Vishakha Sabharwal, MBBS
Clinical Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Infectious Diseases

MBBS, Government Medical College, Amritsar



Vishakha Sabharwal, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University Medical Center and a Pediatrics Infectious Disease Attending. She also helps run the Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Fellowship program as an Associate Program Director. Besides inpatient consults, she sees patients in the International and Refugee Clinic and TB clinic. Her research includes perinatal infections especially viral infections like HCV and SARS–Cov2 transmission from mother to infant. She is a co-investigator on an NIH R01 grant that studies how to prevent and treat Ear Infections and Ear Drainage and the prevention of biofilms after ear tube placement. She has extensive experience as a clinical researcher and has participated in vaccine and drug trials and has received funding from the Shereta Seelig Charitable Foundation Trust and the National Institutes of Health. In addition to lecturing regularly, Dr. Sabharwal has mentored students and trainees who have gone on to become senior research assistants, faculty, fellows, and residents. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatrics Infectious Disease Society, the Medical Society of the State of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

As an immigrant and an international medical graduate from a developing country, I have navigated my professional advancement in the US with a heightened awareness of the challenges encountered by individuals who might be perceived as belonging to a non-majority group. I was involved in mentoring a BU STaRs underrepresented in medicine medical student on a couple of research projects, SARS-CoV-2 in infant urine and fecal samples after in-utero COVID-19 exposure and creation of perinatal COVID database. I have continued to mentor additional underrepresented in medicine medical students on a research project leading to a review article on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
As an Associate Program Director of the Pediatrics Infectious Disease program, I have been involved in initiatives to enhance recruitment of URiM for the Pediatrics Infectious Diseases fellowship and have been successful in recruiting two fellows who identify as URiM for AY 22-23.



Prevention Of Non-BPP
03/01/2000 - 06/30/2030 (PI)
Shereta Seeling Trust


Combination of Antimicrobial Blue Light and Antibiotics to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Vishakha Sabharwal, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital NIH NIAID


Antimicrobial Blue Light for the Treatment of Otitis Media
08/01/2025 - 07/31/2027 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vishakha Sabharwal, MBBS
Massachusetts General Brigham NIH NIDCD
1R21DC021785-01A1

Evaluating candidate vaccines in a chinchilla model of experimental acute otitis media
11/06/2024 - 02/28/2026 (PI)
GlaxoSmithKline


M16-123
07/14/2019 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
AbbVie Inc.



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  1. Martins MF, Teran Plasencia JM, Jacobson KR, Bouton TC, Traber KE, Canning M, Bourque DL, Sabharwal V, Michaud R, Sinha P, Acuña-Villaorduña CJ. Rifampin versus isoniazid completion rates for TB infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 Aug 29; 29(9):425-427.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40883884; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.25.0237;
     
  2. Prasad M, Sandoval GJ, Saade GR, Hughes BL, Clifton RG, Reddy UM, Bartholomew A, Salazar A, Chien EK, Tita ATN, Thorp JM, Metz TD, Wapner RJ, Sabharwal V, Simhan HN, Swamy GK, Heyborne KD, Sibai BM, Grobman WA, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S, Macones GA. Early Postnatal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing in the Identification of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 14. PMID: 40653712; PMCID: PMC12285734; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf266;
     
  3. Campbell JI, Garing A, Lavache D, Bahad S, Hofman M, Haberer JE, Brooks MB, Sinha P, White LF, Sabharwal V, Tschampl CA, Horsburgh CR, Jenkins HE, Jacobson KR. Social Vulnerability Modifies the Effects of Geographic Proximity on Engagement in Latent Tuberculosis Infection Care in a United States Safety Net Healthcare Network. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jul; 12(7):ofaf347.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40606058; PMCID: PMC12216903; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf347;
     
  4. Sandoval GJ, Saade GR, Hughes BL, Clifton RG, Reddy UM, Bartholomew A, Salazar A, Chien EK, Tita ATN, Thorp JM, Metz TD, Wapner RJ, Sabharwal V, Simhan HN, Swamy GK, Heyborne KD, Sibai BM, Grobman WA, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S, Macones GA, Prasad M. Prediction of Hepatitis C Virus Perinatal Transmission in Pregnant Individuals With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Apr 01; 145(4):449-452. PMID: 40014859; PMCID: PMC11925659; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005872;
     
  5. Campbell JI, Lavache D, Garing A, Sabharwal V, Haberer JE, Dubois M, Jenkins HE, Brooks MB, Joseph NT, Kissler K, Horsburgh CR, Jacobson KR. Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade Among Pregnant Individuals in a Low-Tuberculosis-Burden Setting. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Sep; 11(9):ofae494.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39238842; PMCID: PMC11376066; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae494;
     
  6. Hughes BL, Sandoval GJ, Saade GR, Clifton RG, Reddy UM, Bartholomew A, Salazar A, Chien EK, Tita ATN, Thorp JM, Metz TD, Wapner RJ, Sabharwal V, Simhan HN, Swamy GK, Heyborne KD, Sibai BM, Grobman WA, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S, Macones GA, Prasad M. Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Oct 01; 144(4):501-506. PMID: 39173174; PMCID: PMC11784936; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005703;
     
  7. Adusumelli Y, Tabatneck M, Sherman S, Lamb G, Sabharwal V, Goldmann D, Epee-Bounya A, Haberer JE, Sandora TJ, Campbell JI. Pediatric Tuberculosis Infection Care Facilitators and Barriers: A Qualitative Study. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3).View Related Profiles. PMID: 38327249
     
  8. Parker SE, Annapragada B, Chestnut IA, Fuchs J, Lee A, Sabharwal V, Wachman EM, Yarrington CD. Trimester and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2024 Dec; 43(1):2308922.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38279906; PMCID: PMC10962656; DOI: 10.1080/10641955.2024.2308922;
     
  9. Grasch JL, de Voest JA, Saade GR, Hughes BL, Reddy UM, Costantine MM, Chien EK, Tita ATN, Thorp JM, Metz TD, Wapner RJ, Sabharwal V, Simhan HN, Swamy GK, Heyborne KD, Sibai BM, Grobman WA, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S. Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Associated Factors Among People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Mar 01; 143(3):449-455. PMID: 38176013; PMCID: PMC10962006; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005499;
     
  10. Pelton SI, Hullegie S, Leach AJ, Marchisio P, Marom T, Sabharwal V, Shaikh N, Tähtinen PA, Venekamp RP. ISOM 2023 Research Panel 5: Interventions- Vaccines and prevention, medical and surgical treatment, and impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Jan; 176:111782.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38000342; PMCID: PMC10842145; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111782;
     
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Navigating the summer for families with unvaccinated children

MA Ed Chief Gets Power To Force Local Districts Back To School

Patch 5/3/2021

Report shows increase in pediatric coronavirus infections, Massachusetts experts say parents should be cautious

The Boston Herald 8/10/2020

Private schools seeing bump in enrollment interest as coronavirus pushes public schools to go remote

The Boston Herald 8/10/2020

2007 Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society: Maxwell Finland Award for Excellence in Research
2006 Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society: Edward Kass Award for Clinical Excellence
1992-1998 Government Medical College, India: National Merit Scholarship,
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Transtympanic approach to treatment of otitis media
Mother to infant transmission of SARS CoV-2
COVID in children

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