Hospital for Children

Physicians and Staff

Neonatology and NICU

The Neonatology Division maintains a 40-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for all critically ill neonates, including extremely low birth-weight infants and those with surgical, genetic and cardiological conditions. Specialists are available 24 hours a day. A specialized neonatal transport team, provides ambulance and helicopter transportation for critically ill infants throughout the state and region.

Alexander G. Agthe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; Clinical Trial Design
Medical Degree: Artz Medical School, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany
Doctoral Degree: The Johns Hopkins University, Clinical Research
Residency: Kinderklinik Pediatric Hospital, Germany; Sinai Hospital, Baltimore MD, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Eudowood, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certification: Pediatrics
410-328-6003/appointments
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Cynthia Bearer, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Mary Gray Cobey Professor in Neonatology
Special Interests: Neuropromotion; Clinical Neonatology; Mechanisms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Medical Degree: Johns Hopkins Medical School
Doctoral Degree: Case Western Reserve University, Biochemistry
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Neonatology and Washington University, Neonatology
Certification: Pediatrics, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
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Susan J. Dulkerian, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Director, Mercy Medical Center NICU; Co-Director, Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program
Special Interests: Neonatal Infectious Disease, Neonatal Transport and Outreach Education
Medical Degree: St. Georges University, Grenada, West Indies
Residency: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certification: Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-332-9594/appointments
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Alison J. Falck, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Special Interests: Bioethics, Curriculum Development
Medical Degree: The George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Pediatrics
Fellowship: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
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Renee E. Fox, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Lung Maturation; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Pulmonary Function Testing in Neonates
Medical Degree: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Neonatology
Certification: Pediatrics
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Brenda Hussey-Gardner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Coordinator of NICU Follow-Up Program
Special Interests: Infant Development; Parenting Infants and Young Children; Anticipatory Guidance; Early Intervention
Advanced Degrees: University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D.; University of North Carolina, M.P.H.
Certification: Early Childhood Special Education
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Shiv Kapoor, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Profressor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Neonatology
Medical Degree: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Residency: The Medical College of Virginia, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Maryland, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
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Jocelyn C. Leung, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director, NICU Follow-Up Program
Special Interests: Renal Development, Neonatal Hypoxia
Medical Degree: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certifications: Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
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David Louder, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Quality Improvement for Neonatal-Perinatal Services
Special Interests: Neonatology; Quality Improvement/Assessment
Medical Degree: University of Virginia
Residency: Keesler USAF Medical Center
Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Neonatal Perinatal
Certifications: Pediatrics; Sub Board of Neonatology
410-328-6003/appointments
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Adora C. Okogbule-Wonodi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Medical Degree: College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Residency: Howard University Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Maryland, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certifications: Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
410-328-6003/academic office

Rita P. Verma, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Attending Neonatologist
Special Interests: Fluid and Electrolytes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Placental Histopathology and Neonatal Diseases
Medical Degree: University of Bihar, India
Residency: State University of New York, Syracuse, NY; University of Bihar, India
Fellowship: University of Illinois , Chicago, IL
Certification: Pediatrics; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
410-328-6003/academic office

Rose M. Viscardi, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Lung Maturation; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Developmental Assessment of Former Premature Infants; Ureaplasma Infection; Markers of Inflammation
Medical Degree: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Michigan, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certification: Pediatrics; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
410-328-6003/appointments
410-328-6003/academic office

This page was last updated on: October 15, 2009.

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