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Navjyot K Vidwan

Navjyot K Vidwan, MD, MPH

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

About Navjyot K Vidwan

Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Navjyot Kaur Vidwan joined Norton Children’s in 2013. Her background includes a double major in Biology as well as Anthropology from Vanderbilt University. She completed medical school training at University College Dublin (Ireland). This experience helped broaden her global view on the different styles of healthcare delivery. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases training fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s. She was chosen as one of twelve clinical fellows in the nation to be granted an NIH Fogarty International Research Fellow Grant. She completed an MPH at UNC-Chapel Hill on Global Health and Leadership with distinctions in project management and quality. With a public health perspective, she strives to focus on health equity and delivery for her patients and recognizes how social determinants of health impact daily medical needs.



Dr. Vidwan is the antimicrobial stewardship director at Norton Children’s Hospital. Her other passion is quality improvement and enjoys projects which encompass her work in both the pediatric hospitalist and ID divisions. She also enjoys teaching and is the Associate Pediatric Medical Student Clerkship Director.  

Recognition

Publications:

Vidwan, NK. Bacterial conjunctivitis: Common bacterial infections in children and teenagers. Current Problems in Pediatric Adolescent Health Care.11/2011

White, C. Vidwan, NK. Hand-washing implementation strategies to improve physician compliance. Pediatrics, April 2012.

Vidwan, NK,Steinhoff, MC. Chlamydia trachomatis: Prevalence of Infection in Pregnant Women and Its Implication for Screening in Vellore, India. PLOSONE, May 2012.

Vidwan, NK Visual Diagnosis: 12-Month-Old Boy With Persistent Rash and Lymphadenopathy. Pediatrics in Review 2014; 35:452-455; doi:10.1542/pir.35-10-452.

Vidwan, NK . Medical Students' Views and Knowledge of the Affordable Care Act: A Survey of Eight U.S. Medical Schools. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Mar 10.

Vidwan, NK “Septic Shock in an IV Drug User: Its Not What its Cracked Up to Be” Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Chicago July 2016. National

Smith MJ, Vidwan N, Wattles, B, Feygin Y, Myers J, Woods CR. “Antibiotic Prescribing in the Pediatric Kentucky Medicaid Population.” ID Week. New Orleans, LA; October 2016. National

Smith MJ, Vidwan N, Wattles, B Myers J, Woods C. “Recurrent Antibiotic Prescriptions in the Pediatric Kentucky Medicaid Population.“ ID Week. San Diego, CA; October 2017. National

Smith MJ, Vidwan N, Wattles, B. “Outpatient antibiotic use in the pediatric Kentucky Medicaid population.“ Pediatric Infectious Diseases (PIDS) National Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference, St. Louis, MO, May 2018 National

Smith, J. Vidwan N. "Keep kittens in mind. " Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2018 Meeting. Poster session, Atlanta, GA. July 19, 2018. National

1Turek, G. Vidwan N. “When hoof-beats are zebras: a case of viral myositis.” Accepted at Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2018 Meeting. Poster session, Atlanta, GA July 21, 2018. National

Smith MJ, Vidwan N, Wattles B, Myers J, Woods C “Cefdinir prescribing increased in low-income children in Kentucky from 2012-2016.” Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. San Francisco, CA. October 2018. National

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical Interests: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Quality Improvement, Global health, Clinical education, health equity

Locations

  1. Norton Children's Infectious Diseases
    • phone: 502-588-2348
    • fax: 502-588-2334

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Infectious Diseases, 2010
  • Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2007
  • Medical Education: University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science, Doctor of Medicine, 2004

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases: American Board of Pediatrics, 2015
  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2009

Insurance

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  • United Healthcare Community Plan Indiana and Kentucky
  • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
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  • WellCare Medicare
  • WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid (Kentucky MCO)
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