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The Division of Neonatology includes the following full-time faculty members (with respective areas of expertise:)

  • David Clark, M.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
    Intestinal maturation, protein digestion/absorption, intestinal microflora, intestinal inflammation NEC
  • Marilyn A. Fisher, M.D., M.S. Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Neonatal ventilation, lung injury. Perinatal ethical/legal issues. Informed consent process. Perinatal substance abuse. Medical education in Bioethics.

    Michael J. Horgan, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics; Head, Division of Neonatology
    Lung injury, surfactant therapy. Control of neonatal infections. Treatment of Hypoxic-ischemic injury
  • Rubia Khalak, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Infectious diseases and immunizations in premature infants. Relationship of oxygen therapy practices to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
  • Upender Munshi, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Intestinal inflammation, NEC
  • Joaquim Pinheiro, M.D., M.P.H.  Professor of Pediatrics,
    Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
    Persistent pulmonary hypertension, nitric oxide therapy. Neonatal epidemiology, outcomes research and quality improvement in neonatal care. Neonatal intubation safety.
  • Angel Rios, M.D. Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
    Respiratory physiology, neonatal ventilation and neonatal nutrition

    Associate Faculty
  • Carolyn R. Levine, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Neonatal lung injury, anti-inflammatory therapies
  • Phillip D. L. Pan, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Perinatal/Neonatal Genetics, Perinatal ethical and legal issues

    Newborn Follow-up Clinic
  • Anthony Malone, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Infant development. Neonatal brain injury and outcomes

Selected Recent Faculty Publications
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Aschner JL, Smith TK, Kovacs N, Pinheiro JMB, Fuloria M. Mechanisms of bradykinin-medicated dilation in newborn piglet pulmonary conducting and resistance vessels. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002;283:L373-L382.

Bernstein IM, Horbar JD, Badger GJ, Ohlsson A, Golan A, for the Vermont Oxford Network. Morbidity and mortality among very low birth weight neonates with intrauterine growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000;182:198-206.

Bloom BT, Clark RH, for the Infasurf Survanta Clinical Trial Group. Comparison of Infasurf (Calfactant) and Survanta (Beractant) in the Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatrics 2005;116:392-399.

Brar G, Geiss D, Brion LP, Rios A. Respiratory mechanics in very low birth weight infants during continuous versus intermittent gavage feeds. Pediatr Pulmonol 2001;32:442-446.

Cacace AT, Pinheiro JM. Relationships between otoacoustic emissions and auditory brainstem responses in neonates and young children: a correlation and factor analytical study. Laryngoscope 2002;112:156-167.

Chandra S, Davis JM, Drexler S, Kowalewska J, Chester D, Koo HC, Pollack S, Welch R, Pilon A, Levine CR. Safety and efficacy of intratracheal recombinant human Clara cell protein in a newborn piglet model of acute lung injury. Pediatr Res 2003;54:509-515.

Clark RH, Wagner CL, Merritt RJ, Bloom BT, Neu J, Young TE, Clark DA. Nutrition in the neonatal intensive care unit: how do we reduce the incidence of extrauterine growth restriction? J Perinatol 2003;23:337-344.

Courtney SE, Durand DJ, Asselin JM, Hudak ML, Aschner JL, Shoemaker CT, for the Neonatal Ventilation Study Group. High-frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional mechanical ventilation for very-low-birth-weight infants. N Engl J Med 2002;347:643-652.

Dalzell L, Orlando M, MacDonald M, Berg A, Bradley M, Cacace A, Campbell D, DeCristofaro J, Gravel J, Greenberg E, Gross S, Pinheiro J, Regan J, Spivak L, Stevens F, Prieve B. The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: ages of hearing loss identification, hearing aid fitting, and enrollment in Early Intervention. Ear & Hearing 2000;21:118-130.

Dexter SC, Klein KA, Clark DA, Ross SL, Veille JC. The Ronald McDonald House as an alternative to antepartum hospitalization. J Perinatol 2004;24:623-625.

Donlon CR, Furdon SA, Clark DA. Look before you clamp:? delivery room examination of the umbilical cord. Advances in Neonatal Care 2002;2:19-26.

Edwards WH, Conner JM, Soll RF, and the Vermont Oxford Network Neonatal Skin Care Study Group. The effect of prophylactic ointment therapy on nosocomial sepsis rates and skin integrity in infants with birth weights of 501 to 1000 g. Pediatrics 2004;113:1195-1203.

Eicher DJ, Wagner CL, Katikaneni LP, Hulsey TC, Bass WT, Kaufman DA, Horgan? MJ, Languani S, Bhatia JJ, Givelichian LM and Yager JY. Moderate hypothermia in neonatal encephalopathy: efficacy outcomes. Pediatr Neurol 2005;32:11-17.

Eicher DJ, Wagner CL, Katikaneni LP, Hulsey TC, Bass WT, Kaufman DA, Horgan? MJ, Languani S, Bhatia JJ, Givelichian LM and Yager JY. Moderate hypothermia in neonatal encephalopathy: safety outcomes. Pediatr Neurol 2005;32:18-24.

Fisher MA. Organ Transplantation Issues in Minors. In: Shelton W, Balint J, editors. The Ethics of Organ Transplantation. Advances in Bioethics Vol. 7. Oxford, UK : Elsevier Science Ltd.; 2001. p. 339-66.

Fisher MA. The Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant: The Skin as a Barrier. Physicians and Patients 2003;1:28-30.

Furdon SA, Clark DA. Differentiating scalp swelling in the newborn. Advances in Neonatal Care 2001;1:22-27.

Furdon SA, Clark DA. Differentiating between skin lesions in the newborn. Advances in Neonatal Care 2001;1:84-90.

Furdon SA, Clark DA. Scalp hair characteristics in the newborn infant. Adv Neonatal Care 2003;3:286-296.

Giramonti KM, Johnson-Robbins LA, Weatherwax DL, Horgan MJ. Reevaluating practice changes: return to standard precautions after an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca. J Nurs Care Qual 2000;14:57-62.

Gravel J, Berg A, Bradley M, Cacace A, Campbell D, Dalzell L, DeCristofaro J, Greenberg E, Gross S, Orlando M, Pinheiro J, Regan J, Spivak L, Stevens F, Prieve B. The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: effects of screening protocol on inpatient outcome measures. Ear & Hearing 2000;21:131-140.

Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, for the members of the Vermont Oxford Network. Timing of initial surfactant treatment for infants 23 to 29 weeks' gestation: is routine practice evidence based? Pediatrics 2004;113:1593-1602.

Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, et al (Vermont Oxford Network). Collaborative quality improvement to promote evidence based surfactant for preterm infants: a cluster randomised trial. BMJ 2004;329:1004.

Kirpalani H, Whyte RK, Andersen C, Asztalos EV, Heddle N, Blajchman MA, Peliowski A, Rios A, Lacorte M, Connelly R, Barrington K, Roberts RS. The premature infants in need of transfusion (PINT) study: A randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (LOW) versus liberal (HIGH) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth weight infants. J Pediatr 2006;149:301-307.

Levine CR, Davis JM. Resuscitation with 100% oxygen: should we change our ways? Pediatr Res 2001;50:432.

Levine CR, Kazzaz JA, Koo HC, Chester D, Merritt TA, Matalon S, et al. Effects of variable concentrations of inhaled nitric oxide and oxygen on the lungs of newborn piglets. Pediatr Pulmonol 2002;34:58-65.

Levine CR, Gewolb IH, Allen K, Welch RW, Melby JM, Pollack S, et al. The safety, pharmacokinetics, and anti-inflammatory effects of intratracheal recombinant human Clara cell protein in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. Pediatr Res 2005;58:15-21.

Munshi UK , Rios A, Clark DA. Patient-triggered ventilation in the newborn. Perinatology 2001;3:33-40.

Munshi UK, Rios A, Clark DA. Meconium aspiration syndrome. Contemp Clinical Gynecol and Obstet 2002;2:247-254.

Pan PD, Peter I, Lambert-Messerlian GM, Canick JA, Bianchi DW, Johnson KL. Cell-free fetal DNA levels in pregnancies conceived by IVF. Hum Reprod 2005;dei165.

Pinheiro JMB. Neonatal pulmonary hypertension in the era of inhaled nitric oxide. Physicians & Patients 2003;1:19-23.

Pinheiro JMB, Clark DA, Benjamin KG. A critical analysis of the routine testing of newborn stools for occult blood and reducing substances. Adv Neonatal Care 2003;3:133-138.

Pinheiro JMB, Mitchell AL, Lesar TS. Systematic Steps to Diminish Multi-Fold Medication Errors in Neonates. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2003;8:266-273.

Prieve B, Dalzell L, Berg A, Bradley M, Cacace A, Campbell D, Dalzell L, DeCristofaro J, Greenberg E, Gross S, Orlando M, Pinheiro J, Regan J, Spivak L, Stevens F, Prieve B. The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: outpatient outcome measures. Ear & Hearing 2000;21:104-117.

Reininger A, Khalak R, Kendig JW, Ryan RM, Stevens TP, Reubens L, D'Angio CT. Surfactant administration by transient intubation in infants 29 to 35 weeks' gestation with respiratory distress syndrome decreases the likelihood of later mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial. J Perinatol 2005;25:703-708.

Rios A, Munshi UK . Surfactant - new developments and future directions. Physicians & Patients 2003;1:31-33.

Rios A, Furdon SA, Adams D, Clark DA. Recognizing the clinical features of Trisomy 13 syndrome. Adv Neonatal Care 2004;4:332-343.

Schulman J. "Thinking upstream" to evaluate and to improve the daily work of the newborn intensive care unit. J Perinatol 2001;21:307-311.

Schulman J, Munshi UK , Eastman ML, Farina M. Unexpected resistance to external cardiac compression may signal pericardial tamponade. J Perinatol 2002;22:679-681.

Schulman J. NICU Notes: A Palm OS(R) and Windows(R) Database Software Product and Process to Facilitate Patient Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Proc AMIA Symp 2003;999.

Schulman J. Evaluating the Processes of Neonatal Intensive Care: Thinking Upstream to Improve Downstream Outcomes. London: BMJ Books; 2004.

Schulman J. Managing Your Patients' Data in the Neonatal and Pediatric ICU. Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing; 2006.

Sinkin RA, Dweck HS, Horgan MJ, Gallaher KJ, Cox C, Maniscalco WM, et al. Early dexamethasone-attempting to prevent chronic lung disease. Pediatrics 2000;105:542-548.

Spivak L, Dalzell L, Berg A, Bradley M, Cacace A, Campbell D, DeCristofaro J, Gravel J, Greenberg E, Gross S, Orlando M, Pinheiro J, Regan J, Stevens F, Prieve B. The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: inpatient outcome measures. Ear & Hearing 2000;21:92-103.

Steinhorn RH, Albert G, Swartz DD, Russell JA, Levine CR, Davis JM. Recombinant human superoxide dismutase enhances the effect of inhaled nitric oxide in persistent pulmonary hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;164:834-839.

Wolkoff LI, Levine CR, Koo HC, LaGamma EF, Pollack S, Chester D, Chester D, Bashore J, Davis JM. Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on hyperoxia-induced lung injury in newborn piglets. Lung 2002;180:229-239.