Research & Scholarly Activity

Research

Within first three months of starting fellowship, all fellows are required to complete relevant IRB directed educational modules and obtain an IRB account. Before the end of first year of fellowship, fellow is expected to identify a research mentor, establish Scholarship Oversight Committee, and submit an IRB protocol.

SOC committee should meet every 4-6 months and submit minutes to the program. All fellows are supported to present their research data at national meetings. Fellows must produce one first author publication in a Pubmed indexed peer reviewed journal or submit a major work product to the program and ABP to be ABP board eligible.

Historically all our fellows have presented at national meetings and have had more than one publication. See recent fellow national presentations and publications.

We are very excited to welcome our 3 new fellows starting July 2022: Shafa Eloud, MD, Diane Kelly, MD, and Ngum Ngwa, MD.

  • Ragesh Nair, MD (2021-2024)
    1) Projects: Antenatal sonographic and Neonatal Clinical Predictors in Coarctation of Aorta
  • Mohamed Mansour, MD (2021-2024)
    1) Projects: Association between thrombocytopenia and ROP
    Mentor: Dr. Mohamed Mohamed
  • Noor Asi, MD (2020-2023)
    Projects: 
    1) Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome and Hyperphagia
    2) Body composition and gut microbiome in infants with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
    3) QI: Phlebotomy loss in VLBW infants
    Mentors: Drs. Deepak Kumar/Prabhu Parimi; Kim Saradakis, RN
  • Afeez Adisa, MD, MRCP (2020-2023)
    Projects:
    1) Tryptophan Metabolism in Very Low Birthweight infants- Prospective cohort study
    2) QI: Care bundles utilization for extreme preterm infants
    Mentors: Prabhu Parimi, MD; Kim Saradakis, RN
  • Shaffeque Kunhiabdullah, MD (2020-2023)
    Projects
    1) Characterizing cPAP devices, measuring tidal volume needed for PEEP valve to function, and characterizing the RAM canula performance. 
        Mentor: Sammour Ibrahim, MD
    2) QI Project: Administration of antibiotics within 60 minutes post-birth
     Mentors: Prabhu Parimi, MD; Kim Saradakis
  • Marwa Elgendy, MD (2019-2022)
    Projects:
    1) Gut microbiome, NIRS during hemodynamic instability
        Mentor: Hany Aly, MD 
    2) QI: Hand hygiene revisited
    Mentors: Prabhu Parimi, MD; Kim Saradakis, RN
  • Naveen Kannekanti, MD (2019-2022)
    Projects:
    1) ROP, Role of HIF in ROP    
        Mentor: Jonathan Sears, MD, Prem Shekhawat, MD
    2) QI: Cord blood sampling for initial sepsis work up at birth in preterm infants admitted to NICU 
    Mentors: Prabhu Parimi, MD; Kim Saradakis, RN   
  • Ibrahim Qattea, MD (2019-2022)
    Projects: 
    1) Nasal CPAP and oral feeding
        Mentor: Hany Aly, MD
    2) QI: Evaluation of interventions made in management of therapeutic hypothermia for HIE
    Mentors: Prabhu Parimi, MD; Kim Saradakis, RN

  • Stacey Ramey, MD (2018-2021)
    Project: 1. Targeted fortification of human breast milk; 2. Hyperphagia in infants with NAS
    Mentor: 1. Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, Stephanie Merlino, RD; 2. Prabhu Parimi, MD
  • Mathavan Sivarajah, MD (2018-2021)
    Project: Effect of glucocorticoids on retinal vascularization.
    Mentor: Prem Shekhawat, MD, Johnathan Sears, MD
  • Zaineh Aljanini, MD (2017-2020)
    Project: Effect of TPN duration on body composition in VLBW infants, Enhanced anthropometry
    Mentor: Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD
  • Juan Guillen-Hernandez, MD (2017-2020)
    Project: 1. Dexmedetomidine use in Preterm Infants: benefits and concerns. Should it be first line therapy? 2. Neonatal outcomes in isolated neonatal acidemia.
    Mentor: 1. Ricardo Rodriquez, MD; 2. Kelly Gibson, MD. John Moore, MD
  • Swetha Padiyar, MD (2017-2020)
    Project: Role of conventional EEG in children with congenital heart disease undergoing surgical repair and its relationship with long term neurodevelopmental outcomes.
    Mentor: Hany Aly, MD, Pestina Knight, MD
  • Indrani Bhattacharjee, MD (2017-2020)
    Project: Use of functional brain MRI to investigate brain injury and neurodevelopment outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease.
    Mentor: Hany Aly, MD 

MetroHealth Neonatology Faculty: Current Areas of Interest

MetroHealth Biostatistics Faculty in Pediatrics

Aparna Roy, M.D., MPH; Pediatric Critical Care
Stephanie Merlino MS, RD, LD.

In addition to the Neonatology faculty at MetroHealth, fellow mentors are available in Pediatrics, other Clinical and Basic Science Departments of CWRU and MetroHealth. Recent examples include mentors from Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Pharmacology, Ophthalmology involving clinical, translational and basic science laboratory-based research.

Clinical Research Unit
An NIH-funded, six-bed Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at Metro Health Medical Center, equipped with an exercise lab; body composition lab (newborns); and a general core laboratory is available to investigators. Technician and nursing support (research nurses) for funded and unfunded clinical studies.

Cell & Molecular Biology Laboratory

  • Drs. Moore and Kumar Research Lab 
  • Dr. Prem Shekhawat lab with focus on endocrinology of the neonate.
  • Dr. Timur Azhibekov

Small Animal Operating Facility and Animal Quarters
This animal research facility is housed on the grounds of MetroHealth Medical Center.

Computer Facilities
All laboratories have personal computers that are available for use by fellows. All of these computers have a word processor, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Sigma Plot, Sigma Stat, and SPSS software. The fellows' offices also have computers with access to statistical software and access to electronic libraries.

MetroHealth Research Institute & Research Laboratories at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Two large State-of-the Art Research Laboratories at MetroHealth System (on Campus) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (nearby) are available to all MetroHealth Trainees to access mentors/facilities to do laboratory based or clinical research. 

Publications by Fellows

  1. Elgendy MM, El Sharkawy HM, Elrazek HA, Zayton HA, Aly H.. Superior Mesenteric Artery Blood Flow in Parenterally Fed Versus Enterally Fed Preterm Infants  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Aug 1;73(2):259-263. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003139.PMID: 33853110
  2. Elgendy MM, Elzayat RS, Abdo M, Elsharkawy HM, Allam M, Midan DA.  Urinary N-terminal Pro-Brian Natriuretic Peptide in Newborn Infants with Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease. Am J Perinatol. 2021 Dec 2. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1740213. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34856611
  3. Elgendy MM, Othman HF, Younis M, Puthuraya S, Matar RB, Aly H. Trends and racial disparities for acute kidney injury in premature infants: the US national database.  Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Sep;36(9):2789-2795. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-04998-w. Epub 2021 Feb 22.PMID: 33619659
  4. Elgendy MM, Aly H, Mohamed MA.  The incidence of pericardial effusion requiring intervention in infacnts with a history of umbilical catheter placement: the US national database.  J Perinatol. 2021 Oct;41(10):2513-2518. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01193-5. Epub 2021 Aug 30.PMID: 34462551
  5. Elgendy MM, Puthuraya S, LoPiccolo C, Liu W, Aly H, Karnati S.  Neonatal stroke: Clinical characteristics and neurodevelopmental outcomes.  Pediatr Neonatol. 2022 Jan;63(1):41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2021.06.017. Epub 2021 Aug 28.PMID: 34509386
  6. Elgendy MM, Aly H, Adisa A, Mohamed MA.  Disparities in tracheostomies and gastrostomy tubes in infants at the edge of viability.  Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Apr;57(4):1022-1030. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25841. Epub 2022 Jan 31.PMID: 35060357
  7. Soliman RM, Elgendy MM, Said RN, Shaarawy BI, Helal OM, Aly H.  A Randomized Controlled Trial of a 30-versus a 120-Second Delay in Cord Clamping after Term Birth.  Am J Perinatol. 2022 Feb 15. doi: 10.1055/a-1772-4543. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35170013
  8. Christiane Mhanna 1, Merlin Pinto 2, Hannah Koechley 2, Naveen Kannekanti 2, Rupesh Raina 3, Prabhu Parimi 2, Prem Shekhawat.  Postnatal glucocorticoid use impacts renal function in VLBW neonates PMID: 34400792 PMCID: PMC8366742 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01624-1
  9. Qattea I, Farghaly MAA, Elgendy M, Mohamed MA, Aly H.  Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin neurotoxicity in hospitalized neonates: analysis of the US Database  Pediatr Res. 2022 Jun;91(7):1662-1668. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01692-3. Epub 2021 Aug 24.PMID: 34429513

  1. Stacey Ramey, Stephanie Merlino Barr, Katie A. Moore, Sharon Groh-Wargo. Exploring Innovations in Human Milk Analysis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a survey of the United States. Frontiers in Clinical Nutrition. In Press- August 2021.
  2. Pandey R, Kanike N, Ibrahim M, Swarup N, Super, DM, Groh-Wargo S, Kumar D. Lactose-free infant formula does not change outcomes of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS): a randomized clinical trial. J Perinatol 2021 Mar;41(3):598-605. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00797-7.
  3. Elgendy MM, Othman HF, Heis F, Qattea I, Aly H. Spontaneous intestinal perforation in premature infants: A national study.  J Perinatol 2021; 41:1122-1128. doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00990-2.
  4. Elgendy MM, Othman HF, Aly H. Esophageal perforation in very low birth weight infants. Euro J Pediatr 2021; 180:513–518.
  5. Osman A, Ibrahim M, Saunders J, Merheb R, Moscorelli M, Caretto V, Groh-Wargo S. Effects of Implementation of Infant-Driven Oral Feeding Guideline on Preterm Infants' Abilities to Achieve Oral Feeding Milestones, in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Nutr Clin Pract. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1002/ncp.10635. Online ahead of print.
  6. Alja'nini Z, McNelis KM, Viswanathan S, Goddard GR, Merlino-Barr S, Collin M, Groh-Wargo S. Infant body composition assessment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using air displacement plethysmography: Strategies for implementation into clinical workflow. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021 Jun;43:212-222. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.04.014. Epub 2021 Apr 24.
  7. Elgendy MM, Othman HF, Younis M, Puthuraya S, Bou Matar R, Aly H. Trends and racial disparities for acute kidney injury in premature infants: The US national database.  Pediatr Nephrol 2021; doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-04998-w
  8. Guillen J, Ramey S, Parimi PS. Congenital Adhesion Band Presenting as Intestinal Perforation in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant. AJP Rep. 2021 Jan;11(1):e1-e4. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722729. Epub 2021 Jan 13. PMID: 33457073; PMCID: PMC7806359.
  9. Elgendy MM, Durgham R, Othman HF, Heis F, Abu-Shaweesh G, Saker F, et al. Platelet transfusion and outcomes of preterm infants: A cross-sectional study. Neonatology 2021.11; 1-9. 
  10. Kanike N, Hospattankar KG, Marotta G, Kumar D. Management of severe right lung cystic pulmonary interstitial emphysema in an infant at 24 weeks gestation with bedside selective left main stem bronchial intubation: Case report and review of the literature. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2021;14(2):299-305. doi: 10.3233/NPM-180178. PMID: 32986686.
  11. Kopec G, Collin M, Das A. Application of Kaiser Sepsis Calculator in culture-positive infants with early onset sepsis. World J Pediatr. 2021 Jul 23. doi: 10.1007/s12519-021-00446-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34297339. 

  1. Padiyar S, Nusairat L, Kadri A, Abu-Shaweesh J, Aly H: Neonatal Seizures in the U.S. National Inpatient Population: Prevalence and Outcomes. Pediatrics and Neonatology.2020; 61 (3): 300-305.
  2. Sharma A, Kumar D, Moore RM, Deshmukh A, Mercer BM, Mansour JM, Moore JJ: Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), the critical intermediate of inflammation-induced fetal membrane weakening, primarily exerts its weakening effect on the choriodecidua rather than the amnion. Placenta. 2020; 5; 89: 1-7. 
  3. Kanike N, Groh-Wargo S, Thomas M, Chien EK, Mhanna M, Kumar D, Worley S, Singh RJ, Shekhawat PS. Risk of Iodine Deficiency in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns on Parenteral Nutrition. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 1;12(6):E1636. doi: 10.3390/nu12061636. 
  4. Al-Jebawi, Y, Agrawal, N, Groh-Wargo, S, Shekhawat PS, Mhanna, MJ. Low caloric intake and high fluid intake during the first week of life are associated with the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low birth weight infants. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2020. DOI:10.3233/NPM-19026. 
  5. Parat S, Raza P, Kamleh M, Super DM, Groh-Wargo S. Targeted breast milk fortification for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants: Nutritional intake, growth outcome and body composition. Nutrients.2020;12,1156. doi:10.3390/nu12041156
  6. Neelakanta Kanike, Krupa Gowri Hospattankar, Amit Sharma, Sarah Worley and Sharon Groh-Wargo. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Large Newborn Cohort from Northern United States and Effect of Intrauterine Drug Exposure 1 Nutrients 2020, Nutrients 2020, 12, 2085; doi:10.3390/nu12072085

  1. Ankita Shukla, Christine Sonnie, Sarah Worley, Amit Sharma, Dawn Howard, Jon Moore, Ricardo Rodriguez, George Hoppe, Jonathan Sears. Comparison of Biphasic vs Static Oxygen Saturation Targets Among Infants With Retinopathy of Prematurity JAMA Ophthalmology. 2019; 137(4):417–423.
  2. Kanike N, Hospattankar KG, Marotta G, Kumar D. Management of severe right lung emphysematous bleb in a 24-week extreme premature infant with bedside selective left main-stem intubation: Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 2019. In Press
  3. Indrani Bhattacharjee, Marissa J.De Freitas, Maroun Mhanna, Carolyn Abitbol. (2019). Chapter Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury. In Rupesh Raina (Ed.), Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis: A practical Handbook (pp. 171- 187). Cleveland: Springer
  4. Aly H, Mohsen L, Bhattacharjee I, Malash A, Atyia A, Elanwary S, El Hawary R. Vitamin D Supplementation and T Cell Regulation in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Nov;69(5):607-610. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002448.
  5. Aly H, Ez El Din Z, Soliman RM, Bhattacharjee I, Abdellatif MAK, Kamel A, Salah H. Renal function in small for gestational age preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2019 Sep;39(9):1263-1267. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0431-9. Epub 2019 Jul 17
  6. Abdel-Hady H, Yahia S, Megahed A, Mosbah A, Seif B, Nageh E, Bhattacharjee I, Aly H. Mediators in Preterm Infants With Late-onset Sepsis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Apr;68(4):578-584. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002238.
  7. Abdel-Hady H, Yahia S, Megahed A, Mosbah A, Seif B, Nageh E, Bhattacharjee I, Aly H. Vitamin D and Inflammatory Mediators in Preterm Infants with Late-Onset Sepsis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Jan 4. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002238. [Epub ahead of print]

National Presentations by Fellows

Annual PAS meeting in Denver, Colorado

  1. Marwa Elgendy, MA Mohamed, HF Othman, H Aly. Kidney replacement therapy in newborn infants diagnosed with acute kidney injury
  2. Marwa Elgendy, H Aly, MA Mohamed. Gastrointestinal anomalies in infants with trisomy 21
  3. Marwa Elgendy, Mohamed MA, Aly H. Acute kidney injury in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
  4. Marwa Elgendy, MA Mohamed, A Adisa, H Aly. Trends of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in the United States.
  5. Marwa Elgendy, M Mohamed, M Frasketi, S Aly, HJ Hoffman, H Aly. Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturation events inversely correlate with gestational age in preterm infants.
  6. Naveen Kannekanti, Protracted Delay in Enteral feeds and Parenteral Iron Dextran is Associated with Moderate to Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
  7. Afeez Adisa, Deepak Kumar, Prabhu S Parimi. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) Ligands in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Response to Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  8. Noor Asi, Stephanie Merlino, Deepak Kumar, Prabhu S Parimi. Body Composition in Newborn Infants Exposed to Prenatal and Postnatal Opioids – Pilot Study

Annual PAS meeting in Philadelphia & American Society for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (ASBH) Annual Meeting

  1. Mathavan Sivarajah, Naveen Kannekanti, Christiane Mhanna, Merlin Pinto, Christian Ravi Chandar, Prem Shekhawat. Postnatal glucocorticoid use is associated with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in very low birth weight infants. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021
  2. Mathavan Sivarajah, Sammour Ibrahim. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) vs Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), An Examination of Rescue Breaths and Changing Pulmonary Mechanics Using A Simulator. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021 (PLATFORM)
  3. Stacey Ramey, Stephanie Merlini, Sharon Groh-Wargo. Exploring Innovations of Human Milk Use and Analysis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021
  4. Ibrahim Qattea, Hany Aly. Updates on prevalence and characteristics of Neonatal Seizures based on US National data. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021
  5. Ibrahim Qattea, Hany Aly. Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Prevalence and Risk factors in the Newborn: The U.S. National Statistics. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021
  6. Ibrahim Qattea, Hany Aly. Trends and morbidities associated with hemorrhagic disease of newborn (HDN): Analysis of the US national data. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021
  7. Mohsen Farghaly, Ibrahim Qattea, Hany Aly. Modifiable factors associated with survival of infants born at periviable gestation: The US National database. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2021 (PLATFORM)
  8. Elgendy MM, Othman H, Mohamed M, Aly H. Prevalence and outcomes of gastroschisis and omphalocele in neonates. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021 
  9. Elgendy MM, Mohamed M, Aly H. Umbilical catheters placement and pericardial effusion in term infants in the US. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021
  10. Elgendy MM, Mohamed M, Aly H. Umbilical catheters placement and pericardial effusion in very low birth weight infants. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021 
  11. Elgendy MM, Othman H, Mohamed M, Aly H. Prevalence and outcomes of congenital laryngomalacia and tracheomalacia in neonates. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021
  12. Elgendy MM, Othman H, Mohamed M, Aly H. Prevalence and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis in neonates. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021
  13. Elgendy MM, Othman H, Mohamed M, Aly H. Epidemiology of gastrostomy and tracheostomy tube placement in infants at the edge of viability. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021
  14. Ibrahim Qattea, Naveen Kannekanti. Necrotizing enterocolitis-Trends, mortality, and gut mediated adverse outcomes (2007-2018). Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2021

    American Society for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (ASBH) Annual Meeting
  15. Anudeepa Sharma, Stepanie Merlino, Leah Jeunnette, Deepak Kumar. Feuding over Family Food: Cultural Implications in the Nutritional Management of Premature Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. American Society for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (ASBH) Annual Meeting. Thursday, Oct 14th at 11:30, 2021 (PLATFORM) 

(Annual PAS meeting in Philadelphia)-Canceled due to Covid-19 Pandemic and SMFM, Dallas, Tx

  1. Elgendy M, Heis F, Aly H: Spontaneous intestinal perforation in preterm infants: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Dataset. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  2. Ibrahim Qattea, Elgendy M, Aly H: Venous thrombosis in preterm infants: Analysis of the national Inpatient SAMPLE Dataset. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  3. Elgendy M, Younis M, Othman H, Shekhawat P, Aly H: Acute kidney injury in preterm infants: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Dataset. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  4. Naveen Kannekanti. The Effects of Glucocorticoids on Retinal Vascularization in Preterm Infants. Retrospective chart review of MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic Hospital systems. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  5. Naveen Kannekanti. Postnatal glucocorticoid use is associated with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in very low birth weight infants. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  6. Naveen Kannekanti. Postnatal glucocorticoid use and incidence of hypertension in Very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants at time of discharge. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  7. Mathavan Sivarajah. Effects of Glucocorticoids on Retinal Vascularization in Preterm Infants. Retrospective chart review of MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic Hospital systems. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  8. Juan Hernandez. Dexmedetomidine use in Preterm Infants: benefits and concerns. Should it be first line therapy? Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  9. Padiyar S, Franic L, Pestana-Knight E, Friedman N, Aly H: Role of conventional EEG in infants with congenital heart disease and its correlation with long term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  10. Padiyar S, Othman H, Aly H: Electroencephalogram (EEG) utilization for neuro-monitoring in the Neonatal ICU (NICU) – Are we using it well? Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Philadelphia, May 2020
  11. Indrani Bhattacharjee. Blood urea nitrogen and severity of retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Philadelphia, May 2020
  12. Zaineh Aljanini. Venous thrombosis in premature infants: Analysis of the National Inpatient data. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.
  13. Zaineh Aljanini. Abstract Title: Management and Outcomes of Infants Born at Periviable Gestation at MetroHealth Medical Center (MHMC) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2020.

    SMFM's Annual Meeting February 3–8, 2020, Dallas, Texas

  14. Juan Hernandez, Jonathan Lun, Kelly Gibson. Isolated Neonatal Acidemia: What is the Long-Term Outcome? Poster presentation at the SMFM's Annual Meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, February 3–8, 2020, Dallas, Texas.

Annual PAS (Baltimore); SRI (Paris); Euro-Pediatrics (Dublin, Ireland); Central Conference on Perinatal Research Louisville, Kentucky

  1. Bhattacharjee I, Das A, Aly H. (April 2019). MAP index as a new tool to predict the severity of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight infants during the first 3 days of life Poster presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting; Baltimore, MD, USA
  2. Bhattacharjee I, Othman H, Hamzah M, Aly H. (April 2019). Prevalence and Mortality for Congenital Heart Diseases in Premature Infants: A 17-Year Report from National Inpatient Database Poster presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies 2019, Baltimore; MD, USA.
  3. Sharma A, Graf R, Almeyda Y, Moore RM, Kumar D, Moore JJ: The Efficacy of 17aHydroxyprogesterone Caproate in Preventing Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Baltimore, Maryland, April 25-30, 2019   
  4. Bhattacharjee I, Das A, Bardaro S, Wargo S, Kumar D. (March 2019). Maternal and neonatal outcomes in obese woman undergoing bariatric surgery Oral Presentation presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies; Loiusville, KY, USA
  5. Padiyar S, Othman H, Elgendy M, Aly H: Causes and associated diagnoses with neonatal seizures in term and preterm infants: A study of the US inpatient database. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Baltimore, May 2019
  6. Padiyar S, Othman H, Puthuraya S, Elsamny E, Aly H: Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS): Exposure in preterm neonates with various gestational ages. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Baltimore, May 2019
  7. Zaineh Alja’nini MD, Eden Janesch, Stephanie Merlino MS, RDN, Marc Collin MD, Sharon Groh-Wargo PhD, RDN. Enhanced Anthropometrics in a Level III NICU, a Quality Improvement Project. Poster presentation at the 2019 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore – Maryland.  
  8. Yasser Aljebawi, MD. The Concomitant Use of Vancomycin and Piperacillin/Tazobactam is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants. Location: Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Date: 04/29/2019

    2019 Society for Reproductive Investigations, Paris France

  9. Sharma A, Graf R, Kumar D, Moore R, Moore JJ. Effect of 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in preventing preterm birth after a previous pPROM delivery.
  10. Sharma A, Moore R, Kumar D, Mercer B, Moore JJ. GM-CSF the critical intermediate of inflammation-induced fetal membrane weakening, exerts its effect on the chorio-decidua rather than the amnion

    Europaediatrics Meeting, Dublin, June 2019

  11. Ibrahim, M, Pandey R, Gibson K, Bailit J, Kumar D, Philip R. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): how the timing of presentation influences a safe discharge policy. Podium presentation at the Europaediatrics Meeting, Dublin, June 2019.  https://adc.bmj.com/content/104/Suppl_3/A26.2

    43rd Central Conference on Perinatal Research, 2019, Louisville, Kentucky.
  12. Zaineh Alja’nini MD, Eden Janesch, Stephanie Merlino MS, RDN, Marc Collin MD, Sharon Groh-Wargo PhD, RDN. Enhanced Anthropometrics in a Level III NICU, a Quality Improvement Project. Podium presentation at the 43rd Central Conference on Perinatal Research, 2019, Louisville, Kentucky.

PAS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada 

  1. Poster: Low Lactose Infant Formula Does Not Change Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Outcomes: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.
    Date/Time: May 8, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
    Fellows: Rajesh Pandey, Mugahid Ibrahim, Neel Kanike
  2. Poster: Age at which Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) develops in newborn infants at risk following in-utero drug exposure to opioids.
    Date/Time: May 8, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
    Fellow: Mugahid Ibrahim; Undergrad: Ahmad Ali
  3. Poster: The effect of Gestational Age, Birth Weight, Prenatal and Postnatal Risk Factors on the Size of Newborn Kidneys & their Postnatal Growth
    Date/Time: May 8, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
    Fellow: Indrani Bhattacharjee
  4. Poster: In the Gray Zone: Survival and Morbidities of Periviable Births
    Date/Time: May 8, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
    Fellow: Ankita Shukla
  5. Poster: Effect of Different Oxygen Saturation Targets on Retinopathy of Prematurity
    Date/Time: May 8, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
    Fellow: Ankita Shukla
  6. Poster: Can we use the Kaiser Sepsis Calculator to determine the risk of early onset sepsis in the NICU?
    Date/Time: May 7, 2018 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM
    Fellow: Gretchen Kopec
  7. Poster: Predicting placental chorioamnionitis using Kaiser Sepsis Calculator Early Onset Sepsis score before clinical examination of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    Date/Time: May 7, 2018 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM
    Fellow: Gretchen Kopec
  8. Podium Presentation: Low Caloric intake in the first week of life is associated with the severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) infants.
    Date/Time: May 7, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
    Fellow: Yasser Al-Jebawi
  9. Poster: Changing characteristics of invasive candidiasis over two decades in a level III NICU
    Date/Time: May 6, 2018 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM
    Fellow: Zaineh Aljanini, Vaibhav Goyal Resident: Ishani Sandesara
  10. Poster: Prevalence of Iodine deficiency in Mother-Infant dyads: Longitudinal assessment of iodine status and thyroid function in preterm infants
    Date/Time: May 6, 2018 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM
    Fellow: Neil Kanike