FACULTY

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AZIN AKBARNEJAD-OSHAGH, MD

NICOLE ANDERSON SMITH, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Community and safety net hospital NICUs; Nurse education; NICU developmental care; Neurodevelopmental outcomes

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Admin support: Korey Shields

RONALD L. ARIAGNO, MD (EMERITUS)

CODY ARNOLD, MD, MSc

Areas of interest/expertise: Epidemiology; Causal inference in observational research; Hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin toxicity in preterm newborns

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Admin support: Korey Shields

LISA BAIN, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Quality improvement; Leadership and care management of Intermediate Care Nursery

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Admin support: Alvin Gochez

MALATHI BALASUNDARAM, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Family-centered care; Quality improvement; Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)

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Admin support: Korey Shields

WILLIAM BENITZ, MD (EMERITUS)

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal sepsis; Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA); Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Evidence assessment and evidence-based practice

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VINOD (VINNY) K. BHUTANI, MD (EMERITUS)

Areas of interest/expertise: Global Prevention of Kernicterus Bilirubin-Induced Neurologic Dysfunction

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Admin support: Korey Shields

JOHN BENJAMIN, MBBS, MPH

Areas of interest/expertise: Inflammation and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Developmental origins of adult lung disease; Elastic fiber assembly in the lung

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Admin support: Jennifer Park

KRISTA LAUREN BIRNIE, MD

ELIZABETH MOREY BLECHARCZYK, MD

SONIA BONIFACIO, MD

SUZAN L. CARMICHAEL, PhD, MS

Areas of interest: Maternal health; Severe maternal morbidity; Stillbirth; Preterm birth; Congenital malformations

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Admin support: Chantu Chea

ROBERT CASTRO, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Fluids and electrolyte management; Antibiotic Stewardship; Management of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)

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Admin support: Korey Shields

DEEPIKA CHADIVE, MD

SHANNON CHAN, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Quality improvement; Medical education; Health equity education

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Admin support: Korey Shields

RITU CHITKARA, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Teleneonatology; Neonatal resuscitation; Neonatal simulation; Complex multidisciplinary fetal care and outcomes

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Admin support: Helen Burke

VALERIE CHOCK, MD, MS Epi

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Clinical trials; Brain injury; Hemodynamics of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA); Acute kidney injury

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Admin support: Nancy Phan

GARY DARMSTADT, MD, MS FPIDS

Areas of interest/expertise: Global maternal and newborn health; Kangaroo mother care; Skin barrier therapy; Identification and management of newborns in low resource settings

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Admin support: Jennifer Park

ALEXIS DAVIS, MD, MS Epi

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal nephrology; Prenatal counseling; Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)

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Admin support: Alvin Gochez

CHANDANI DEZURE, MD, MBA

Areas of interest/expertise: Quality improvement  Delivery room care  Medical education

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Admin support: Korey Shields

ALMA ERICE-TAGANAS, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal resuscitation and education; Late preterm care and nutrition; Outreach to low-resource communities on newborn care & resuscitation

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Admin support: Korey Shields

FATIMA ESKANDAR-AFSHARI, DO, MA

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS); Medical education; Biodesign; ECMO

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Admin support: Korey Shields

XIANHAN MARY FIE, MD

ERIC FOOTE, MD, MS

Areas of interest/expertise: Global health; Community health; Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Pandemic preparedness and response

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Admin support: Korey Shields

ALEXANDER FOX, MD

ADAM FRYMOYER, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Neonatal pharmacology and therapeutics; Personalized dosing in neonates including use of model informed precision dosing tools; Therapeutic needs of HIE population; Evidence-based care of late preterm and term newborns

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Admin support: Helen Burke

JANENE FUERCH, MD

Areas of interest/expertise: Health technology innovation; Medical device development; Neonatal ECMO; Neonatal resuscitation

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Admin support: Roxanne Tuttle