Current Fellows: 2021-2022
PGY-8
Kevin Louie, DO
Medical School: A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: NYCOM/Peconic Bay Medical Center - Internship Training; Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program (Pediatrics - General)
PGY-6
Nilima Jawale, MBBS
Medical School: Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn Program (Pediatrics - General)
Emily Marmarou, DO
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus
Residency: Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Program (Pediatrics - General)
Fernando Pena Cruz, MD
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: Transitional Residency (San Cristobal Hospital, Ponce PR); San Juan City Hospital Program (Pediatrics - General)
Max Shenberger, MD
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University Program (Pediatrics - General)
PGY-5
Kriti Damodaran, MBBS
Medical School: Government Medical College Patiala
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn Program (Pediatrics - General)
Nina Debenedictis, MD
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn Program (Pediatrics - General)
Hannah Pee, MBBS
Medical School: Melaka-Manipal Medical College
Residency: Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Program (Pediatrics - General)
Maria Fernandez Ramos, MD
Medical School: Universidad Centro-Occidental Lisandro Alvarado Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud
Residency: Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Program (Pediatrics - General)
Hannah Sampath, MD
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: X-MET-Pediatrics (New York Medical College)
PGY-4
Jennifer Kaswick, MD
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago
Residency: Pediatrics (Westchester Medical Center)
Parvathy Krishnan, MBBS
Medical School: Madras Medical College
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst) Program (Pediatrics - General)
Kishan Kumar, MD
Medical School: St. Matthew's University School of Medicine (Grand Cayman)
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center Program (Pediatrics - General)
Melani Olivares, MD
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Residency: Pediatrics (Westchester Medical Center)
Recent Fellowship Alumni
Immediate post-graduate appointments of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital Neonatology Fellows:
FELLOW
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YEAR GRADUATED
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POSITION
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Dina Finkel
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2021
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Queens Hospital Center, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Queens, NY
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Virginia Kaldas
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2021
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Lincoln Medical Center, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Bronx, NY
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Kristina Erickson
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2020
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Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Deepti Purhoti
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2020
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rutgers University School of Medicine
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center , Newark, NJ
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Morgan Salton
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2020
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY
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Dilani Wanasinghe
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2020
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY
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Shaili Amatya
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2019
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
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Amanda Brown
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2019
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Staten Island University Hospital
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Michelle Levinson
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2019
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Northwell-Northern Westchester Hospital
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Lulu Murray
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2019
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
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Sharina Rajbhandari
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2019
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Pediatrix Group of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
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Amruta Bamanikar
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2018
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ
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Courtney Briggs
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2018
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY
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Priya Giri
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2018
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY
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Anna Zylak
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2018
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Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Jennifer Hsu
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2017
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St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem Campus, Lehigh, PA
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Cosmina Mandru
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2017
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY
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Sanjeet Panda
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2017
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
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Mahima Tibrewal
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2017
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St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem Campus, Lehigh PA
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Meenakshi Singh
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2016
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Assistant Professor, Penn State School of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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Abigael Maxwell
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2016
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Private Practice, Locum Tenens
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Lyndsey Garbi
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2016
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra University School of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital
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J. Lena Kim
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2016
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Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA
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Alexander Feldman
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2015
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Assistant Professor,
Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine,
Newark, NJ
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Usama Younis
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2015
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Trinity Medical Center,
Fort Dodge, IA
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Brian DeBenedictis
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2015
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Private Practice, Locum Tenens
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Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center

Edmund F. La Gamma, MD
Chief, Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Fellowship Program
View published research.

Boriana Parvez, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Fellowship Program
View published research.

Lance A. Parton, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chief RNICU
Director, Pulmonary Medicine Section
View published research.

Heather L. Brumberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Joint Faculty, School of Public Health
Director, Neonatal Public Health Programs
View published research.

Karen Hussein, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
View published research.

Jordan Kase, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal Follow-up Program
View published research.

Melanie Leong, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
View published research.

Amy Reichlin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
View published research.

Shetal Shah, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Neonatal Immunization Research
View published research.

Meenakshi Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
View published research.
Affiliated Faculty and Staff-WMC
Bistra Nankova, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Developmental Neuroscience Lab
Govindaiah Vinukonda, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Affiliate Faculty
Garnet Health Medical Center
Manuel DeCastro, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Matthew Rainaldi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Good Samaritan Hospital
Soheir Haram, MD
Sonya Strassberg, MD
Hudson Valley Hospital Center
Muhammad Zia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Laura Perretta, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Blythedale Children’s Hospital
Dennis Davidson, MD
Chief of Sub-acute Care Services
Putnam Hospital Center
Jean Chelala, MD
Instructor
St. John's Riverside Hospital
Cosmina Mandru, MD
Instructor
Anita Ware, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
St. Luke’s - Cornwall
Prabhakar Kocherlakota, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Recent Faculty Publications
View faculty publications from the last 5 years:
2017 Publications (Download Here)
2018 Publications (Download Here)
2019 Publications (Download Here)
2020 Publications (Download Here)
2018-Present
Edmund LaGamma
Juul S, Comstock B, Wadhawan R, Mayock D, Courtney S, Robinson T, Ahmad K, Bendel- Stenzel E, Baserga M, LaGamma EF, Downey LC, Rao R, Fahim N, Lampland A, Frantz III E, Khan J, Weiss M, Gilmore M, Ohls R, Srnivasan N, Perez J, McKay V, Vu P, Lowe J, Kuban K, O’Shea M, Hartman A, Heagerty P, PENUT Trial consortium. A Randomized Trial of Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 16;382(3):233-243. PMID: 31940698.
Gogcu S, Aboudi D, Kase J, LaGamma E, Brumberg HL. Presence of neonatal intensive care services at birth hospital and early intervention enrollment in infants ≤1500 g. J Perinat Med. 2020 Apr 9:/j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2019-0393/jpm-2019-0393.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2019-0393. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32284452.
Shah SI, Brumberg HL, La Gamma EF. Applying lessons from vaccination hesitancy to address birth dose vitamin K refusal: Where has the trust gone? Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151242.
Juul SE, Vu PT, Comstock BA, et al. Effect of High-Dose Erythropoietin on Blood Transfusions in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 17]. JAMA Pediatr. 2020;10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2271. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2271 PMID: 32804205
Ericksen K, Alpan G, La Gamma EF. Effect of ventilator modes on neonatal cerebral and peripheral oxygenation using near-infrared spectroscopy. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/apa.15600. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32989810
Shah S, Aboudi D, LaGamma EF, Brumberg H. Respiratory severity score greater than or equal to 2 at birth is associated with increased risk of mortality in Infants with birthweights less than or equal to 1,250 grams. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2020 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25069. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32915498
Mayock DE, Xie Z, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, Juul SE; Preterm Epo Neuroprotection (PENUT) Trial Consortium. High-Dose Erythropoietin in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates Does Not Alter Risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Neonatology. 2020 Oct 28:1-8. doi: 10.1159/000511262. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33113526.
Patrick PA, Canter JF, Brumberg HL, Dozor D, Aboudi D, Smith M, Sandhu S, Trinidad N, LaGamma E, Altman RL. Implementing a Hospital-Based Safe Sleep Program for Newborns and Infants. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Dec 18;Publish Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000807. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33350711
Giri P, Hu F, LaGamma EF, Nankova B. Absence of gut microbial colonization attenuates the sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemic stress in mice: Implications for human neonates. Ped Research 2019, 85:574-581. PMID: 30675019
Vinukonda G, Liaio Y. Hu F, Ivanova L, Purohit D, Finkel D, Giri P, Bapatla L, Shah S, Zia M, Hussein K, Cairo M, LaGamma EF. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cell infusion improves neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of IVH. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2019; July [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31322326
Kocherlakota P, Qian EC, Patel VC, Mandru C, Vilar RE, Alpan G, LaGamma EF. A new scoring system for the assessment of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Am J Perinat. 2019, Nov 27. [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31777045
Rahman A, Shah S, LaGamma EF. Balancing parental needs for physicians’ technical help with physicians’ legal protection. JAMA Pediatrics. 2018; 172(5): 416-8. PMID: 29554177
Stevens T, Shields E, Campbell D, Combs A, Horgan M, LaGamma E, Xion K, Kacica M. Statewide Initiative to Reduce Postnatal Growth Restriction Among Infants < 31 Weeks’ Gestation. J Pediatr. 2018.197:82-89.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.074. PMID: 29631770
Aboudi D, Shah S, LaGamma E, Brumberg H. Impact of neonatologist availability on preterm survival without morbidities, J of Perinatol, 2018;38:1009-1016.
Mintzer P, Parvez B, LaGamma EF. Regional Tissue Oxygen Extraction and Severity of Anemia in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates: A pilot NIRS analysis. Am J Perinatol. 2018; 35(14):1411-1418. PMID: 29906796
LaGamma EF, Brumberg HL, Aboudi D, Shah S. Making a business case for a model of regionalization with neonatologist availability at all facilities: One institution’s financial tell-all. J Perinatol 2018; 38:959-962. PMID: 29977012
LaGamma EF, Do transfusions cause necrotizing enterocolitis? Evidence and potential mechanisms. Breastfeeding Medicine, 2018; 13; No S1.
Karen Hussein
Vinukonda G, Liaio Y. Hu F, Ivanova L, Purohit D, Finkel D, Giri P, Bapatla L, Shah S, Zia M, Hussein K, Cairo M, LaGamma EF. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cell infusion improves neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of IVH. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2019; July [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31322326
Meenakshi Singh
Amatya S, Corr T, Singh M, et al. Management of newborns exposed to mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 [2020 May 21]. J Perinatol. 2020;1-10. PMID: 32439956
Singh M, Parvez B, Banquest A, Kase J. Habilitation of very preterm infants at a Post Acute Care Inpatient Rehabilitation (PACIR) center after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge. Dev Neurohabil. 2018 Feb 20:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29461903
Jordan Kase
Gogcu S, Aboudi D, Kase J, LaGamma E, Brumberg HL. Presence of neonatal intensive care services at birth hospital and early intervention enrollment in infants ≤1500 g. J Perinat Med. 2020 Apr 9:/j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2019-0393/jpm-2019-0393.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2019-0393. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32284452.
Scott TE, Aboudi D, Kase JS. Low-Grade Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 24-42 Months of Age. J Child Neurol. 2020 Aug;35(9):578-584. doi: 10.1177/0883073820922638. Epub 2020 May 21. PMID: 32438867.
Rahman A, Kase JS, Murray YL, Parvez B. Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Fed an Exclusive Human Milk Diet Is Not Affected by Growth Velocity. Breastfeed Med. 2020 Jun;15(6):362-369. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0214. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32311293.
Singh M, Parvez B, Banquest A, Kase J. Habilitation of very preterm infants at a Post Acute Care Inpatient Rehabilitation (PACIR) center after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge. Dev Neurohabil. 2018 Feb 20:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29461903
Heather L. Brumberg
Gogcu S, Aboudi D, Kase J, LaGamma E, Brumberg HL. Presence of neonatal intensive care services at birth hospital and early intervention enrollment in infants ≤1500 g. J Perinat Med. 2020 Apr 9:/j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2019-0393/jpm-2019-0393.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2019-0393. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32284452.
Bantol KEA, Brumberg HL, Shah SI, Javier JR. Perspective from the Society for Pediatric Research: contaminants of water and children’s health: Can we do better? [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 29]. Pediatr Res. 2020;10.1038/s41390-020-0985-4. doi:10.1038/s41390-020-0985-4. PMID: 32470969.
Shah SI, Brumberg HL, La Gamma EF. Applying lessons from vaccination hesitancy to address birth dose vitamin K refusal: Where has the trust gone? Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151242.
Brumberg HL and Shah SI. Perinatal health services: Impacting individual, organizational, and societal approaches towards optimizing family health. Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151237.
Brumberg HL and Shah SI. Got daddy issues? Fathers impact on perinatal outcomes. Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151238.
Shah S, Aboudi D, LaGamma EF, Brumberg H. Respiratory severity score greater than or equal to 2 at birth is associated with increased risk of mortality in Infants with birthweights less than or equal to 1,250 grams. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2020 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25069. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32915498
Ericksen K, Shah S, Brumberg HL. Public health implications of rising majijuana use in pregnancy in an age of increasing legalization. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jun 1;173(6):606-607. PMID: 30958527
Wanasinghe D, Shah S, Bamanikar A, Aboudi D, Mikkilineni S, Shyong O, Wu N, Lavan T, Brumberg HB. Lifestyle characteristics of parental electronic cigarette and marijuana users: Healthy or not? J Perinat Med. 2019; 48(1):59-66. PMID: 31855571
Aboudi D, Shah S, LaGamma E, Brumberg H. Impact of neonatologist availability on preterm survival without morbidities, J of Perinatol, 2018;38:1009-1016.
Aboudi D, Swaminathan N, Brumberg H, Shi Q, Friedman D, Parvez B, Krishnan U. Sildenafil and retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants with BPD. J Pediatrics, 2018; 199:16-21. PMID: 29753546
Javier J, Brumberg HL, Sanders L, Hannon T, Shah S. How gaps in policy implementation cause public health malpractice. The Lancet, 2018 June 16; 391:2414.
LaGamma EF, Brumberg HL, Aboudi D, Shah S. Making a business case for a model of regionalization with neonatologist availability at all facilities: One institution’s financial tell-all. J Perinatol 2018; 38:959-962. PMID: 29977012
Shah S, Balasubramaniam V, Brumberg HL, Sanders S. Policy priorities for child health: results from a membership survey of the Society for Pediatric Research. Pediatr Res. 2018 Jul;84(1):6-9. PMID: 29915410
Shetal Shah
Levinson M, Parvez B, Aboudi D, Shah S. Impact of maternal stressors and neonatal clinical factors on post-partum depression screening scores. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 21]. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020;1-9. doi:10.1080/14767058.2020.1754394 PMID: 32316772
Shah SI, Javier JR, Brumberg HL. The vapes of wrath: advocating to protect children from electronic nicotine systems in the age of flavored vapes. Pediatr Res. 2020;87(6):972-975. doi:10.1038/s41390-020-0872-z PMID: 32289813.
Bantol KEA, Brumberg HL, Shah SI, Javier JR. Perspective from the Society for Pediatric Research: contaminants of water and children’s health: Can we do better? [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 29]. Pediatr Res. 2020;10.1038/s41390-020-0985-4. doi:10.1038/s41390-020-0985-4. PMID: 32470969.
Shah SI, Brumberg HL, La Gamma EF. Applying lessons from vaccination hesitancy to address birth dose vitamin K refusal: Where has the trust gone? Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151242.
Brumberg HL and Shah SI. Perinatal health services: Impacting individual, organizational, and societal approaches towards optimizing family health. Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151237.
Brumberg HL and Shah SI. Got daddy issues? Fathers impact on perinatal outcomes. Seminars in Perinatology 2020;44(4):Article 151238.
Weiner DL, Balasubramaniam V, Shah SI, Javier JR; Pediatric Policy Council. COVID-19 impact on research, lessons learned from COVID-19 research, implications for pediatric research. Pediatr Res. 2020;88(2):148-150. doi:10.1038/s41390-020-1006-3. PMID: 32544922
Shah S, Aboudi D, LaGamma EF, Brumberg H. Respiratory severity score greater than or equal to 2 at birth is associated with increased risk of mortality in Infants with birthweights less than or equal to 1,250 grams. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2020 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25069. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32915498
Ericksen K, Shah S, Brumberg HL. Public health implications of rising majijuana use in pregnancy in an age of increasing legalization. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jun 1;173(6):606-607. PMID: 30958527
Vinukonda G, Liaio Y. Hu F, Ivanova L, Purohit D, Finkel D, Giri P, Bapatla L, Shah S, Zia M, Hussein K, Cairo M, LaGamma EF. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cell infusion improves neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of IVH. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2019; July [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31322326
Briggs-Steinberg C, Aboudi D, Hodson G, Shah, S. Clinical tolerance of in-NICU administration of rotavirus vaccine. Am J Perinat. 2019 Nov 18 [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31739360
Wanasinghe D, Shah S, Bamanikar A, Aboudi D, Mikkilineni S, Shyong O, Wu N, Lavan T, Brumberg HB. Lifestyle characteristics of parental electronic cigarette and marijuana users: Healthy or not? J Perinat Med. 2019; 48(1):59-66. PMID: 31855571
Rahman A, Shah S, LaGamma EF. Balancing parental needs for physicians’ technical help with physicians’ legal protection. JAMA Pediatrics. 2018; 172(5): 416-8. PMID: 29554177
Aboudi D, Shah S, LaGamma E, Brumberg H. Impact of neonatologist availability on preterm survival without morbidities, J of Perinatol, 2018;38:1009-1016.
Briggs-Steinberg C, Shah S. Rationale for in-neonatal intensive care unit administration of live, attenuated rotavirus vaccination. Am J Perinatol 2018 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29883980
Javier J, Brumberg HL, Sanders L, Hannon T, Shah S. How gaps in policy implementation cause public health malpractice. The Lancet, 2018 June 16; 391:2414.
LaGamma EF, Brumberg HL, Aboudi D, Shah S. Making a business case for a model of regionalization with neonatologist availability at all facilities: One institution’s financial tell-all. J Perinatol 2018; 38:959-962. PMID: 29977012
Shah S, Balasubramaniam V, Brumberg HL, Sanders S. Policy priorities for child health: results from a membership survey of the Society for Pediatric Research. Pediatr Res. 2018 Jul;84(1):6-9. PMID: 29915410
Boriana Parvez
Levinson M, Parvez B, Aboudi D, Shah S. Impact of maternal stressors and neonatal clinical factors on post-partum depression screening scores. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 21]. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020;1-9. doi:10.1080/14767058.2020.1754394 PMID: 32316772
Rahman A, Kase JS, Murray YL, Parvez B. Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Fed an Exclusive Human Milk Diet Is Not Affected by Growth Velocity. Breastfeed Med. 2020 Jun;15(6):362-369. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0214. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32311293.
Carome K, Rahman A, Parvez B. Exclusive human milk diet reduces incidence of severe intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2020 Sep 30. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00834-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32999446.
Singh M, Parvez B, Banquest A, Kase J. Habilitation of very preterm infants at a Post Acute Care Inpatient Rehabilitation (PACIR) center after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge. Dev Neurohabil. 2018 Feb 20:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29461903
Mintzer P, Parvez B, LaGamma EF. Regional Tissue Oxygen Extraction and Severity of Anemia in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates: A pilot NIRS analysis. Am J Perinatol. 2018; 35(14):1411-1418. PMID: 29906796
Aboudi D, Swaminathan N, Brumberg H, Shi Q, Friedman D, Parvez B, Krishnan U. Sildenafil and retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants with BPD. J Pediatrics, 2018; 199:16-21. PMID: 29753546
Melanie Leong
Leong M. Genetic Approaches to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. NeoReview. 2019; 5: e272-e279.PMID: 31261079
Lauren Peretta
Perretta LJ, Spaight M, Yap V, Perlman J. Randomized Study of Delayed Cord Clamping of 30 to 60 Seconds in the Larger Infant Born Preterm. J Pediatr. 2020 Sep;224:153-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.04.058. Epub 2020 Jul 7. PMID: 32651013.
Perretta L, Reed R, Ross G, Perlman J. Is there a role for therapeutic hypothermia administration in term infants with mild neonatal encephalopathy?. J of Perinatol, 2019 Nov 25. [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31767982
Cosmina Mandru
Mandru C, Perrin M, Iver R, Liveris D, Schwartz I, Alpan G, Parvez B. Bacterial content of fortified and unfortified holder pasteurized donor human milk during prolonged refrigerated storage. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 2019 June 20 [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31232828
Kocherlakota P, Qian EC, Patel VC, Mandru C, Vilar RE, Alpan G, LaGamma EF. A new scoring system for the assessment of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Am J Perinat. 2019, Nov 27. [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31777045
Govindah Vinukonda
Vinukonda G, Liaio Y. Hu F, Ivanova L, Purohit D, Finkel D, Giri P, Bapatla L, Shah S, Zia M, Hussein K, Cairo M, LaGamma EF. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cell infusion improves neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of IVH. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2019; July [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31322326
Bistra Nankova
Giri P, Hu F, LaGamma EF, Nankova B. Absence of gut microbial colonization attenuates the sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemic stress in mice: Implications for human neonates. Ped Research 2019, 85:574-581. PMID: 30675019
Mohammed Zia
Vinukonda G, Liaio Y. Hu F, Ivanova L, Purohit D, Finkel D, Giri P, Bapatla L, Shah S, Zia M, Hussein K, Cairo M, LaGamma EF. Human cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cell infusion improves neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of IVH. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2019; July [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31322326
Zia MT, Golombek S, Lemon L, Nitkowski Keever S, Paudel U. The influence of time of birth and seasonal variations on weight loss in breastfeeding neonates. J of Neonatal-Perinatal Med. 2019; 12(2):189-194. PMID: 30714975
Prabhakar Kocherlakota
Kocherlakota P, Qian EC, Patel VC, Mandru C, Vilar RE, Alpan G, LaGamma EF. A new scoring system for the assessment of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Am J Perinat. 2019, Nov 27. [e-pub ahead of print] PMID: 31777045
Kocherlakota, P. Pharmacologic Therapy of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. in Infectious diseases and Pharmacology, Neonatology: Questions & Controversies volume 7 , Edited by Pollin RA, Benitz WE and Brian Smith P , Published by Elsevier. Philadelphia PA Pages 243-259. Sept 2018.