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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
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