Dr. Radhakrishnan

I am nominating Dr. Radhakrishnan as Born Abel’s Doctor of the Month for his expertise in caring for my son JaKhai and many other children of families we have met at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. Everyone loves “Krishnan” or as my daughter Jordan calls him “Dr. PanAcake”. He truly is the most brilliant doctor I have ever met and on top of that is also the absolute most caring. He loved our whole family and you can tell he is always sincere. JaKhai spent a lot of time in the hospital and outpatient clinic in his little 3 ½ years here on earth and Krishnan always went out of his way to check in on us even when he wasn’t on service inpatient or even if we weren’t at an outpatient appointment to specifically see him he would pop in and say hello and ask about JaKhai, our family, and especially his friend Jordan. He and Jordan had a running joke that earned him his nickname Dr. PanAcake and they both would always let everyone know about it. During one of our inpatient stays Jordan was playing a cake decorating game on the Ipad and she asked him what his favorite cake was and his reply was pancakes. She thought this was so funny and then started drawing him pictures of pancakes, making cards, and made a notebook in the shape of a stack of pancakes that she joked he could only use for notes for her brother. The funniest part is that we found out he actually doesn’t really like pancakes and was just trying to make her laugh, which he definitely achieved! JaKhai and he also had a whole routine when they greeted each other, when he would come through the door JaKhai would recognize him and wave both hands then that was always followed by a high five, fist bump, and then tapping their pointer fingers together which Dr. PanAcake would make sure that everyone that entered the room would see them do and encourage everyone else to do it as well which of course brought great joy to JaKhai! As a parent I found it comforting that he knew JaKhai from the NICU on and became his main doctor the person everyone would go to, to ask anything to do with JaKhai he truly was an expert on all things for the King! He would spend countless hours coming up with out of the box treatments for him when standard treatments were not working he was ALWAYS available anytime to me and other providers to bounce ideas off of and give directives on his care, even when he was “on vacation” out of the country! He truly is a world class doctor and constantly went above and beyond for our family. He cares for all children regardless of their diagnosis he will always try his hardest to give each child their best quality of life. He and his team gave JaKhai some really good years where he and our whole family got to truly enjoy the time we got here on earth with him. I am eternally grateful for him!”