Ayesha Mirza, M.D.

Ayesha Mirza M.D.

Professor & Program Director, Pediatric Residency

Department: Department of Pediatrics
Business Phone: (904) 244-7226
Business Email: Ayesha.mirza@jax.ufl.edu

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Certificate of Knowledge in Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health--American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Travel medicine and tropical infectious diseases; immunizations
  • Research Special Interests: Travel medicine and tropical infectious diseases; HIV/AIDS; immunizations

Publications

2024
Gut permeability is associated with lower insulin sensitivity in youth with perinatally acquired HIV.
AIDS (London, England).38(8):1163-1171[DOI] 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003896.[PMID] 38564437.
2024
Longitudinal changes in body fat and metabolic complications in young people with perinatally acquired HIV.
HIV medicine.25(2):233-244[DOI] 10.1111/hiv.13566.[PMID] 37845017.
2023
Report of Haemophilus Influenzae serotype a intracranial infections in older children.
Pediatric investigation.7(2):132-136[DOI] 10.1002/ped4.12369.[PMID] 37324595.
2022
Gut Dysfunction Markers Are Associated With Body Composition in Youth Living With Perinatally Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.75(6):945-952[DOI] 10.1093/cid/ciac053.[PMID] 35090002.
2021
Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis presenting with intracranial spread along large sphenoidal emissary foramen.
Medical mycology case reports.32():10-13[DOI] 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.01.001.[PMID] 33511029.
2021
Antimicrobial stewardship program in pediatric medicine.
Pediatric investigation.5(3):229-238[DOI] 10.1002/ped4.12292.[PMID] 34589677.
2021
Utilizing Virtual Exchange to Sustain Global Health Partnerships in Medical Education.
Annals of global health.87(1):24-[DOI] 10.5334/aogh.3179.[PMID] 33747799.
2020
Fractures in children and adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV.
Bone.139():115515-[DOI] 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115515.[PMID] 32619695.
2018
Primer in Patient Safety Concepts: Simulation Case-Based Training for Pediatric Residents and Fellows.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources.14():10711-[DOI] 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10711.[PMID] 30800911.
2017
Associations of Low Vitamin D and Elevated Parathyroid Hormone Concentrations With Bone Mineral Density in Perinatally HIV-Infected Children.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999).76(1):33-42[DOI] 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001467.[PMID] 28797019.
2017
Growth at 2 Years of Age in HIV-exposed Uninfected Children in the United States by Trimester of Maternal Antiretroviral Initiation.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal.36(2):189-197[DOI] 10.1097/INF.0000000000001387.[PMID] 27798548.
2017
Immunization Update VI.
Advances in pediatrics.64(1):13-25[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2017.03.015.[PMID] 28688586.
2016
Contraception for HIV-Infected Adolescents.
Pediatrics.138(3):-[DOI] 10.1542/peds.2016-1892.[PMID] 27573084.
2016
Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-Infected Children.
Southern medical journal.109(11):683-687[DOI] .[PMID] 27812706.
2015
Immunization Update V.
Advances in pediatrics.62(1):11-27[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2015.04.004.[PMID] 26205107.
2014
Elevated aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index in perinatally HIV-infected children in the United States.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal.33(8):855-7[DOI] 10.1097/INF.0000000000000348.[PMID] 25222306.
2013
Immunization update IV.
Advances in pediatrics.60(1):11-31[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2013.04.001.[PMID] 24007838.
2012
Human immunodeficiency virus and the central nervous system.
Seminars in pediatric neurology.19(3):119-23[DOI] 10.1016/j.spen.2012.02.007.[PMID] 22889541.
2012
Pediatric HIV Infection.
Advances in pediatrics.59(1):9-26[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2012.04.012.[PMID] 22789572.
2012
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis: a case report and literature review.
Pediatric emergency care.28(3):272-6[DOI] 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182495589.[PMID] 22391923.
2011
Cost Effectiveness of Serologic Screening for Hepatitis B Prior To Vaccination in Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand
Annals of Emergency Medicine.58():S214-[DOI] .[PMID] .
2011
Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis B serology testing before hepatitis B vaccination in the Akha tribal children in northeastern Thailand.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal.30(8):725-[DOI] 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182214e43.[PMID] 21750450.
2011
Immunization update III.
Advances in pediatrics.58(1):41-64[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2011.03.006.[PMID] 21736975.
2011
Pneumonia, anemia, and a positive Coombs test.
Clinical pediatrics.50(3):264-5[DOI] 10.1177/0009922810366735.[PMID] 20356917.
2009
Immunization update II.
Advances in pediatrics.56():29-46[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2009.08.011.[PMID] 19968941.
2008
Extensive Variation and Rapid Shift of the Mg192 Sequence in Mycoplasma Genitalium Strains From Patients With Chronic Infection
Journal of Investigative Medicine.56():401-[DOI] .[PMID] .
2008
Influenza vaccine: awareness and barriers to immunization in families of children with chronic medical conditions other than asthma.
Southern medical journal.101(11):1101-5[DOI] 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318182ee8d.[PMID] 19088517.
2007
Immunization update.
Advances in pediatrics.54():135-71[DOI] .[PMID] 17918470.
2007
Throat culture is necessary after negative rapid antigen detection tests.
Clinical pediatrics.46(3):241-6[DOI] .[PMID] 17416880.

Office Information

Academic Office
Suite 1130
841 Prudential Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904) 244-2120
Ayesha.mirza@jax.ufl.edu
Administrative Assistant
Kendra Folker
(904) 244-7226
kendra.folker@jax.ufl.edu

Education

Medical Degree
1989 · Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Pediatrics Residency
1995 · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
1998 · Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

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