INSTITUTE OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

July 2020 -Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
October 2022-Hormone Advanced Practice Module
November 2022-Environmental Module.
November 2023-Gastrointestinal Advanced Practice Module

SCHOOL OF APPLIED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE.
August 2021-Advanced Practice Module.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. June 2005.
Master of Science in Nursing: Dual Program: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Adult) Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult + Pediatric).
Honora: “Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award,” 2005
UCLA SON Poster Presentation,1st Place, June 8, 2005
Recipient of Merit Scholarship: Florence C. Anderson Scholarship, April 2005 Recipient of Merit Scholarship: Adrienne H. Moseley Scholarship, December 2004 Recipient of Adrienne H. Moseley Scholarship, July 2004
Recipient of Florence C. Anderson Scholarship, March 2004

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA
June 2003
Public Health Nurse

UNIVERSITY OF CALFORNIA LOS ANGELES, WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA
December 2003
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Honors: Recipient of the Adrienne H. Moseley Scholarship, UCLA, March 2002-December 2003

LOS ANGELES PIERCE COLLEGE, WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA
June 2000
Associate Degree in Nursing

SIMI VALLEY ADULT SCHOOL, SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
October 1997
Licensed Vocational Nurse Program.
Commissioner of Women’s Concerns,
Class President, Clinical Excellence Award

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:

August 2024: Synapse Care Solutions hosted Webinar for the SBNQCC.
"Newborn Microbiome"

April 2023: AACN Conference
“Protecting the Newborn Microbiome = Developing the Adult Microbiome”

April 2023: ANN Spring Conference
“Oral Immune Therapy”

October 2022: IM4US Conference
“I can’t afford that. The Paradigm of Functional Medicine Testing”

2021: TMMC
ROP, Part 1, 2, 3 SERIES

April 2021: UCLA SON
Functional Medicine for the Nurse Practitioner

March 2021: UCLA SON ACNP
Functional Medicine: the OS for Integrative Medicine

May 2020: UCLA SON, MSN FNP
Functional Medicine for the Nurse Practitioner

January 2018: TMMC
Necrotizing Enterocolitis

September 2016: Providence EBP Symposium

Protecting the smallest patients from NCLABSI

September 2014: Providence EBP Symposium
CLABSI Prevention in Neonates

August 2014: PLCOM-T
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

June 2014 PLCOM-T
AWOHNN Cardiovascular Curriculum

January 2014: PLCOM-T
CLABSI Prevention in Neonates

May 2012 Providence Evidence Based Practice Symposium
Oral Care with Colostrum in Neonates

July 2011: PLCOM-T
Acute Coronary Syndrome

September 2010, 2012: PLCOM-T
Simulation for Advancement of Education

November 2010 Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India
Neonatal XRAY Interpretation Basic Care of the Newborn Meconium Aspiration Syndrome Resuscitation of the Newborn Care Of Neonates On The Ventilator

July 2010: UCLA School of Nursing MECN
Basic Overview of Dysrhythmias

May 2010: PLCOM-T
Developmental Care in the Neonate

August 2009: PLCOM-T
High Frequency Ventilation

March 2006: CANP Conference
Non-Invasive Stress Testing

August 2005: UCLA Med Center, NICU
Neonatal XRAY Interpretation

August 2004 UCLA Med Center, NICU
Neonatal XRAY Interpretation

August 2003: 2nd Neonatal Conference, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital

Administration of Blood Products
June 2002: 1st Annual Neonatal Nursing Conference, Deenanath Mangeshkar
-Basic Care of the Newborn
-MAS
-Resuscitation of the Newborn
-Care of Neonate on the Vent

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:

June 2024: Holistic Gut Microbiome
Lazy Acres Wellness Workshop

August 2024: Holistic Blood Sugar
Lazy Acres Wellness Workshop

Publications:

PEER REVIEWED:

Wadhwani, R. & Williams, A., “Protect the Microbiome.”
Neonatal Network November 2023

Wadhwani, R. & Chavez, C., “Emergency Evacuation for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.”
2020 American Association of Neonatal Nurses Conference

Wadhwani, R. “nCLABSI Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.”
2017 National Association of Neonatal Nurses Conference

Purdy, I. & Wadhwani, R. “Embracing Bioethics in Neonatal Intensive Care Part II: Case Histories in Neonatal Bioethics.” Neonatal Network. 25:1 2006. Embracing Bioethics in Neonatal Intensive Care, Part II: Case Histories in Neonatal Ethics
Publication Available Here

NON PEER REVIEWED

Wadhwani, R. “Journey to India: Saving the lives of young ones.” UCLA Today. 24:5. 2003.

Awards:

October 2018, Nursing Appreciation Award, Department of Pediatrics, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

August 2011: Nursing Excellence Finalist, Community Service, Nurse Week

May 2011: Recipient of the Humanitarian Award, PLCOMT

June 2005: UCLA Recipient of the “Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award”

June 2005, UCLA SON Poster Presentation, 1st Place

1997, SVAS, Commissioner of Women’s Concerns