Javed I. Akhtar, M.B.B.S. (M.D.)

Javed I. Akhtar M.B.B.S. (M.D.)

Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Pediatrics
Business Phone: (904) 202-8758
Business Email: Javed.akhtar@jax.ufl.edu
Appointments and Locations

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Neurointensive care; resident education
  • Research Special Interests: Clinical outcome studies
Languages
  • Speaks English, Punjabi and Urdu

Publications

2016
Bedside Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Assessment in the Identification of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Suspected Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
Pediatric neurology.54():35-8[DOI] 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.08.009.[PMID] 26481981.
25 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2015
Digital decoding of pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Critical care medicine.43(3):722-3[DOI] 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000799.[PMID] 25700067.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
An unusual cause of blackout with transient loss of consciousness: Prinzmetal angina.
BMJ case reports.2012():-[DOI] 10.1136/bcr.01.2012.5539.[PMID] 22707676.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Is the animal brain the same as the human brain?*.
Critical care medicine.40(3):1025-6[DOI] 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31823b8b44.[PMID] 22343869.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Acute ischaemic ventricular inferoseptal defect in a pyretic patient: a diagnostic challenge.
BMJ case reports.2011():-[DOI] 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4452.[PMID] 22669884.
0 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Learner's evaluation in paediatric intensive care unit.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ.28(9):758-60[DOI] 10.1136/emj.2009.088294.[PMID] 20798083.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2010
Lemierre-like syndrome: a series of unique cases.
Clinical pediatrics.49(9):893-6[DOI] 10.1177/0009922810366733.[PMID] 20488807.
5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2010
Prognostic models: are these models health fortune-telling tools?
Critical care medicine.38(7):1605-6[DOI] 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e4b771.[PMID] 20562548.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2007
Co-ingestion of methanol and nitromethane: using falsely elevated creatinine as indicator for methanol antidote use.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.8(4):392-3[DOI] .[PMID] 17545934.
9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2003
Detection of traumatic brain injury with magnetic resonance imaging and S-100B protein in children, despite normal computed tomography of the brain.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.4(3):322-6[DOI] .[PMID] 12831414.
22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site

Office Information

Academic Office
Wolfson Children's Hospital
800 Prudential Drive, 3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904) 202-8758
 Javed.akhtar@jax.ufl.edu
Administrative Manager
 Amanda Thornton
(904) 202-8758
amanda.thornton@jax.ufl.edu

Education

Medical Degree
1986 · Quaid-e-Azam, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Pediatrics Residency
1997 · Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
2001 · Naval Medical Center (San Diego), San Diego, CA, USA