
Results: 1 Locations
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
1935 Medical District DriveDallas, Texas 75235 214-730-5437 Directions to Children's Medical Center of Dallas