CRIB | Cardiac & Respiratory Care for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
What is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a developmental disease that impacts babies who are born preterm. After birth, their lungs fail to grow normally because of inflammation and injury. Babies with BPD are at risk for developing chronic lung disease or dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension later in life.
Multidisciplinary, precision care to promote repair and optimize development
In 2018 we established our multidisciplinary Cardiac and Respiratory Care for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (CRIB) program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, formally bringing together experts in Neonatology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Cardiology, and Pediatric Critical Care to offer comprehensive, customized care to each patient. We focus on promoting repair and normal development in our patients, while at the same time monitoring them closely for potential complications and future risks. The team of physicians that oversees our inpatients also manages their care post-discharge, which ensures a seamless transition from hospital to home.
A history of excellence and innovation
Stanford Medicine has a long history of treating severe BPD and pulmonary hypertension. Stanford physicians and researchers wrote and published the first paper on BPD in 1967, and we have been studying this complex disease ever since. We are currently testing innovative treatment strategies, investigating the differences between patients on a molecular level, and using genomics to better understand why certain patients require specific therapies.
Our Philip Sunshine Endowed Professor of Neonatology Dr. Lance Prince is part of our CRIB care team, and his lab is devoted to understanding the mechanisms regulating developmental immunology and lung injury and repair.
Medical Director
Erik Jensen, MD, MSCE (co-lead)
For referring physicians with urgent requests, please contact the transfer center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford: (650) 723-7342.