UM Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Faculty Interests
Marin Arnolds, M.D. (marnolds@umich.edu)
Associate Fellowship Program Director
John D.E. Barks, M.D. (jbarks@umich.edu)
Division Director
Mohammed A. Attar, M.D. (mattar@umich.edu)
Parul Cham, D.O. (pcham@umich.edu)
Steven M. Donn, M.D. (smdonnmd@umich.edu)
Emeritus
Editor-in-Chief, Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Stephanie Kukora, M.D. (skukora@umich.edu)
Naomi Laventhal, M.D. (naomilav@umich.edu)
NICU Service Chief
Meera Meerkov, M.D. (mmeerkov@umich.edu)
Fellowship Program Director
Subrata Sarkar, M.D. (subratas@umich.edu)
Kate P. Stanley, M.D. (katest@umich.edu )
Rebecca J. Vartanian, M.D. (rebeccav@umich.edu )
Gary M. Weiner, M.D. (gweiner@umich.edu)
Medical Director of the Brandon NICU
Editor: Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Kate Wilson, D.O. (wkate@umich.edu)
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
- 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
- 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