Nitin Walyat, MD, MRCPCH

Dr. Nitin Walyat is Medical Director of the Division of Neonatology at LSU Health Shreveport. He is Board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in India followed by Pediatric residency at the same institute.Dr. Walyat completed two years of training in Pediatrics and Neonatology in UK and earned membership of prestigious Royal College of Pediatrics. Dr. Walyat subsequently completed Pediatric residency from Saint Peters University in New Jersey. He then earned his Neonatal Perinatal Medicine fellowship from Case Western Reserve University (Metro Health Medical Center- Cleveland Clinic Foundation) in Ohio.Dr. Walyat is an active member of American academy of Pediatrics and Royal College of Pediatrics Child Health, UK. He is Vermont Oxford Network’s Team Leader for Ochsner LSU Health. Dr. Walyat’s area of research includes Body composition in Neonates.