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Nadir Ijaz, MD, MHS, FAAP

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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Dr. Ijaz is a pediatric intensive care physician, implementation scientist, and global child health researcher. His research centers around three main, interrelated foci: (1) implementing evidence-based interventions for children with pneumonia in resource-constrained settings, (2) optimizing resource availability and utilization for acutely ill children, and (3) developing and implementing interventions to address social and structural drivers of health for hospitalized children. He strives to engage diverse stakeholders in his work using a participatory research approach. Over the past decade, he has conducted much of his international research in close collaboration with colleagues in Pakistan and Ghana.

Last Updated on September 24, 2025.

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Education & Training

MHS
Yale University School of Medicine
Clinical Fellow
Columbia University Medical Center/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (2022)
Resident
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2019)
MD
Stanford University School of Medicine (2016)
BS
Duke University, Chemistry & Biology (2012)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Global Health; Hospitals, Pediatric; Implementation Science; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Pakistan; Pediatrics

Public Health Interests

Respiratory Disease/Infections; Global Health; Child/Adolescent Health; Community Engagement; Implementation Science; Maternal & Child Health

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Nadir Ijaz's published research.

Publications

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2020

2018

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

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    Senior Resident Clinician Award

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    Teddy J. Bedrossian Compassionate Care Award

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    AAP Federal Government Affairs Scholarship

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    Gold Humanism Honor Society Member

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    Biophysical Society Education Committee Travel Award

Clinical Care

Overview

Nadir Ijaz, MD, is a pediatric critical care specialist who cares for children with serious conditions such as respiratory failure, severe infections, and post-operative complications.

As an instructor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Ijaz studies how to adapt essential emergency and critical care approaches for resource-limited settings. His research focuses on improving oxygen therapy for children with pneumonia, including the use of bubble continuous positive airway pressure, a non-invasive respiratory support method for newborns where a tube submerged in water creates bubbles, maintaining a constant positive pressure in the airway to improve lung function and gas exchange.

Dr. Ijaz completed his medical training at Stanford University School of Medicine. He pursued a residency in general pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Clinical Specialties

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    2022
  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    2019

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