Mili Vakharia APRN, FNP-C, CDCES (Committee Member & Speaker)

Mili Vakharia, FNP-C, CDCES is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology at Baylor College of Medicine and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner Texas Children’s Hospital. With over a decade of pediatric clinical experience, she co-leads a multidisciplinary Diabetes Education Quality Improvement Team at Texas Children’s, where she drives initiatives to optimize early adoption of diabetes technology (including automated insulin delivery systems), enhance cardiovascular screenings, standardize diabetes education, and implement evidence-based care guidelines. Her key quality improvement efforts include early insulin pump starts in patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and improving pediatric type 2 diabetes outcomes. In addition to leading clinical innovations, Ms. Vakharia serves as site co-principal investigator for the pediatric type 2 diabetes workgroup at T1D Exchange Collaborative. As course director for Advance Practice Provider Grand Rounds at Texas Children’s, she oversees continuing education sessions. Ms. Vakharia brings organizational leadership through roles with National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (past Houston chapter president and Education committee steering member), Pediatric Endocrine Society Diabetes Education Committee, Texas Nurse Practitioner Fort Bend District Legislative Ambassador, and American Diabetes Association’s Youth Strategies Committee. She has presented at local and national scientific forums and is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. Her recognition includes National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Leadership Award (2020), UT Health Distinguished Alumni (2022), Good Samaritan Foundation Nursing Excellence Gold Medalist (2022), Baylor College of Medicine STAR award (2023).