These are selected areas of research focus within the division and associated investigators (please see next tab for more information about our divisional investigators):

• Biomarkers of oxidant stress and in utero ethanol exposure (Gauthier)
• Neonatal nutrition (Poindexter, Karpen)
• Necrotizing enterocolitis (Patel, Denning, Piazza, Rose, Barbian)
• Neonatal transfusion medicine (Patel)
• Brain injury, neuroimaging and long-term outcomes (Hamrick, Sewell, Piazza)
• Severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated pulmonary hypertension (Vyas-Read)
• Redox states and arginine insufficiency in preterm infants (Brown)
• ECMO and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Keene)
• Early detection and intervention for infants with cerebral palsy (Maitre)

In addition, multiple faculty members are invovled in studies with the:

• NICHD Neonatal Research Network
• Children's Hospital Neonatal Database

Faculty researchers (in alphabetic order)

Estefania (Stefi) Barbian, MD

Alfred 'Al' W. Brann, Jr., MD

Lou Ann S. Brown, PhD

Patricia L. Denning, MD

April R. Dworetz, MD, MPH

Theresa W. Gauthier, MD

Shannon Hamrick, MD

Lucky Jain, MD, MBA

Heidi Karpen, MD

Sarah Keene, MD

Nathalie Maitre, MD, PhD

Ravi Mangal Patel, MD, MSc

Anthony J. Piazza, MD

Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS

Elizabeth Sewell, MD, MPH

Shilpa Vyas-Read, MD

Information about current fellow research projects can be found by clicking here. 

 

Research Coordinators: 

Yvonne Loggins, RN, BSN (lead coordinator for federally-funded studies, including NICHD Neonatal Research Network)

Beatrice Shelly Connor, CRN II  (lead coordinator for industry-funded studies)

Colleen Mackie, RT, CRC III

Judith Larsen, CRN II

Diane Bottcher, RN, MN

2021

Goel R, Nellis ME, Karam O, Hanson SJ, Tormey CA, Patel RM, Birch R, Sachais BS, Sola-Visner MC, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Hendrickson JE, Karafin MS; NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P). Transfusion practices for pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: Data from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III). Transfusion. 2021 Aug 29.

Rose AT, Zaniletti I, Santore MT, Piazza AJ. Characteristics and outcomes of a multi-institution cohort of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis totalis. J Perinatol. 2021 Aug 28.

Fu TT, Kaplan HC, Fields T, Folger AT, Gordon K, Poindexter BB. Protein Enrichment of Donor Breast Milk and Impact on Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Nutrients. 2021 Aug 20;13(8):2869.

Cuna A, Lagatta JM, Savani RC, Vyas-Read S, Engle WA, Rose RS, DiGeronimo R, Logan JW, Mikhael M, Natarajan G, Truog WE, Kielt M, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Lewis TR; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Severe BPD Focus Group. Association of time of first corticosteroid treatment with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Aug 11.

Slagle CL, Goldstein SL, Gavigan HW, Rowe JA, Krallman KA, Kaplan HC, Liu C, Ehrlich SR, Kotagal M, Bondoc AJ, Poindexter BB. Association between Elevated Urine Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates. J Pediatr. 2021 Aug 6:S0022-3476(21)00733-2.

Poindexter BB, Cormack BE, Bloomfield FH. Approaches to Growth Faltering. World Rev Nutr Diet. 2021;122:312-324

Kaplan HC, Poindexter BB. Standardized Feeding Protocols: Evidence and Implementation. World Rev Nutr Diet. 2021;122:289-300.

Cohen S, Mietzsch U, Coghill C, Dereddy N, Ducis K, El Ters N, Heuer GG, Sewell E, Flibotte J; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Neurosurgery Focus Group. Survey of Quaternary Neonatal Management of Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus. Am J Perinatol. 2021 Jul 22.

Gaitonde M, Kreeger J, Border W, Roberts J, Elshenawy S, Geary F, Michelfelder E. Fetal Diagnosis in a Unique Case of Vascular and Cardiac Interdependence in Omphaloischiopagus Conjoined Twins. CASE (Phila). 2021 Feb 27;5(3):196-199.

Chalak L, Redline RW, Goodman AM, Juul SE, Chang T, Yanowitz TD, Maitre N, Mayock DE, Lampland AL, Bendel-Stenzel E, Riley D, Mathur AM, Rao R, Van Meurs KP, Wu TW, Gonzalez FF, Flibotte J, Mietzsch U, Sokol GM, Ahmad KA, Baserga M, Weitkamp JH, Poindexter BB, Comstock BA, Wu YW. Acute and Chronic Placental Abnormalities in a Multicenter Cohort of Newborn Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2021 Jun 16:S0022-3476(21)00553-9.

Relland LM, Beltran R, Kim SS, Bapat R, Shafy S, Uffman J, Maitre NL, Tobias JD, Veneziano G. Continuous epidural chloroprocaine after abdominal surgery is associated with lower postoperative opioid exposure in NICU infants. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 May 29:S0022-3468(21)00424-3.

Hamrick SEG, Ball MK, Rajgarhia A, Johnson BA, DiGeronimo R, Levy PT; Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Cardiac Focus Group. Integrated cardiac care models of neonates with congenital heart disease: the evolving role of the neonatologist. J Perinatol. 2021 Jul;41(7):1774-1776.

King BC, Richardson T, Patel RM, Lee HC, Bamat NA, Hall M, Slaughter JL. Prioritization framework for improving the value of care for very low birth weight and very preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2021 Jun 1. 

Acharya K, Leuthner SR, Zaniletti I, Niehaus JZ, Bishop CE, Coghill CH, Datta A, Dereddy N, DiGeronimo R, Jackson L, Ling CY, Matoba N, Natarajan G, Nayak SP, Schlegel AB, Seale J, Shah A, Weiner J, Williams HO, Wojcik MH, Fry JT, Sullivan K; Palliative Care and Ethics Focus Group of the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC). Medical and surgical interventions and outcomes for infants with trisomy 18 (T18) or trisomy 13 (T13) at children's hospitals neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). J Perinatol. 2021 Jul;41(7):1745-1754.

Keir A, Bamat N, Hennebry B, King B, Patel R, Wright C, Scrivens A, ElKhateeb O, Mitra S, Roland D. Building a community of practice through social media using the hashtag #neoEBM. PLoS One. 2021 May 28;16(5):e0252472. 

Razak A, Patel RM, Gautham KS. Use of Probiotics to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Evidence to Clinical Practice. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Aug 1;175(8):773-774. 

Weems MF, Grover TR, Seabrook R, DiGeronimo R, Gien J, Keene S, Rintoul N, Daniel JM, Johnson Y, Guner Y, Zaniletti I, Murthy K; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group. Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Am J Perinatol. 2021 May 27.

Sewell E, Roberts J, Mukhopadhyay S. Association of Infection in Neonates and Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome. Clin Perinatol. 2021 Jun;48(2):251-261.

Nellis ME, Goel R, Hendrickson JE, Birch R, Patel RM, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Sola-Visner M, Josephson CD, Karam O; NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P). Transfusion practices in a large cohort of hospitalized children. Transfusion. 2021 Jul;61(7):2042-2053.

Khan RN, Maner-Smith K, A Owens J, Barbian ME, M Jones R, R Naudin C. At the heart of microbial conversations: endocannabinoids and the microbiome in cardiometabolic risk. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1-21.

Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Birch R, Goel R, Karam O, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P). Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice. J Pediatr. 2021 Aug;235:92-99.e4.

Adams-Chapman I, Watterberg KL, Nolen TL, Hirsch S, Cole CA, Cotten CM, Oh W, Poindexter BB, Zaterka-Baxter KM, Das A, Lacy CB, Scorsone AM, Duncan AF, DeMauro SB, Goldstein RF, Colaizy TT, Wilson-Costello DE, Purdy IB, Hintz SR, Heyne RJ, Myers GJ, Fuller J, Merhar S, Harmon HM, Peralta-Carcelen M, Kilbride HW, Maitre NL, Vohr BR, Natarajan G, Mintz-Hittner H, Quinn GE, Wallace DK, Olson RJ, Orge FH, Tsui I, Gaynon M, Hutchinson AK, He YG, Winter TW, Yang MB, Haider KM, Cogen MS, Hug D, Bremer DL, Donahue JP, Lucas WR, Phelps DL, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants enrolled in myo-inositol randomized controlled trial. J Perinatol. 2021 Aug;41(8):2072-2087.

Guner Y, Jancelewicz T, Di Nardo M, Yu P, Brindle M, Vogel AM, Gowda SH, Grover TR, Johnston L, Mahmood B, Gray B, Chapman R, Keene S, Rintoul N, Cleary J, Ashrafi AH, Harting MT; Elso CDH Interest Group. Management of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated With Extracorporeal Life Support: Interim Guidelines Consensus Statement From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. ASAIO J. 2021 Feb 1;67(2):113-120.

Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Hintz SR, Tan S, Schmidt B, Chaudhary AS, Johnson KJ, Crawford MM, Newman JE, Vohr BR, Carlo WA, D'Angio CT, Kennedy KA, Ohls RK, Poindexter BB, Schibler K, Whyte RK, Widness JA, Zupancic JAF, Wyckoff MH, Truog WE, Walsh MC, Chock VY, Laptook AR, Sokol GM, Yoder BA, Patel RM, Cotten CM, Carmen MF, Devaskar U, Chawla S, Seabrook R, Higgins RD, Das A; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Higher or Lower Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds for Preterm Infants. N Engl J Med. 2020 Dec 31;383(27):2639-2651.

Ochocinska MJ, Spitalnik SL, Abuhamad A, Bennett-Guerrero E, Carlo WA, Cherukuri M, Doctor A, Dzik W, Evans CL, Forzani E, Kuppusamy P, Moan NL, Li L, Luban N, Mohandas N, Patel RM, Roback J, Swartz H, Textor S, Vinogradov S, Wang LV, Wisniewski N, Glynn S. NIH Workshop 2018: Towards Minimally Invasive or Noninvasive Approaches to Assess Tissue Oxygenation Pre- and Post-transfusion. Transfus Med Rev. 2021 Jan;35(1):46-55.

King BC, Richardson T, Patel RM, Lee HC, Bamat NA, Patrick SW, Gautham KS, Hall M, Slaughter JL. Cost of clinician-driven tests and treatments in very low birth weight and/or very preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2021 Feb;41(2):295-304. 

McNelis K, Goddard G, Jenkins T, Poindexter A, Wessel J, Helmrath M, Poindexter B. Delay in achieving enteral autonomy and growth outcomes in very low birth weight infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis. J Perinatol. 2021 Jan;41(1):150-156.

Chaudhry PM, Ball MK, Hamrick SEG, Levy PT; Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium Cardiac Focus Group, Asselin J, Brozanski B, Durand D, Dykes F, Evans J, Grover T, Murthy K, Padula M, Pallotto E, Piazza A, Reber K, Short B. Premature congenital heart disease: building a comprehensive database to evaluate risks and guide intervention. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:272-273.e1.

Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Barnes P, Rollins N, Do BT, Parikh NA, Hamrick S, Hintz SR, Tyson JE, Bell EF, Ambalavanan N, Goldberg RN, Pappas A, Huitema C, Pedroza C, Chaudhary AS, Hensman AM, Das A, Wyckoff M, Khan A, Walsh MC, Watterberg KL, Faix R, Truog W, Guillet R, Sokol GM, Poindexter BB, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Limitations of Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Predictor of Death or Disability Following Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Late Hypothermia Trial. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:106-111.e6.

Dworetz AR, Natarajan G, Langer J, Kinlaw K, James JR, Bidegain M, Das A, Poindexter B, Bell EF, Cotten CM, Kirpalani H, Shankaran S, Stoll BJ; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health; Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in extremely low gestational age neonates. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2021 May;106(3):238-243.

George L, Menden H, Xia S, Yu W, Holmes A, Johnston J, Reid KJ, Josephson CD, Patel RM, Ahmed A, Mulrooney N, Miller NA, Farrow E, Sampath V. ITGB2 (Integrin β2) Immunomodulatory Gene Variants in Premature Infants With Necrotizing Enterocolitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Feb 1;72(2):e37-e41. 

 

2020

Saroha V, Patel RM. Caffeine for preterm infants: Fixed standard dose, adjustments for age or high dose? Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Dec;25(6):101178.

Hamrick SEG, Sallmon H, Rose AT, Porras D, Shelton EL, Reese J, Hansmann G. Patent Ductus Arteriosus of the Preterm Infant. Pediatrics. 2020 Nov;146(5):e20201209.

Lemmon ME, Chapman I, Malcolm W, Kelley K, Shaw RJ, Milazzo A, Cotten CM, Hintz SR. Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Oct;37(12):1283-1288.

Rao R, Mietzsch U, DiGeronimo R, Hamrick SE, Dizon MLV, Lee KS, Natarajan G, Yanowitz TD, Peeples ES, Flibotte J, Wu TW, Zaniletti I, Mathur AM, Massaro A. Utilization of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Neurological Injury in Neonates with Mild Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Report from Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Sep 6.

Shankaran S, Bajaj M, Natarajan G, Saha S, Pappas A, Davis AS, Hintz SR, Adams-Chapman I, Das A, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Carlo WA, Van Meurs KP, Sánchez PJ, Ball MB, Hale EC, Seabrook R, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Outcomes Following Post-Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation among Infants of Extremely Low Gestational Age. J Pediatr. 2020 Jul 30:S0022-3476(20)30979-3.

Adams-Chapman I. Utilizing registry data to identify children with cerebral palsy previously enrolled in the magnesium sulfate randomized clinical trial. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2020 Oct;62(10):1116. 

Underwood MA, Umberger E, Patel RM. Safety and efficacy of probiotic administration to preterm infants: ten common questions. Pediatr Res. 2020 Aug;88(Suppl 1):48-55.

Patel RM, Ferguson J, McElroy SJ, Khashu M, Caplan MS. Defining necrotizing enterocolitis: current difficulties and future opportunities. Pediatr Res. 2020 Aug;88(Suppl 1):10-15. 

Rysavy MA, Horbar JD, Bell EF, Li L, Greenberg LT, Tyson JE, Patel RM, Carlo WA, Younge NE, Green CE, Edwards EM, Hintz SR, Walsh MC, Buzas JS, Das A, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network and Vermont Oxford Network. Assessment of an Updated Neonatal Research Network Extremely Preterm Birth Outcome Model in the Vermont Oxford Network. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 May 1;174(5):e196294. 

Keene SD, Patel RM, Stansfield BK, Davis J, Josephson CD, Winkler AM. Blood product transfusion and mortality in neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Transfusion. 2020 Feb;60(2):262-268.

Goel R, Josephson CD, Patel EU, Petersen MR, Makhani S, Frank SM, Ness PM, Bloch EM, Gehrie EA, Lokhandwala PM, Nellis MM, Karam O, Shaz BH, Patel RM, Tobian AAR. Perioperative Transfusions and Venous Thromboembolism. Pediatrics. 2020 Apr;145(4):e20192351. 

Brozanski BS, Piazza AJ, Chuo J, Natarajan G, Grover TR, Smith JR, Mingrone T, McClead RE, Rakesh R, Rintoul N, Guidash J, Bellflower B, Holston M, Richardson T, Pallotto EK. STEPP IN: Working Together to Keep Infants Warm in the Perioperative Period. Pediatrics. 2020 Apr;145(4):e20191121.

McLaughlin SN, Song MK, Hertzberg V, Piazza AJ. Use of Palliative Care Consultation Services for Infants With Life-Threatening Conditions in a Metropolitan Hospital. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Apr;20(2):136-141.

Shankaran S, Bajaj M, Natarajan G, Saha S, Pappas A, Davis AS, Hintz SR, Adams-Chapman I, Das A, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Carlo WA, Van Meurs KP, Sánchez PJ, Ball MB, Hale EC, Seabrook R, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Outcomes Following Post-Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation among Infants of Extremely Low Gestational Age. J Pediatr. 2020 

Adams-Chapman I. Utilizing registry data to identify children with cerebral palsy previously enrolled in the magnesium sulfate randomized clinical trial. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2020 Jun 20.

Rose AT, Saroha V, Patel RM. Transfusion-related Gut Injury and Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Clin Perinatol. 2020 Jun;47(2):399-412. 

Stoll BJ, Puopolo KM, Hansen NI, Sánchez PJ, Bell EF, Carlo WA, Cotten CM, D'Angio CT, Kazzi SNJ, Poindexter BB, Van Meurs KP, Hale EC, Collins MV, Das A, Baker CJ, Wyckoff MH, Yoder BA, Watterberg KL, Walsh MC, Devaskar U, Laptook AR, Sokol GM, Schrag SJ, Higgins RD; and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis 2015 to 2017, the Rise of Escherichia coli, and the Need for Novel Prevention Strategies. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Jul 1;174(7):e200593.

Gray MM, Dadiz R, Izatt S, Gillam-Krakauer M, Carbajal MM, Falck AJ, Bonachea EM, Johnston LC, Karpen H, Vasquez MM, Chess PR, French H. Value, Strengths, and Challenges of e-Learning Modules Paired with the Flipped Classroom for Graduate Medical Education: A Survey from the National Neonatology Curriculum. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Apr 10. 

Rao R, Lee KS, Zaniletti I, Yanowitz TD, DiGeronimo R, Dizon MLV, Hamrick SE, Natarajan G, Peeples ES, Murthy K, Mathur AM, Massaro A. Antimicrobial therapy utilization in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): a report from the Children's Hospital Neonatal Database (CHND). J Perinatol. 2020 Jan;40(1):70-78. 

 

2019

Hamrick SEG, Ing C. Anesthesia, Sedation, and Pain Control. Clin Perinatol. 2019 Dec;46(4):xvii-xviii. 

Jain L. First, Do No Harm. Clin Perinatol. 2019 Dec;46(4):xv-xvi. 

Johnson JK, Harris FL, Ping XD, Gauthier TW, Brown LAS. Role of zinc insufficiency in fetal alveolar macrophage dysfunction and RSV exacerbation associated with fetal ethanol exposure. Alcohol. 2019 Nov;80:5-16.

Sewell EK, Piazza AJ, Davis J, Heard ML, Figueroa J, Keene SD. Inotrope Needs in Neonates Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure. J Pediatr. 2019 Nov;214:128-133. 

Patel RM, Shenvi N, Knezevic A, Hinkes M, Bugg GW, Stowell SR, Roback JD, Easley KA, Josephson C. Observational study of cytomegalovirus from breast milk and necrotising enterocolitis. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2019 Jul 20;105(3):259–65. 

Caplan MS, Underwood MA, Modi N, Patel R, Gordon PV, Sylvester KG, McElroy S, Manzoni P, Gephart S, Chwals WJ, Turner MA, Davis JM; Necrotizing Enterocolitis Workgroup of the International Neonatal Consortium. Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Using Regulatory Science and Drug Development to Improve Outcomes. J Pediatr. 2019 Sep;212:208-215.e1.

Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Zupancic JAF, Sandoval G, Grobman WA, Blackwell SC, Tita ATN, Reddy UM, Jain L, Saade GR, Rouse DJ, Iams JD, Clark EAS, Thorp JM Jr, Chien EK, Peaceman AM, Gibbs RS, Swamy GK, Norton ME, Casey BM, Caritis SN, Tolosa JE, Sorokin Y, VanDorsten JP; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Cost-effectiveness of Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy vs No Therapy in Women at Risk of Late Preterm Delivery: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 May 1;173(5):462-468. 

Patel RM, Knezevic A, Yang J, Shenvi N, Hinkes M, Roback JD, Easley KA, Josephson CD. Enteral iron supplementation, red blood cell transfusion, and risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very-low-birth-weight infants. Transfusion. 2019 May;59(5):1675-1682. doi: 10.1111/trf.15216. 

Jain VG, Saroha V, Patel RM, Jobe A. Is early caffeine therapy safe and effective for ventilated preterm infants? J Perinatol. 2019 May;39(5):754-757.

Merves M, Parsons K, Alazraki A, Meisel J, Sauer C, Li H. Significant Hematochezia and Intracranial Bleeding in Neonatal Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. AJP Rep. 2019 Jan;9(1):e10-e14. 

Natarajan G, Mathur A, Zaniletti I, DiGeronimo R, Lee KS, Rao R, Dizon M, Hamrick S, Rudine A, Cook N, Smith D, Flibotte J, Murthy K, Massaro A; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC). Withdrawal of Life-Support in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 Feb;91:20-26.

Phelps DL, Watterberg KL, Nolen TL, Cole CA, Cotten CM, Oh W, Poindexter BB, Zaterka-Baxter KM, Das A, Lacy CB, Scorsone AM, Walsh MC, Bell EF, Kennedy KA, Schibler K, Sokol GM, Laughon MM, Lakshminrusimha S, Truog WE, Garg M, Carlo WA, Laptook AR, Van Meurs KP, Carlton DP, Graf A, DeMauro SB, Brion LP, Shankaran S, Orge FH, Olson RJ, Mintz-Hittner H, Yang MB, Haider KM, Wallace DK, Chung M, Hug D, Tsui I, Cogen MS, Donahue JP, Gaynon M, Hutchinson AK, Bremer DL, Quinn G, He YG, Lucas WR Jr, Winter TW, Kicklighter SD, Kumar K, Chess PR, Colaizy TT, Hibbs AM, Ambalavanan N, Harmon HM, McGowan EC, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Effects of Myo-inositol on Type 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity Among Preterm Infants <28 Weeks' Gestational Age: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Oct 23;320(16):1649-1658. 

Shankaran S, Bell EF, Laptook AR, Saha S, Newman NS, Kazzi SNJ, Barks J, Stoll BJ, Bara R, Gabrio J, Childs K, Das A, Higgins RD, Carlo WA, Sánchez PJ, Carlton DP, Pavageau L, Malcolm WF, D'Angio CT, Ohls RK, Poindexter BB, Sokol GM, Van Meurs KP, Colaizy TT, Khmour A, Puopolo KM, Garg M, Walsh MC; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Weaning of Moderately Preterm Infants from the
Incubator to the Crib: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2019 Jan;204:96-102.e4. 

 

2018

Adams-Chapman I, DeMauro SB. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of the Preterm Infant. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Sep;45(3):xvii-xviii. 

Leon Hernandez A. The Impact of Prematurity on Social and Emotional Development. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Sep;45(3):547-555. 

Adams-Chapman I. Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Neurodevelopmental Outcome. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Sep;45(3):453-466.

Sewell EK, Andescavage NN. Neuroimaging for Neurodevelopmental Prognostication in High-Risk Neonates. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Sep;45(3):421-437. 

Rose AT, Patel RM. A critical analysis of risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2018 Aug 1.

Marin T, Patel RM, Roback JD, Stowell SR, Guo Y, Easley K, Warnock M, Skvarich J, Josephson CD. Does red blood cell irradiation and/or anemia trigger intestinal injury in premature infants with birth weight ≤ 1250 g? An observational birth cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Aug 11;18(1):270.

Guo Y, Wang Y, Marin T, Kirk E, Patel RM, Josephson CD. Statistical methods for characterizing transfusion-related changes in regional oxygenation using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in preterm infants. Stat Methods Med Res. 2018 Jan 1:962280218786302.

Keir A, Bamat N, Patel RM, Elkhateeb O, Roland D. Utilising social media to educate and inform healthcare professionals, policy-makers and the broader community in evidence-based healthcare. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2018 Jul 26. 

Hintz SR, Vohr BR, Bann CM, Taylor HG, Das A, Gustafson KE, Yolton K, Watson VE, Lowe J, DeAnda ME, Ball MB, Finer NN, Van Meurs KP, Shankaran S, Pappas A, Barnes PD, Bulas D, Newman JE, Wilson-Costello DE, Heyne RJ, Harmon HM, Peralta-Carcelen M, Adams-Chapman I, Duncan AF, Fuller J, Vaucher YE, Colaizy TT, Winter S, McGowan EC, Goldstein RF, Higgins RD; SUPPORT study group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Preterm Neuroimaging and School-Age Cognitive Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2018 Jul;142(1). pii: e20174058.

Fletcher K, Chapman R, Keene S. An overview of medical ECMO for neonates. Semin Perinatol. 2018 Mar;42(2):68-79.

Jain L. Unfinished Business: Prematurity, Birth Asphyxia, and Stillbirths. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Jun;45(2):xv-xviii.

Sewell EK, Vezina G, Chang T, Tsuchida T, Harris K, Ridore M, Glass P, Massaro AN. Evolution of Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Outcome in Term Encephalopathic Neonates Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia. American journal of perinatology. 2018; 35(3):277-285. 

Sewell EK, Keene S. Perinatal Care of Infants with Congenital Birth Defects. Clin Perinatol. 2018; 45(2):213-230. 

Patel RM, Manuck TA. Collaboratively Understanding and Improving Outcomes for the Mother, Fetus, and Infant. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Jun;45(2):xix-xx.

Pakvasa MA, Saroha V, Patel RM. Optimizing Caffeine Use and Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Application of GRADE Methodology. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Jun;45(2):273-291.

Schlager A, Arps K, Siddharthan R, Glenn I, Hill SJ, Wulkan ML, Keene SD, Clifton MS. Thoracoscopic Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia After Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Feasibility and Outcomes. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018 Mar 12.

Adams-Chapman I, Heyne RJ, DeMauro SB, Duncan AF, Hintz SR, Pappas A, Vohr BR, McDonald SA, Das A, Newman JE, Higgins RD; Follow-Up Study of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Neurodevelopmental Impairment Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Research Network. Pediatrics. 2018 May;141(5).

Grunwell JR, Yeligar SM, Stephenson S, Ping XD, Gauthier TW, Fitzpatrick AM, Brown LAS. TGF-β1 Suppresses the Type I IFN Response and Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alveolar Macrophages. J Immunol. 2018 Mar 15;200(6):2115-2128.

Jain L. Hormonal Regulation of Human Development. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Mar;45(1):xiii-xv.

Karpen HE. Mineral Homeostasis and Effects on Bone Mineralization in the Preterm Neonate. Clin Perinatol. 2018 Mar;45(1):129-141.

Kane AF, Bhatia AD, Denning PW, Shane AL, Patel RM. Routine Supplementation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Risk of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. J Pediatr. 2018 Apr;195:73-79.e2.

Han JE, Alvarez JA, Staitieh B, Tangpricha V, Hao L, Ziegler TR, Martin GS, Brown LAS. Oxidative stress in critically ill ventilated adults: effects of vitamin D(3) and associations with alveolar macrophage function. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2018 May;72(5):744-751.

Maheshwari A, Patel RM, Christensen RD. Anemia, red blood cell transfusions, and necrotizing enterocolitis. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb;27(1):47-51.

Patel RM, Underwood MA. Probiotics and necrotizing enterocolitis. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb;27(1):39-46.

Pappas A, Adams-Chapman I, Shankaran S, McDonald SA, Stoll BJ, Laptook AR, Carlo WA, Van Meurs KP, Hintz SR, Carlson MD, Brumbaugh JE, Walsh MC, Wyckoff MH, Das A, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Outcomes in Extremely Premature Neonates With Ventriculomegaly in the Absence of Periventricular-Intraventricular Hemorrhage. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jan 1;172(1):32-42.

 

2017

Bhatt D, Travers C, Patel RM, Shinnick J, Arps K, Keene S, Raval MV. Predicting Mortality or Intestinal Failure in Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis. J Pediatr. 2017 Dec;191:22-27.e3.

Vyas-Read S, Vance RJ, Wang W, Colvocoresses-Dodds J, Brown LA, Koval M. Hyperoxia induces paracellular leak and alters claudin expression by neonatal alveolar epithelial cells. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Jan;53(1):17-27.

Jain L. Minimally Invasive Surgery: Is It the Carpenter or the Tools? Clin Perinatol. 2017 Dec;44(4):xv-xvii.

Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Tyson JE, Munoz B, Bell EF, Goldberg RN, Parikh NA, Ambalavanan N, Pedroza C, Pappas A, Das A, Chaudhary AS, Ehrenkranz RA, Hensman AM, Van Meurs KP, Chalak LF, Khan AM, Hamrick SEG, Sokol GM, Walsh MC, Poindexter BB, Faix RG, Watterberg KL, Frantz ID 3rd, Guillet R, Devaskar U, Truog WE, Chock VY, Wyckoff MH, McGowan EC, Carlton DP, Harmon HM, Brumbaugh JE, Cotten CM,Sánchez PJ, Hibbs AM, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia Initiated After 6 Hours of Age on Death or Disability Among Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Oct 24;318(16):1550-1560..

Patel RM, Zimmerman K, Carlton DP, Clark R, Benjamin DK, Smith PB. Early Caffeine Prophylaxis and Risk of Failure of Initial Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. J Pediatr. 2017 Nov;190:108-111.e1.

Jain L. Quality Improvement: The Journey Continues! Clin Perinatol. 2017 Sep;44(3):xv-xvi.

Roberts JL, Patel RM. Antibiotic utilisation in very low birth weight infants without sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. Evid Based Med. 2017 Oct;22(5):187.

Vyas-Read S, Kanaan U, Shankar P, Stremming J, Travers C, Carlton DP, Fitzpatrick A. Early characteristics of infants with pulmonary hypertension in a referral neonatal intensive care unit. BMC Pediatr. 2017 Jul 11;17(1):163.

Patel RM, Rysavy MA, Bell EF, Tyson JE. Survival of Infants Born at Periviable Gestational Ages. Clin Perinatol. 2017 Jun;44(2):287-303.

Jain L. Confronting the Limits of Viability. Clin Perinatol. 2017 Jun;44(2):xv-xvii.

Sewell EK, Massa-Buck B, Rubio EI, Massaro AN, Badillo A, Puscasiu E, Broth R, Falika-King T, Nies B, Penn A. Impact of prenatal diagnosis of fetus-in-fetu. Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine. 2017; 10(3):333-338. 

Sewell EK, Forman KR, Wong EC, Gallagher M, Luban NL, Massaro AN. Thromboelastography in term neonates: an alternative approach to evaluating coagulopathy. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 2017;102(1):F79-F84. 

Pallotto EK, Piazza AJ, Smith JR, Grover TR, Chuo J, Provost L, Mingrone T, Holston M, Moran S; DNP, Morelli L; LNCC, Zaniletti I, Brozanski B. Sustaining SLUG Bug CLABSI Reduction: Does Sterile Tubing Change Technique Really Work? Pediatrics. 2017 Oct;140(4). pii: e20163178.

Di Fiore JM, Martin RJ, Li H, Morris N, Carlo WA, Finer N, Walsh M; SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Patterns of Oxygenation, Mortality, and Growth Status in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial Cohort. J Pediatr. 2017 Jul;186:49-56.e1.

Gauthier TW, Grunwell JR, Ping XD, Harris FL, Brown LA. Impaired defenses of neonatal mouse alveolar macrophage with cftr deletion are modulated by glutathione and TGFβ1. Physiol Rep. 2017 Mar;5(6). pii: e13086.

Younge N, Goldstein RF, Bann CM, Hintz SR, Patel RM, Smith PB, Bell EF, Rysavy MA, Duncan AF, Vohr BR, Das A, Goldberg RN, Higgins RD, Cotten CM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Survival and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes among Periviable Infants. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):617-628.

Engle WA, West KW, Hocutt GA, Pallotto EK, Haney B, Keith RJ, Stewart DL, Knodel E, Suttner D, Chapman R, Thomas A, Schwerin B, Stork E, Crowley M, Piazza AJ, Heard ML, Gebregziabher N, Fadel W, Bartlett R. Adult Outcomes After Newborn Respiratory Failure Treated With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan;18(1):73-79.

James J, Munson D, DeMauro SB, Langer JC, Dworetz AR, Natarajan G, Bidegain M, Fortney CA, Seabrook R, Vohr BR, Tyson JE, Bell EF, Poindexter BB, Shankaran S, Higgins RD, Das A, Stoll BJ, Kirpalani H; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support. J Pediatr. 2017 Nov;190:118-123.e4.

Shankaran S, Laptook AR, Pappas A, McDonald SA, Das A, Tyson JE, Poindexter BB, Schibler K, Bell EF, Heyne RJ, Pedroza C, Bara R, Van Meurs KP, Huitema CMP, Grisby C, Devaskar U, Ehrenkranz RA, Harmon HM, Chalak LF, DeMauro SB, Garg M, Hartley-McAndrew ME, Khan AM, Walsh MC, Ambalavanan N, Brumbaugh JE, Watterberg KL, Shepherd EG, Hamrick SEG, Barks J, Cotten CM, Kilbride HW, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Jul 4;318(1):57-67.