
Ira Janhavi "Ira" Holla, MD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Peds-Neonatology
Email:
iholla@umc.edu
Biography
Dr. Holla is a native of New Delhi, India where she completed medical school training. She then attended Michigan State University for pediatric residency training and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland for neonatology fellowship. During her fellowship, she conducted basic science research wherein she studied the impact of infection on control of breathing and serum and brainstem cytokine levels in a rat pup model. Upon completion of her neonatology fellowship, she joined the faculty at UMMC in August of 2020 and is pleased to call Mississippi her home. As faculty at UMMC, she has continued to build on her interest in research and has been Principal Investigator and Sub-Investigator in numerous clinical trials. Her passion for the provision of quality medicine led her to develop multiple division-wide Quality Improvement efforts, and she was promoted to Neonatal ICU Quality Director. In her free time, Dr. Holla enjoys gardening and baking.
Education
Case Western, Fellowship, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine | 2020 |
Michigan State University, Residency, Pediatrics | 2017 |
Maulana Azad Medical College, MBBS, Medicine | 2013 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
Certification, CITI Human Research, CITI Program | 02/2021 - 02/2024 |
Certification, CITI Good Clinical Practice Training, CITI Program | 02/2021 - 02/2024 |
Certification, Well Start International- Certificate of Completion of Lactation Seft Study, Well Start International | 10/2020 - Present |
NPI, US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | |
DEA, US Department of Justice | 10/2025 |
Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support | 04/2020 - Present |
Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Hospital Based Instructor | 04/2022 - Present |
Certification, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 03/2022 - Present |
Licensure, MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE | 07/2023 - 06/2024 |
Certification, General Pediatrics Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 12/2017 - Present |
Current Positions
Quality Director, NICU, School of Medicine | 10/2022 - Present |
Neonatologist representative- Mississippi Perinatal Quality Collaborative, School of Medicine | 10/2022 - Present |
Assistant Professor | 07/2021 - Present |
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 08/2020 - Present |
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
Director Neonatal Transport, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine | 10/2020 - 09/2022 |
Sponsored Program Funding
Extramural, Budesonide in BABIES (BIB) STUDY, NIH | 01/2024 - 01/2025 |
Intramural, Chest Wall Thickness, UMMC | 04/2023 - 04/2024 |
Extramural, Racial Disparities in Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry, R03 HD106138-01A1 | 11/2022 - 02/2025 |
Extramural, Baxter Lipid Study | 08/2020 - 08/2022 |
Extramural, ABBOTT MILK STUDY | 08/2020 - 03/2022 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
Dankhara N, Holla I, Ramarao S, Kalikkot Thekkeveedu R, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology. Journal of clinical medicine, 2023 Jun 22;12(13) | 2023 |
Markowski A, Holla I, Patrinos ME, Evolving Rash in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Premature Newborn. Clinical pediatrics, 2023 May;62(4):356-358 | 2023 |
Alur P, Holla I, Hussain N, Impact of sex, race, and social determinants of health on neonatal outcomes. Frontiers in pediatrics, 2024;12:1377195 | |
Abstracts | |
Holla I, MacFarlane P Changes in Brainstem and Serum Biomarkers following Neonatal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. | 2019 |
S Jani, M Patel, M Aryanfar, I Holla, L Lockwood, M Kadrofske Regulation of Intestinal Mucosal Wound Healing by 5- Hydroxytriptamine. | 2017 |
I Holla, K Parthasarthy, M Kadrofske. Effect of Serotonin (5-HT) on Goblet Cell Number in Mouse Distal Ileal Mucosa. Abstract and Poster Presentation | 2017 |
Sheikh Z, Holla I Common Causes of Parental Vaccine Refusal in Inner City Pediatric Residency Clinic. | 2017 |
Kapoor S, Holla I, Kapoor H Pilot Study: Development of Normative Baseline Values for Analytes used in Newborn Screening before 1 week of life. | 2013 |
S Kapoor, I Holla, H Kapoor. G6PD Enzyme Deficiency in Newborn Screening: 2 year's Data from a Tertiary Care Center in India. Abstract and Poster Presentation: 8th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Society for Neonatal Screening. | 2013 |
Book Chapter | |
Holla RG, Holla I Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn Algorithms in Pediatrics; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2016. | 2017 |
Presentations
Poster Presentation, Neonatal Thoracentesis-Safe Site and Insertion Depth, 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies | 05/2024 |
Platform Presentations, Neonatal Thoracentesis-Safe Site and Insertion Depth, 2024 Southern Regional Meeting | 02/2024 |
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Basics Of Quality Improvement, UMMC, UMMC | 04/2023 |
Poster Presentation, Changes in Brainstem and Serum Biomarkers following Neonatal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome., Southern Regional Meeting, 2021 | 02/2021 |
Platform Presentations, Changes in Brainstem and Serum Biomarkers following Neonatal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome., 14th Annual Fellows Science Day, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH | 06/2020 |
Poster Presentation, Changes in Brainstem and Serum Biomarkers following Neonatal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, 95th Perinatal and Developmental Medicine Symposium - Improving Perinatal Outcomes | 11/2019 |
Poster Presentation, Regulation of Intestinal Mucosal Wound Healing by 5- Hydroxytryptamine., Pediatric Academic Societies/Society of Pediatric Research Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA. | 05/2017 |
Platform Presentations, Common Causes of Parental Vaccine Refusal in Inner City Pediatric Residency Clinic., 12th Mid-Michigan Research Day, Lansing, MI. | 04/2017 |
Poster Presentation, Effect of Serotonin (5-HT) on Goblet Cell Number in Mouse Distal Ileal Mucosa., 12th Mid-Michigan Research Day, Lansing, MI | 04/2017 |
Poster Presentation, G6PD Enzyme Deficiency in Newborn Screening: 2 year's Data from a Tertiary Care Center in India., 8th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Society for Neonatal Screening. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India | 09/2013 |
Platform Presentations, Pilot Study: Development of Normative Baseline Values for Analytes used in Newborn Screening before 1 week of life., 8th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Society for Neonatal Screening. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India | 09/2013 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
Best Basic Science Research Award, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | 2020 |
Women in Neonatology Travel Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 2020 |
William Randolph Hearst Fellowship Foundation Award, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | 2019 |
Rainbow Babies and Children's Fellowship Program Basic Science Research Grant, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center | 2018 |
Scholar of The Year Award, Department of Pediatrics, Michigan State Univeristy | 2017 |
Colleen Barry Patient Advocacy Award, Department of Pediatrics, Michigan State University | 2017 |
Resident Research Grant Award, American Academy of Pediatrics | 2016 |
Professional Membership and Service
Academic Pediatric Association, Member | 2023 - Present |
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Member | 2017 - Present |
American Academy of Pediatrics, Member | 2014 - Present |
Indian Medical Association, Member | 2013 - Present |
Committee Service
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-INFECTION PREVENTION, Member | 2024 - Present |
Newborn Division Morbidity and Mortality Committee, Member | 2023 - Present |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member | 2023 - Present |
Eat Sleep Console QI Committee, Chair | 2023 - Present |
IVH Prevention QI Committee, Co-Chair | 2023 - Present |
BPD Prevention QI Committee, Chair | 2023 - Present |
Watch Me Grow QI Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
iCare Review Committee, Division of Newborn Medicine, Member | 2022 - Present |
Premedication for Neonatal Endotracheal Intubation Committee, Chair | 2021 - Present |
Postnatal Steroid Use Guideline Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
NICU ECMO Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
Newborn Medicine Division Guidelines Committee, Presenter and Attendee | 2020 - Present |
Hepatitis B vaccine in NICU QI Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
Community Service
Run the Rainbow for Children's, Donor | 03/2024 - Present |
Annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon, Donor | 02/2024 - 03/2024 |
Other Service
Newborn Division Chronic Care Conference, Presenter and Attendee |
Teaching Experience
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, NICU ECMO Bootcamp | Fall 2023-2024 - 2023 |
Lab, Lab Presenter, Annual NICU Bootcamp for High Risk Low Volume Procedures | Fall 2023-2024 - 2023 |
Nursing, Small Group, Facilitator, NICU RN Bootcamp | Summer 2023-2024 - 2023 |
Nursing, Small Group, Facilitator, NICU RN Bootcamp | Spring 2023-2024 - 2024 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Winter 2023-2024 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, Neonatology Division Journal Club: Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome | Summer 2023 |
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, NICU Resident Lecture Series | 2022--2023 - 2022 |
Lecture, Lecturer, NICU ECMO Bootcamp | Spring 2022-2023 - 2023 |
Nursing, Small Group, Facilitator, NICU RN Bootcamp | Winter 2022-2023 - 2023 |
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Resident Case Conference | Spring 2022-2023 - 2023 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Fall 2022-2023 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Spring 2022-2023 |
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification | 2022 - 2022 |
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture Series- Part 1 High Risk Newborn | 2021-2022 - 2021 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Fall 2021-2022 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Winter 2021-2022 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Spring 2021-2022 |
Medicine, Lecture, Facilitator, Neonatology Division Journal Club: Lower versus Traditional Treatment Threshold for Neonatal Hypoglycemia | Spring 2021 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Spring 2020-2021 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Winter 2020-2021 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Fall 2020-2021 |
Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, NICU Resident Lecture Series | Summer 2020-2021 |
Directed Student Learning
Supervised Research, Effect of High Protein Intake on Head Circumference in very Low Birth Weight Infants Advised: Simmy Vig | 2022 - 2023 |
Supervised Research, Effect of High Protein Intake on Head Circumference in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Advised: Addie Hitt | 2022 - 2023 |
Fellows supervised
UMMC Nurse Practitioner Mentor - Academic Mentor to Erica Watson, Attending Physician, 0 fellows supervised | 07/2023 - Present |
Faculty Mentor to Dr. Maher Ajour, Attending Physician, 0 fellows supervised | 07/2023 - Present |
Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship Program- Research Mentor to James Fish, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 07/2023 - Present |
Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship Program- Academic Mentor to James Fish, 0 fellows supervised | 05/2023 - Present |
Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program- Academic Mentor to Isabella De Soler, Attending Physician, 0 fellows supervised | 07/2022 - Present |
Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship Program, Training Faculty, 10 fellows supervised | 08/2020 - Present |
Residency Training
Med-Peds Residents NICU Rotation, Training Faculty | 2020 - Present |
Pediatric Resident NICU Rotation, Training Faculty | 2020 - Present |