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Krithika Lingappan to lead Colorado neonatology program
Lingappan earned her bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery degree from Kilpauk Medical College in India in 2002.
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Pranavi Sharma - Thu, 09, Apr 2026
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Krithika Lingappan / University of Colorado Anschutz
Krithika Lingappan, an Indian-origin physician and researcher, has been appointed section head of neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz, effective Sept. 1.
Lingappan will join from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was recently promoted to tenured professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology.
She is recognized for her research on sex-specific mechanisms of neonatal lung injury and has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health, including multiple active R01 grants. Lingappan has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and received awards from organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Southern Society for Pediatric Research and the American Thoracic Society. In 2022, she was elected to the American Pediatric Society.
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Lingappan has also contributed to national efforts through service on NIH study sections, authorship of clinical guidelines and scientific statements, and leadership roles in pediatric and pulmonary societies. She currently serves as chair of the neonatal-perinatal medicine sub-board at the American Board of Pediatrics.
Her academic career includes mentoring postdoctoral fellows, medical students, residents, junior faculty and graduate trainees at institutions including Baylor College of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has led initiatives focused on evidence-based medicine, grant writing and training programs, and has participated in fellowship leadership and trainee-focused national efforts.
Lingappan earned her bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery degree from Kilpauk Medical College in India in 2002. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Chicago in 2009, followed by a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine from 2009 to 2012. She joined the Baylor faculty in 2012, later becoming an associate professor and completing a PhD in 2018. In 2021, she moved to the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Her work has also involved clinical leadership, including developing care pathways, leading multidisciplinary programs for complex neonatal cases, and contributing to quality improvement and coordination across neonatal intensive care units and perinatal networks.
The department also acknowledged the tenure of outgoing section head ‘Randy Wilkening,’ who led the program for 33 years.
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