Dr. Dechu Ponnappa Puliyanda M.D.

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• International Public Speaking -
• Professor of Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center -

Awards

• Outstanding Teacher of the Year, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA   
• Circle of friends award multiple times nominated by patients for excellence in patient care   

Fellowships

• Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University

Professional Society Memberships

• American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, International Pediatric Nephrology Association, International Pediatric Transplant Association

Articles and Publications

• Research Papers Peer Reviewed

  1. Puliyanda DP, Harmon WE, Peterschmitt MJ, Irons M, Somers MJG. Utility of Hemodialysis in patients with Maple Syrup Urine Disease. Pediatric Nephrology 17(4): 239-42 2002.
  • Bunnapradist S, Vo A, Toyoda M, Alsabeh R, Lockhart C, Puliyanda D, Jordan SC. Post transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder presenting as a leg mass 10 years after kidney transplantation. Transplantation 74(11):1648-5, 2002.
  • Puliyanda DP, Ward DT, Hammond T, Baum MA, Harris HW.: Calpain-mediated AQP2 Proteolysis in Inner Medullary Collecting Duct. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. 303(1):52-8, 2003.
  • Puliyanda DP, Wilcox W, Nast C, Bunnapradist S, Jordan SC. Fabry disease in a renal allograft. Am J Transplantation; 3: 1030-1032, 2003.
  • Jordan SC, Vo A, Bunnapradist S, Toyoda M, Peng A, Puliyanda D, Kamil E, Tyan D. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Inhibits Crossmatch Positivity and allows for Successful Transplantation of Incompatible Organs in Living-Donor and Cadaver Recipients. Transplantation, 76(4), 631-636, 2003
  • Radha R, Jordan SC, Puliyanda DP, Bunnapradist S, Petrosyan A, Amet N, Toyoda M . Cellular immune responses to Cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 5(1):110-7, 2005.
  • Mieko Toyoda, Dechu P. Puliyanda, Nurmamet Amet, Lara Baden, Vinh Cam, Raju Radha, Andy Pao, Ashley Vo, Suphamai Bunnapradist, Asha Moudgil and Stanley C. Jordan. Co-infection of Polyomavirus-BK and Cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients. Transplantation 80(2): 198-205, 2005.
  • Puliyanda DP, Silverman N, Lehman D, Vo A, Bunnapradist S, Toyoda M, Jordan SC. Successful use of oral Ganciclovir for the treatment of intrauterine CMV infection. Transplant Infectious Diseases 7(2): 71-74, 2005.
  • Silverman NS. Puliyanda D. Lehman D. Passive immunization against cytomegalovirus during pregnancy.[comment]. New England Journal of Medicine. 353(26):2818-20; author reply 2818-20, 2005 Dec 29
  • Puliyanda DP, Amet N, Dhawan A, Hilo L, Radha R, Bunnapradist S, Czer L, Martin P, Jordan SC, Toyoda M. Isolated Heart and Liver Transplant recipients are at low risk for Polyoma BK nephropathy Clinical Transplantation. 20(3): 289-94, 2006 May.
  • Vo AA. Cam V. Toyoda M. Puliyanda DP. Lukovsky M. Bunnapradist S. Peng A. Yang K. Jordan SC. Safety and adverse events profiles of intravenous gammaglobulin products used for immunomodulation: a single-center experience. Clinical Journal of The American Society of Nephrology: CJASN. 1(4):844-52, 2006 Jul
  • Couloures KG, Pepkowitz SH, Goldfinger D, Kamil ES, Puliyanda DP. Preventing recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) following renal transplantation: A case report. Pediatric Transplantation 10:962-965. 2006 December
  • Puliyanda DP, Stablein DM, Dharnidharka VR. Younger Age and Antibody Induction increase the risk of infections in pediatrics a NAPRTCS report. American Journal of Transplantation. 7(3):662-6, 2007 Mar.
  • Moudgil A. Puliyanda D. Induction therapy in pediatric renal transplant recipients: an overview.

  Paediatric Drugs. 9(5):323-41, 2007.

  • Hristea I. Bunnapradist S. Peng A. Puliyanda D. Vo A. Jordan SC. The onset of rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration after a brief gastrointestinal illness in a renal allograft recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease. 9(2): 142-7, 2007 Jun.
  • Puliyanda DP. Toyoda M. Traum AZ. Flores FX. Jordan S. Moudgil A. Somers MJ. Outcome of management strategies for BK virus replication in pediatric renal transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 12(2): 180-6, 2008 Mar.
  • Toyoda M. Moudgil A. Warady BA. Puliyanda DP. Jordan SC Clinical significance of peripheral blood Epstein-Barr viral load monitoring using polymerase chain reaction in renal transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 12(7): 778-84, 2008 Nov.
  • Azaran B, Puliyanda D, Ulm JW, Equils O. Acinetobacter bacteremia following a hamster bite in a child with history of kidney transplant. J Pediatr Infect Dis 2010; 5: 281-284.
  • Moudgil A. Martz K. Stablein D. Puliyanda DP. Variables affecting Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate after Renal Transplantation in Children: A NAPRTCS Data Analysis. Pedaitric Transplantation. 14(2): 288-94, 2010 Mar.
  • Moudgil A. Martz K. Stablein D. Puliyanda DP. Good Outcome of kidney Transplants in recipients of young donors. A NAPRTCS analysis. Pediatric Transplantation. 15(2):167-71, 2011 Mar.
  • Miller JM; Wachsman A; Haker K; Majlessipour F; Danielpour M; Puliyanda D.The Effects of Everolimus on Tuberous Sclerosis Associated Lesions can be Dramatic, but may be Impermanent. Pediatric Nephrology 30(1):173-7, 2015 Jan.
  • Vo AA; Zeevi A; Choi J; Cisneros K; Toyoda M; Kahwaji J; Peng A; Villicana R; Puliyanda D; Reinsmoen N; Haas M; Jordan SC. A Phase I/II Placebo-Controlled Trial of C1-Inhibitor for Prevention of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in HLA Sensitized Patients. Transplantation. 99(2): 299-308, 2015 Feb.
  • Vo AA; Choi J; Kim I; Louie S; Cisneros K; Kahwaji J; Toyoda M; Ge S; Haas M; Puliyanda D; Reinsmoen N; Peng A; Villicana R; Jordan SC. A Phase I/II Trial of the Interleukin-6 Receptor-Specific Humanized Monoclonal (Tocilizumab) + Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Difficult to Desensitize Patients. Transplantation. 99(11): 2356-63, 2015 Nov.

  Published

What do you attribute your success to?

• The support and encouragement from family and her love of science. She also attributes it to excellent mentors who instilled confidence in her. Most importantly she attributes her success to the all the patients and their families who laid their trust in her judgement and management.

Areas of research

• - Management of the difficult to transplant, end stage renal disease patients

  - Viral infections in the post transplant period

  - Management of EBV infections in the post transplant period

  - Nephrotic syndrome and use of newer immunosuppressive therapies

Teaching and speaking

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  Lectures and Presentations

   

   

   

  • Lupus Nephritis: Pediatric Case conference, Harvey Morse Auditorium, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, October 24th 00

   

  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Update on Pathophysiology and Management. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, February 15th 01

   

  • Enuresis in Children. Pediatric Case Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, March 6th 2001

   

  • Proteinuria for the Pediatrician. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, August 8,2001

   

  • CMV in renal transplantation. Renal Transplant Didactic lecture, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, August 01.

   

  • Polyoma Virus and its role in the allograft. Research lectures series. Transplant Immunology Lab, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , September 01

   

  • Pathophysiology of Urinary Tract Infections. CME for Pediatricians, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, September 2001

   

  • Urinary Tract Infection in older children and adolescents, CME for Pediatricians, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , September 2001

   

  • Renal Stone Disease in Children. Pediatric Case Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, October 2001

   

  • Viral Infections in the renal allograft. Renal Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, May 2002.

   

  • Renal Manifestations of Craniofacial Anomalies. Craniofacial Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, October 2002.

   

   

  • Polyoma Virus BK in solid organ transplantation, Renal Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, September 2003

   

   

  • Polyoma Virus BK in solid organ transplantation , Renal Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, September 2003

   

   

  • BK virus and renal transplantation, Invited speaker, Western Regional Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, October 2003

   

   

  • Viral Infections in the Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipient, Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Childrens Hospital, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2003.

   

   

  • Viral Infections in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipient, Invited speaker, Pediatric Nephrology, Mattel Childrens Hospital, UCLA-David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, January 2004

   

   

  • New viral cause of renal allograft dysfunction, Invited Speaker, Renal rounds, Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts, May 2004

   

   

  • BK associated nephropathy, Invited speaker, New England Pediatric Nephrology Symposium, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1st 2004

   

   

  • Childhood Hypertension. Invited speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena California, March 16th 2005

   

   

  • Pediatric Renal Transplantation, Invited speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California, March 31st 2005

   

  • Hypertension in the Pediatric Patient: Pediatric Symposium, Invited Speaker, Bakersfield Memorial Medical Center, June 18th 2005

   

   

  • Viral Infections in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipient, Invited Speaker, Western Pediatric Nephrology Regional meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 29th 2005

   

   

  • Recent Advances in Pediatric renal Transplantation. Invited Speaker, Mysore Medical College Academic Society meeting, Mysore, India. April 15th 2006

   

   

  • Proteinuria: a Review for the Pediatrician. Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand rounds, Martin Luther King Medical Center, CA. May 9th 2006

   

   

  • Risk Factors for Hospitalization for infection in the first 2 years following renal transplantation: A NAPRTCS report. Invited speaker, North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study Annual Meeting, Las Vegas. May 20th 2006.

   

   

  • Viral Infections after solid organ transplantation. Invited Speaker, First International Congress on Pediatric Transplantation. New Delhi, India, August 19th, 2006

   

   

  • Recurrent disease after renal transplantation. Invited Speaker, First International Congress on Pediatric Transplantation. New Delhi, India, August 19th, 2006

   

   

  • Genetics of Tubular and Cystic Renal diseases. Faculty for the Second International Pediatric Nephrology Training Course. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi March 9th 2007

   

   

  • Principles of Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children. Faculty for the Second International Pediatric Nephrology Training Course. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 10h March 2007

   

   

  • Principles of Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. April 12th 2007

   

   

  • Cystic Kidney Disease. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. September 6th 2007

   

   

  • Polycystic Kidney Disease. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. January 31st 2008

   

   

  • Pediatric Renal Transplant Program. Outreach talk. Annual Meeting of Association of Social Workers. Burbank California. March 26th 2008.

   

   

  • Hematuria discussion. Panelist. Urology Day. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. June 12th 2008

   

   

  • Persistent EBV viremia in Pediatric Transplantation. Moderator. Early morning workshop at the American Transplant Congress, June 3rd 2009

   

   

  • Hypertension in Children. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara. October 14th 2009

   

   

  • Advances in the management of Glomerulonephritis. 21st Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, New Delhi, December 4-6th, 2009

   

   

  • Controversies in the Management of Urinary tract Infections. 21st Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, New Delhi, December 4-6th, 2009

   

   

  • Proteinuria for the Pediatrician. Speaker. World Kidney Day. Olive-View UCLA Medical Center. March 10th 2010

   

   

  • Cystic Kidney diseases Updates on pathogenesis and novel therapies. Renal Grand Rounds. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. April 13th 2010

   

   

  • Genetics and Pathogenesis of Cystic Kidney Diseases. Speaker. National Laboratory Week. Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles. April 21st 2010.

   

   

  • Proteinuria A primer for the Pediatrician. Pediatric Rounds Guest Speaker. St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore. August 2nd 2010

   

   

  • Renal Transplantation what Pediatricians should know. Update in Pediatrics 2010. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield CA. September 25th 2010

   

   

  • Pediatric Hypertension An Update. CME for Healthcare Partners. Embassy Suites, Arcadia, CA. November 2nd 2010

   

   

  • Post transplant viral surveillance. Invited lecture. Training course in Pediatric Nephrology 2011. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. January 29th 2011

   

   

  • Renal transplantation 2011. Special Invited lecture. Training course in Pediatric Nephrology 2011. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. January 29th 2011

   

   

  • Hematuria work up and evaluation. CME lecture at the Pediatric Urology for the Pediatrician" Cedars Sinai Medical Center, May 7, 2011

   

   

  • Hematuria a simple and practical approach to diagnosis. Invited speaker. Los Angeles Pediatric Society. 68th annual Brennemann lectures, San Diego Ca. September 22-25, 2011

   

   

  • Proteinuria a primer for the Pediatrician. Invited speaker. Los Angeles Pediatric Society. 68th annual Brennemann lectures, San Diego Ca. September 22-25, 2011

   

   

  • Hypertension it is not just for internists anymore. Invited speaker. Los Angeles Pediatric Society. 68th annual Brennemann lectures, San Diego Ca. September 22-25, 2011

   

   

  • Renal stone disease in children. Invited speaker. Los Angeles Pediatric Society. 68th annual Brennemann lectures, San Diego Ca. September 22-25, 2011

   

   

  • Hematuria and Proteinuria. Invited Speaker. Bakersfield Symposium. September 29th 2012

   

   

  • Proteinuria and Nephrotic syndrome. Invited Speaker. Northridge Hospital. March 5th 2013

   

   

  • Recognizing and treating dysfunctional voiding. Invited Speaker. Pediatric State of the Art. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. June 1st 2013

   

   

  • Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Invited Speaker. Citrus Valley Medical Center. September 24th 2013.

   

   

  • Review of literature in Clinical Nephrology for 2013. Invited Speaker. Eisenhower Medical Center. Palm Springs. Ca. March 6th 2014

   

   

  • Urinary tract infections what is new? Invited Speaker. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Torrance Memorial Medical Center. May 15th 2014

   

   

  • Long term implications of Childrens Renal Disease. Invited Speaker. Pediatrics State of the Art. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. June 7th 2014

   

   

  • Renal stone Disease in Children. Invited Speaker. Cedars Sinai Pediatrics Update. Bakersfield, Ca. Sept 20th 2014

   

   

  • Moans, Groans and Kidney stones. Invited Speaker. Renal Grand rounds. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA. Feb 4th 2015

   

   

  • Moans, Groans and Kidney stones. Invited Speaker. Grand rounds. at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Inter-Community Campus. March 10th 2015.

   

   

  • Multicystic dysplastic kidneys. Pediatric Case conference. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. May 21st 2015

   

   

  • Anti GBM disease. Renal Grand Rounds. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. September 15th 2015

   

   

  • Pediatric Kidney Stone disease. Invited Speaker. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Citrus Valley Medical Center. Queen of the valley campus. October 26th 2015

   

   

  • Moans, groans and Kidney stones. Invited speaker. Medical Grand rounds. Fountain Valley Regional medical Center. January 8th 2016

   

   

  • Post-transplant viral infections. Invited Speaker. Nephrology Rounds. St. Johns Medical Center, Bengaluru, India. February 29th 2016

   

   

  • Improving Outcomes in the management of Chronic Kidney disease. Invited speaker International faculty. 4th Annual Symposium in Pediatric Nephrology. CMC Vellore, March 5th 2016

   

   

  • Overview of work up of very young transplant recipients. Invited speaker International faculty. 4th Annual Symposium in Pediatric Nephrology. CMC Vellore, March 5th 2016

   

   

  • Post-transplant management. Invited speaker International faculty. 4th Annual Symposium in Pediatric Nephrology. CMC Vellore, March 5th 2016

   

   

  • Overview of work up and immunosuppressive protocols. Invited speaker. Nephrology and Transplantation rounds, CMC Vellore, March 7th 2016

   

   

  • Post-transplant viral infections. Invited speaker. Nephrology and Transplantation rounds, CMC Vellore, March 8th 2016

   

   

  • Ensuring successful Adult transition in Pediatric ESRD and renal transplantation. Invited speaker. 2016 Transplant Symposium. Kaiser Permanente. March 19th 2016

   

   

Hobbies / Sports

• Needlepoint, Cooking, Traveling

Favorite professional publications

• New England Journal of Medicine

Areas of research

- Management of the difficult to transplant, end stage renal disease patients

- Viral infections in the post transplant period

- Management of EBV infections in the post transplant period

- Nephrotic syndrome and use of newer immunosuppressive therapies

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