Title(s):

Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Director, Division of Neonatology; Professor of Pediatrics; Attending
Temple University
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Babies and Children's Hospital of NY

Interests:

Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal Sepsis, Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Dr. Polin has a broad range of scientific interests. Currently, his major focus is on developmental immunology, infectious diseases, hypoxic ischemic brain injury and aerosolized surfactant. Dr. Polin has published over 100 original papers, more than 60 editorial reviews and chapters, 20 books (including Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Workbook in Practical Neonatology, Pediatric Secrets, Fetal and Neonatal Secrets, Current Pediatric Therapy, Pocket Neonatology) and more than 200 abstracts. He is an editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics publication, Grand Rounds.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-5827

Office Fax# (212)305-7086

rap32@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director, Division of Neonatology Allen Pavilion of New York Presbyterian Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Ghana Medical School

Residency:

Harlem Hospital Center

Interests:

General Neonatology

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)932-4035

Office Fax# (212)932-5441

faa8@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency:

Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)
Tufts-New England Medical Center (Boston)

Fellowship:

Babies and Children's Hospital of NY

Interests:

Effects of intrauterine cocaine exposure and other
manifestations of urban poverty on the newborn.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-6578

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

Dab2@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Director, Neonatal and Critical Care Research; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology
McGill University
Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine

Interests:

Hemostasis and Thrombosis; inflammation related to autoimmune diseases. Dr. Diacovo's research interests are focused on understanding the structure, function, and biophysical mechanisms that contribute to platelet deposition at sites of vascular injury in health and disease. In addition, his lab is also investigating a new class of anti-inflammatory agents aimed at preventing tissue injury induced by the inappropriate accumulation of white blood cells in the lung, joints, gut, and brain. Dr. Diacovo has received several honors for his work including the Young Investigator Prize by the American Heart Association, the Lewis Katz Prize in Cardiovascular Medicine, and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation award.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)851-4683

Office Fax# (212)851-4504

td2142@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending Neonatologist

Education:

City College of New York; McGill University Faculty of Medicine

Residency:

North Shore University Hospital

Fellowship:

Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Interests:

Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Organisms; Feeding and Nutrition of the Low Birth Weight Infant

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)932-4035

Office Fax# (212)932-5441

jmd2116@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Education:

Barnard College, Columbia University BA; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, MPH; New York Medical College, MD

Residency:

Mount Sianai Medical Center (Pediatrics), New York, NY

Fellowship:

Children's Hospital of Philadelpia (Neonatology), Philadelphia, PA

Interests:

Neuro developmental follow-up of premature infants; Neuro developmental follow-up of infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Herinia (CDH); Neonatal Resuscitation.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)342-3735

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

crf9@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Aukland, School of Medicine

Residency:

Monmouth Medical Center (New Jersey)

Fellowship:

Columbia University

Interests:

Perinatal transmission of HIV infection and interventions to reduce transmission, Perinatal pharmacology of morphine and its glucuronide metabolites, Perinatal pharmacology of anti-HIV drugs, Pharmacology of pregnancy with special interest in placenta transfer and fetal metabolism, Ontogeny of autonomic control in the fetus

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0954

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

Lab Telephone# (212)305-5117

Mg71@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Engineering (in Pediatrics)

Education:

Cornell University, University of California at Los Angeles

Fellowship:

Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute

Interests:

Developmental electrophysiology including measurement of abnormal brain function in premature infants and young children with affect disorders. Collection and processing of high density (128 lead) EEG data from infants and young children.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0953

Fax# (212)305-0956

pgg3@columbia.edu

Title(s):
Education:
Fellowship:

Associate Research Scientist
University of Cincinnati, Kenyon College
Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Interests:

Development of neural systems assessed with measures of synchronization and coupling in neuroelectrical oscillations, event-related potentials in infants and novel analytical techniques, perinatal development of the waking state and higher levels of cognition.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)342-4151

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

jri2101@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Professor of Pediatrics, Attending Neonatologist

Education:

St. John's Medical College (Bangalore, India)
Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi,India)

Residency:

Brookdale Hospital

Fellowship:

Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons

Interests:

Neonatal Nutrition & Metabolism
Dr. Kashyap directs the nutritional support of the infants in our unit. She is also responsible for executing a number of detailed protocols for studies of both parental and enteral nutrition. At present, she is working on a large study concerning the effects of early aggressive nutrition on the very low birth weight infant. This study utilizes sophisticated measurements of anthropometry, biochemistry, macronutrient balances, energetics, body composition and neuro-developmental assessment to determine the effects on the growth and development of the low birth weight infant.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-9034

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

sk48@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Neonatology, Attending

Education:

Nova-Southeastern University School of Medicine

Residency:

New York Medical College, NY

Fellowship:

Yale University School of Medicine, CT

Interests:

Bilirubin metabolism during developmental period

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (201)833-7271

Office Fax# (201)833-7221

Hrleepark@pol.net

Title(s):

Director, Neonatal Follow-Up Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

State University of New York at Binghamton, BA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD; Harvard School of Public Health, MPH

Residency:

Babies and Childrens Hospital, Columbia University

Fellowship:

Childrens Hospital Boston, Harvard University

Interests:

Neurodevelopmental outcome of at risk infants including premature infants and infants with complex congenital heart disease; neonatal resuscitation; evidence based medicine

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

jl572@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director of Clinical Research, Division of Neonatology; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Cincinnati

Residency:

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)

Fellowship:

University of Cincinnati

Interests:

Decision making in the NICU, F & E management, thermal management, bioethics, developmental renal and fluid and electrolyte physiology, long-term outcomes of newborn intensive care

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-2827

Office Fax# (212)305-7086

jl1084@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics in Pediatrics

Education:

Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France; Diplôme de l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

Interests:

She is a Faculty Associate at the Center for Bioethics and a Research Scholar at Institute for Social and Economic Research and policy (ISERP). She has published work in a cross cultural perspective on patient's hospital experiences and on clinician and family decision making in intensive care units. Her more recent work focuses on ethical dilemmas and international variations in medical prognosis in neonatology, a particular emphasis being put on the links between decision theory and empirical results. Another line of research, pursued with colleagues form behavioral sciences, relates to the negative psychological consequences of choice in life and death contexts. She is a co-editor of the book The View From Here: Bioethics and the Social Sciences (Blackwell, 2007). Before joining Columbia, K. Orfali has been an Assistant Professor in Medicine and Assistant Director at the MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics a the University of Chicago and Directeur de Recherches at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France. As an ethicist she is a member of the Morgan Stanley CHONY ethics committee.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-6561

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

ko2145@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Neonatal Attending.

Education:

University of Milan, Italy

Residency:

University of Milan, Italy and New York University

Fellowship:

University of Milan, Italy and Columbia University

Interests:

Dr. Parravicini has been working on kidney development. Currently her major focus is the study of urine NGAL (Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin) as an early biomarker of acute renal failure in very low birth weight infants. Another major area of interest is prenatal diagnosis and postnatal treatment of infants with congenital anomalies (Prenatal Pediatrics).

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0955

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

ep127@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education:

Drexel University School of Medicine

Residency:

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Fellowship:

Columbia University

Interests:

Role of Gardnerella vaginalis in preterm birth, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Lab# (212)342-2902

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

tmr2103@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor in Pediatrics

Education:

Donetsk Medical University, Ukraine

Residency:

Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

Fellowship:

New York- Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Interests:

Neonatal cardiology, ECMO, Mitochondrial function and lung development.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)342-0503

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

vr158@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Neonatology; Attending

Education:

Suny Downstate Medical Center School of Medicine

Residency:

St. Lukes/Roosevelt Medical Center

Fellowship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Rosen's major area of interest is perinatal pharmacology and follow-up. She has extensive experience in brain imaging and neurobehavioral development of infants born to mothers on drugs of abuse during pregnancy. She is also interested in brain imaging and neurobehavioral development of infants of mothers with a history of depression and the premature infant. Additional interests include neonatal pain management. Dr. Rosen is collaborating with members of the Department of Pharmacology in the use of gene therapy in cardiac arrhythmias in an animal model.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

tsr1@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Director, Fellowship Training Program; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Chicago Medical School, MD 1970; Syracuse University, AB Psychology, 1966

Residency:

St. St Christophers Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA 1970-1973

Fellowship:

The Pennsylvania Hospital and The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1973-1975

Interests:

Respiratory physiology, Respiratory mechanics and Respiratory gas exchange; neonatal respiratory and cardiac intensive care; general neonatal intensive care

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

Sdr26@columbia.edu

Title(s):
Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending
Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi, India)
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Sahni is the Co-director of the Infant Physiology Laboratory and his major area of interest is neonatal physiology and behavior. He is a co-investigator in an NIH funded study of, "Activity and responses to nutrient and oxygen supply during development in immature human infants." Using a bedside, miniaturized electroencephalography machine, he is able to monitor the brain waves of small infants during times of critical limitations in oxygen availability. Working in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Developmental Psychobiology, he has examined the effects of maturation and diet on state-related physiological variables of premature infants. He is also studying the effects of sleep position in developing low birth weight infants in an effort to understand the genesis of sudden infant death syndrome.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

rs62@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director and Principal Investigator:Perinatal Emphasis Research Center from the NICHD; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency:

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Interests:

At the present time, Dr. Stark, director of the animal research facility, is studying chronically instrumented fetal baboons. Comprehensive and sophisticated measurements are used to track the fetal baboon response to controlled maternal hypoxia. Of particular interest is effect of hypoxia on the development of cardiorespiratory control. Measurements of fetal breathing, fetal heart rate and heart rate variability and fetal EEG are made continuously during the last two to four weeks of gestation during steady-state resting behavior and during a number of experimental interventions. Dr. Stark is also studying the physiology of neurohypophyseal peptide hormones using a chronic sheep preparation with catheters placed in the ventricles of the brain. Changes in the level of such hormones as vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor are monitored under a number of rigidly controlled conditions.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0954

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

ris2@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education:

Minsk State Medical Institute (Minsk, Belarus)

Residency:

Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, USA)

Fellowship:

Columbia University Medical Center (New York, USA)

Interests:

Mechanisms of ischemic damage in the developing brain. Animal models of neonatal diseases: Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, chronic lung disease, necrotizing enterocolitis. The accent of research is mitochondrial function and dysfunction in these diseases, link between tissue inflammation and cellular bioenergetics. Resuscitation strategies for neuroprotection. Pre- and postoperative management of congenital heart diseases, respiratory failure.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)342-0075

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

vt82@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Education:
Residency:
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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending, Associate Medical Director NICU.
Royal College of Surgeons
St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Towers is a clinical neonatologist with interest in nutrition and energy balance, and has collaborated in research and published on these topics. She has collaborated in research and published on these topics. She has collaborated in a recent study investigating the prevalence of auditory neurop0athy in NICU graduates. She is a member of the Pediatric Department of Ethics and Bereavement committees, and continues as Pediatrics Liaison to the Graduate Medical Education office.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-7822

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

hmt4@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director, Well Baby Nursery; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Athens, Greece

Residency:

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:

SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York

Interests:

The late preterm infant, infant apnea, neonatal cardiology and vascular blood flow.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-3202

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

kv2145@columbia.edu

Title(s):
Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Taipei Medical University
Columbia University Medical Center
Babies Hospital, New York

Interests:

Neonatal intensive care medicine and respiratory care. A pioneer in bubble nasal CPAP therapy, gentler and kinder ventilation with preservation of spontaneous breathing, permissive hypercarbia, the management of infants with PPHN without hyperventilation, and the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia infants with gentle ventilation, delayed surgery and no prophylactic chest tubes. Inventor of nasal prong CPAP system (Hudson) and Oxyscope. Has delivered more than 200 lectures related to neonatal respiratory care in over 20 countries. Course director of annual conferences on Respiratory Care of the Newborn-A Practical Approach at Columbia University in New York since 1988.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)342-8668

jw32@columbia.edu