UM Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program

Faculty Interests

Marin Arnolds, M.D. (marnolds@umich.edu)
Associate Fellowship Program Director

• Ethical issues in the NICU, including:
  • Parental decision making,
  • Equity
  • Ethical questions arising for treatment of newborns at the margins of gestational viability.​

John D.E. Barks, M.D. (jbarks@umich.edu)
Division Director

• Repurposing Azithromycin for Neonatal Neuro-protection
• Enhancing Recovery from Experimental Neonatal Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia
• Impact of NICU Environment on Neonatal Sleep
• Impact of Neural Tube Defects on Neonatal Sleep
• Quantifying Cumulative NICU Sedative and Analgesia Exposure: Risk Factors and Short-term Outcomes

Mohammed A. Attar, M.D. (mattar@umich.edu)

• Evaluation of pediatric resident education methods
• Evaluation of neonatal resuscitation
• Mechanical ventilation
• Pulmonary response to treatment with surfactant

Parul Cham, D.O. (pcham@umich.edu)

• Quality improvement
• Fellow/house officer education
  
  

Karl Desch, M.D. (kdesch@umich.edu)

• Identification of the genetic determinants of complex traits related to thrombosis and hemostasis, such as von Willebrand factor levels and thrombophilia
• Linkage studies
• Common and rare variant genome-wide association studies
• Whole exome and whole genome sequencing studies
• ADAMTS 13 and Von Willebrand Factor substrate specificity

Steven M. Donn, M.D. (smdonnmd@umich.edu)
Emeritus
Editor-in-Chief, Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

• Management of respiratory failure in preterm and term neonates, including newer modalities of ventilation, and real-time pulmonary graphic analysis
• Evaluation and comparison of different surfactant preparations
• Development of a synthetic, non-animal-derived surfactant
• Hypothermic neuroprotection following birth asphyxia
• Medical liability and risk management in perinatal and neonatal practice
  
  

Lindsay A. Ellsworth, M.D. (ellsworl@umich.edu)

• Breast milk and gestational programming
• Metabolomics

Stephanie Kukora, M.D. (skukora@umich.edu)

• Neonatal clinical bioethics
• Moral distress and decision making
• Effectiveness of prenatal counseling

Naomi Laventhal, M.D. (naomilav@umich.edu)
​NICU Service Chief

• Clinical research ethics
• Neonatal clinical bioethics
• Effectiveness of prenatal counseling

Meera Meerkov, M.D. (mmeerkov@umich.edu)
Fellowship Program Director

• Procedural education
• Simulation

Subrata Sarkar, M.D. (subratas@umich.edu)

• Impact of Therapeutic Hypothermia on Brain Injury and Multi-organ Dysfunction
• Temperature Regulation in Therapeutic Hypothermia
• Informed Choice for Medication use in Culturally Diverse Patients
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Kate P. Stanley, M.D. (katest@umich.edu )

• Parental and Caregiver Attitudes as Barriers to Donor Human Milk Use
• Impact of Enteral Nutrition Source on the Fecal Microbiome of ELBW infants

Rebecca J. Vartanian, M.D. (rebeccav@umich.edu )

• Vermont-Oxford Network Site Co-I
• Optimization of Oxygen Management in Premature Infants
• Impact of Standardized Feeding Protocols on NICU Outcomes

Gary M. Weiner, M.D. (gweiner@umich.edu)
Medical Director of the Brandon NICU
Editor: Neonatal Resuscitation Program

• Neonatal resuscitation
• Clinical simulation
• Care of the extremely low birth weight newborn
• Biostatistics/evidence-based medicine education

Kate Wilson, D.O. (wkate@umich.edu)

• Exploring the screening practices for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of screening approaches
• Advocating for increased provider awareness and recognition of congenital CMV