A life dedicated to care,
learning and stories.
A career in newborn medicine, a commitment to teaching and innovation, and a lifelong interest in the stories people carry.
Clinical curiosity. Human stories.
Udayakumar Prabhakar “Uday” Devaskar is an Indian-born neonatologist, academic physician, author and film producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he served as division chief from 2009 to 2017.
His research has addressed fetal lung development, neonatal hypothyroidism, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and the safety of donor human milk. He has co-developed practical devices for newborn care, including Kimie, a low-cost breast milk pasteuriser, and Giggles, an eye-covering device for neonatal phototherapy.
Outside medicine, his writing draws on family life, medical practice, travel and cross-cultural experiences. He is co-author of Different Worlds and Hotch Potch, and wrote and produced the films Courage and One Last Thing..?.
In 2016, the National Neonatology Forum of India recognised his contributions with its Lifetime Achievement Award.