<p> BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH</p><p>Name Section</p><p>INSTITUTION DEGREE FIELD OF STUDY</p><p>Government Medical College, Mysore, India M.B.B.S Medicine</p><p>Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom M.R.C.P Pediatrics</p><p>Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New Certified Residency, Pediatrics York University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa M.P.H. Public Health</p><p>University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Certified Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology</p><p>Area of Scholarly Interest:</p><p>Lipid Disorders in Children Childhood Obesity - Cardiovascular effects Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness Assessment Preventive Cardiology Research Mentoring</p><p>Professional Experience:</p><p>2007 - Present Children’s Mercy Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine 2005 - 2007 Children’s Mercy Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine</p><p>Board Certification and Professional Organization Membership: </p><p>Fellow American Heart Association 2009 - Present Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics 2005 - Present Fellow American College of Cardiology 2004 - Present Certified American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology 2002 Certified American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics 1997</p><p>Professional and Community Service (Previous 5 Years):</p><p>Docent School of Medicine Year 1 Medical Students 2011 - Present Chair Office of Faculty Affairs Advisory Committee 2010 - Present Member Institutional Review Board 2008 - Present Board Member Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2008 - Present Council Member Missouri Chapter of the American College of Cardiology 2008 - Present</p><p>Honors and Awards (Previous 5 Years): Kansas City’s Super Doctors, Ingram’s Magazine 2010</p><p>Publications (Previous 5 Years):</p><p>Jayaram N, Knowlton J, Shah S, Gelatt M, Lofland G, Raghuveer G. Berry Syndrome: A Possible Genetic Link. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22790358 </p><p>St Louis JD, Harvey BA, Menk JS, Raghuveer G, O'Brien JE Jr, Bryant R 3rd, Kochilas L. Repair of "simple" total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a review from the pediatric cardiac care consortium. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jul;94(1):133-8. Epub 2012 May 4. PMID: 22560965 </p><p>Raghuveer G. Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk of Childhood Obesity. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;91(suppl): 1514S- 9S. PMID: 20335556 </p><p>Le J, Zhang D, Menees S, Chen J, Raghuveer G. “Vascular age” is advanced in Children with Atherosclerosis Promoting Risk Factors. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010;3:8-14. PMID: 19920030</p><p>Menees S, Zhang D, Le J, Chen J, Raghuveer G. Variations in carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle in children. J Am Soc Echocariogr. 2010;23:58-63. PMID: 19962856 </p><p>Grants and Contracts (Previous 5 Years):</p><p>1. Cardiovascular risk following growth hormone treatment in growth hormone deficient patients. (2008 - 2010) Grant: Genentech Center for Clinical Research in Endocrinology. Completed Investigators: Huseman C, Raghuveer G, Broussard J, Hester, L.</p><p>2. Prevalence of oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, increased carotid artery intima- media thickness and biomarkers of vascular inflammation in adolescents with Type-1 diabetes mellitus. (2011 - 2012) Grant: Katharine B. Richardson Associates Endowment Fund. Active Investigators: Clements M, Moore W, Raghuveer G</p><p>Mentorship (Previous 5 Years):</p><p>1. Nikoo Cheraghi (2010 - Present) Project: Vitamin D status and CIMT in high-risk children. Grant: Sarah Morrison Student Research Grant, University of Missouri Kansas City, 2010</p><p>2. Nicholas Patonai (2010 - Present) Project: Relationship between variations in CIMT during the cardiac cycle to lumen diameter. Grant: Sarah Morrison Student Research Grant, University of Missouri Kansas City, 2010</p><p>3. Ananth Kharod (2009 - Present) Project: Left ventricular mass index and blood pressure in children 10-18 years of age Grant: Sarah Morrison Student Research Grant, University of Missouri Kansas City, 2010</p>