Dr. Umakanth Katwa is a pediatric pulmonologist and pediatric sleep specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston. He is the medical director of sleep center at Boston Children's Hospital. He has academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. He did his medical school in India and then completed his pediatrics residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He then completed his Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine fellowship training at the Harvard University in Boston, USA.

He also is a course co-director for pediatric sleep medicine at Harvard University and course co-director for Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine mini-residency at Tufts University Dental School. He extensively works with a multi-discplinary team including otolaryngologist, orthodontist and maxillofacial surgeon for integration of comprehensive treatment strategies in management of complex OSA in children. His research interests include infant sleep apnea, phenotyping sleep apnea in children, precision diagnostic approach including airway imaging and DISE in evaluation of pediatric sleep apnea, technology integration in evaluation of sleep, and sleep telemedicine. He lectures widely across the world and has extensively published in several peer reviewed national and international journals.