Bio
Curriculum Vitae Of
Meenakshi Chintapalli, M.D. F.A.A.P
| Name : | Meenakshi Chintapalli, M.D. F.A.A.P. |
| Primary Address : | 1314 E. Sonterra Blvd. #5102-5103, San Antonio, TX 78258 |
| Secondary Address : | 7922 Ewing Halsell #360, San Antonio, TX 78229 |
| Websites : |
www.a-zpeds.com www.uth.tmc.edu/tececds/ www.saicdp.org |
Positions:
| 2005 – 2018 | Started “San Antonio A thru Z Pediatrics, P.A .and sold the franchise to retire inDecember , 2018. |
| 2001 | Restarted Private Practice after Quantum declared Bankruptcy as sole proprieter. |
| 1995-2000 | Mac Gregor Medical Association moved out of San Antonio, Houston that closed doors x 50 clinics; and MC joined Quantum. |
| 1997- 1998 | Served as The Vice-Chair, Dept. Of Pediatrics, South Texas Methodist Children’s Hospital. |
| 1995 | Joined Mac Gregor Medical Association as a Pediatrician. |
| 1989-1991 | was the Chair and Director of pediatrics at Bowling Green of San Antonio, which was a Neuro -Psychiatric Facility, Chaired the Multi - Disciplinary meetings. |
| 1984-1994 | Private Practice, sole proprietor in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. Teaching appointment at Milwaukee children’s hospital. |
| 1981-1983 | worked as a part time clinical instructor at Medical College of Wisconsin in the Department of Pediatrics. |
Honors:
| 1993 | Best Pediatrician in town by the Medical Gazette of San Antonio. |
| 1995 | Woman of the Year Award by the Mayor’s Commission on status of women of San Antonio, December 21st, 1995. |
| 1997 | International Who’s Who among Professionals and America’s who’s Who. |
| 2000, 2004, 2006 | Marqui’s America’s Who’s who among Professionals. |
| Nov.18th, 2006 | Community Service Award for outstanding community service in Health, Education & Social Service, by The Alamo Asian Chamber Of Commerce, presented by the Mayor of San Antonio. |
| March 30th, 2008 | AMA Professional Excellence and Distinguished Leadership Award, D.C. |
| July 3rd, 2008 | ATA Award for contributions in medicine and communities. |
| 2010 | World Physician recognition. |
| 2016 | Avance Award by Easter Seals for accomplishments and service to disabled children. |
| 2022-2023 November | Greatest award was to be asked by Satya Sai Vidya Vahini to complete protocols for 0-3 early interventions to be submitted to NCERT and DIKSHA project. |
Committees:
| 1992 – 1998 | Quality Assurance Committee, South Texas Methodist Children’s Hospital. |
| 1992 – 1996 | Infectious Disease Committee, South Texas Methodist Children’s Hospital. |
| 1992 – 1995 | Humana Health Care Plans. |
| 1990 – 1993 | Traveler’s Health Network. |
| 1992 – 1993 | Steering Committee, Humana Women’s Children’s Hospital. |
| 2006 – 2008 | Mayoral Appointee for the San Antonio Board of Health. |
Community:
- 1991: Started a SAI Spiritual Center in San Antonio.
- 1991: Involved with the volunteer services at the Battered Woman’s Shelter, Children’s Shelter, Bexar County Detention Programs, Samm’s Shelter food and counseling.
- 1996 to 2005: Organized Medical missions in India twice a year.
- 1998: Started “The Society for Assistance International” (SAI), a 501c-3 non-profit tax exempt organization for Health, Education and Social Welfare without borders.
- 2002: Started the S.A.I Institute Of Educare as an educational wing of SAI on April 13th, 2002.
- TECPDS.ORG: Teaches the concepts of Neurobiology to parents, therapists and teachers so that the experience to the children is enriched to stimulate progress since 1997.
- 1999: Started the web site for the Educare www.saicdp.org (Removed now).
- TPS: Early Child Growth and Development, COCAN.
- AAP: COCAN and COSH Council, Child Development.
- Member of South Texas Coalition to Prevent Child Trauma.
- Master Trainer for TECPDS.ORG on Early Brain Development since 1997.
- Certified Specialist and Trainer on Early Learning for Infants and Toddlers Network of UT Houston, Dept of Pediatrics.
- For community education started URL www.mychild-educare.com and placed testimonials and teaching videos in English and Telugu.
- Is a member of AAP Council subcommittee on Early Child Development and Care – ECCE. Through COEC membership an executive member, working to transform society through dependable early interventions.
- Took iECHO immersion training and established partnership with University of New Mexico iECHO under The SAI Institute Of Educare-USA for community education on 0–3 year and pregnancy teaching and early interventions to prevent current infant and childhood mental health crisis and future adult mental health crisis, a global endeavor.
- Partnering with superhub of iECHO India to teach and train (TOT) cohorts of parent volunteers and teachers on 0–3 interventions to transfer SEL, LL and CD learning.
- Gave some training online to NATS Global Autism Panel.
Publications:
- 1980: Abstract presented and accepted at APA/APS/SPR on Wheezing with Mycoplasma Pneumonia.
- 1979-1980: Established a protocol with yoga and meditation to overcome the impact of emotional trauma 0-5 year infants and toddlers at University of Michigan and moved with my spouse and never completed the study.
- 2001: The SAI Educare calendar with weekly positive thoughts and monthly stories.
- 2004: Authored “Brain, Mind, SAI Educare”, which is an innovative effort in educating the therapists, teachers and the parents, on Early Brain Connections, Hidden mind and behavior, Child Trauma and Management. Published by the University press of Maryland and Oxford press.
- 2005: The Science Educare Lesson Plans. Published in October, 2004 (CD and manual).
- 2017: Published “Early Brain Sprouts from States to Traits”. Available on Amazon.
- 2020: “Raising a Healthy child” - on Amazon.
- 2022-2024: Working on a manual through researching and compiling all available data on Early networks and In utero brain networks imaging and environmental influences.
- 2024: Gave Memoirs of my experiences with Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba to EMESCO: Declaring his divinity as one who appears in Yajna with evidence that is visible and taking me personally from inertia to experiencing the inherent divinity and self-realization in Telugu “Saayee-Twameva Sharanam mama”. Youth will really understand the power of Mantra, Meditation and the proximity of inherent divinity and the protector of one follows Sanatana Dharma. Forgives since and reforms.
