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Dr. Gayathri Chelvakumar is affiliated with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University, both in Columbus.

Dr. Gayathri Chelvakumar

Dr. Chelvakumar is an attending physician in the division of adolescent medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Ohio State University, both in Columbus.

Email her at pdnews@frontlinemedcom.com.

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