Recent Fellow Publications

Htun ZT, Raffay TM, Martin RJ, MacFarlane PM, Bonfield TL. Effects of Caffeine on THP-1 Myelogenous Cell Inflammatory Gene Expression. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2025 Apr 2;47(4):248. doi: 10.3390/cimb47040248. PMCID: PMC12025982.

Martinez S, Bhola M, Minich NM, Nauman C, Deakins K, Oliverio A, Yalcinkaya G. Improving First-Attempt Intubation Success Rate in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Through the Use of a Video Laryngoscope: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Am J Perinatol. 2025 Mar 6. doi: 10.1055/a-2533-2465. PMID: 40049593.

Curtis SN, Mayer CA, Bonfield TL, Raffay TM, DiFiore JM, Martin RJ, Hoffman AC, Folz MA, Bavis RW, Dutschmann M, MacFarlane PM. Unique infrared thermographic profiles and altered hypothalamic neurochemistry associated with mortality in endotoxic shock. Exp Neurol. 2025 Mar;385:115130. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.115130. PMID: 39732274.

Ignatz-Hoover AO, Farghaly MAA, Crist A, Abdalla A, Aly H, Mohamed MA. Changes in Hospital Care of Newborn Infants with Trisomy 13. Matern Child Health J. 2025 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s10995-025-04072-z. PMID: 39987298.

Martinez S, Chen Z, Di Fiore JM, Nguyen C, Minich NM, Hibbs AM. Neonatal intermittent hypoxemia events are associated with later systemic hypertension. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 31. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03881-w. PMID: 39885241. ***Featured article on “The Incubator Podcast” Journal Club: #297***

Connolly JM, McClary JD, Desai R, Sundaram A, Neudecker M, Nock ML, Ryan RM, Marasch JL. Efficacy of recombinant erythropoietin for the late treatment of anemia of prematurity in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective single-center cohort study. J Perinatol. 2024 Jun;44(6):892-896. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02001-6. PMID: 38773216.

Rosano K, Bery S, Marasch J, Farrell R, Mastrandrea LD, Ryan RM. Predicting iatrogenic adrenal insufficiency in neonates exposed to prolonged steroid courses: do cortisol levels help? J Perinatol. 2024 May 20. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01996-2. PMID: 38769337.

Yildiz Atar H, Ryan RM, Ricciardi S, Nauman C, Pihlblad M, Forsythe T, Bhola M. Introduction of oral feeding in premature infants on high flow nasal cannula in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: a quality improvement initiative. J Perinatol. 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01917-3. PMID: 38714842.

Bondarev DJ, Ryan RM, Mukherjee D. The spectrum of pneumonia among intubated neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01973-9. PMID: 38698211.

Desai RK, Yildiz Atar H, Lakshminrusimha S, Ryan RM. Use of surfactant beyond respiratory distress syndrome, what is the evidence? J Perinatol. 2024 Apr;44(4):478-487. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01921-7. PMID: 38459371.

Dyess NF, Carr CB, Mavis SC, Caruso CG, Izatt S, French H, Dadiz R, Bonachea EM, Gray MM. Implicit Bias and Health Disparities Education in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Am J Perinatol. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1055/a-2240-1979. PMID: 38190976. 

Napolitano SK, Boswell NL, Froese P, Henkel RD, Barnes-Davis ME, Parham DK. Early and consistent safe sleep practices in the neonatal intensive care unit: a sustained regional quality improvement initiative. J Perinatol. 2024 Jan 22. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01855-6. PMID: 38253677. 

Conlon S, Glenn T. Less invasive surfactant administration: Fine tuning a disparate practice. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Oct;58(10):2701-2702. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26587. PMID: 37477503.

Sundaram A, Fanaroff JM, Wilson-Costello D, Alberts M, Shiswawala N, Stern N, Ryan RM. The Pandemic Allocation of Ventilators Model Penalizes Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Children (Basel). 2023 Aug 17;10(8):1404. doi: 10.3390/children10081404. PMID: 37628402. 

Glenn T, Fischer L, Markowski A, Carr CB, Malay S, Hibbs AM. Complicated Intubations are Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Aug;40(11):1245-1252. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1736130. PMID: 34500482.  

Dankhara N, Holla I, Ramarao S, Kalikkot Thekkeveedu R. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology. J Clin Med. 2023 Jun 22;12(13):4207. doi: 10.3390/jcm12134207. PMID: 37445242. 

Carr CB, Conlon SM, Madden J. Newborn Twins Presenting with Seizures and Lethargy. Neoreviews. 2023 Jun 1;24(6):e385-e387. doi: 10.1542/neo.24-6-e385. PMID: 37258495. 

Heyward A, Minich N, Hoffman AC, Hibbs AM, Zhao L, Crowley M. Characteristics and outcomes of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome in preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study in the current era. J Perinatol. 2023 May 15. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01672-x.PMID: 37188773. 

Markowski A, Holla I, Patrinos ME. Evolving Rash in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Premature Newborn. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 May;62(4):356-358. doi: 10.1177/00099228221123140. PMID: 36113202.

Lim PPC, Bondarev DJ, Edwards AM, Hoyen CM, Macias CG. The evolving value of older biomarkers in the clinical diagnosis of pediatric sepsis. Pediatr Res. 2023 Mar;93(4):789-796. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02190-w. PMID: 35927575. 

Carr CB, Ryan RM. When perfection is the enemy of good: EBM lessons from the HIP trial. J Perinatol. 2023 Feb;43(2):253-256. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01554-8. PMID: 36376449. 

Desai RK, Bhola M, Ronis S, Ryan RM. How much does a minimum weight at discharge delay discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit? J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2023;16(3):453-459. doi: 10.3233/NPM-230005. PMID: 37718866.

Sammour I, Conlon SM, Bauer SE, Montgomery GS, Cristea AI, Rose RS. Adjusting ventilator settings to avoid air trapping in extremely premature infants reduces the need for tracheostomy and length of stay. Front Pediatr. 2022 Dec 30;10:1059081. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.1059081. PMID: 36644404.  

Crist AP, Hibbs AM. Prematurity-associated wheeze: current knowledge and opportunities for further investigation. Pediatr Res. 2022 Dec 3:10.1038/s41390-022-02404-1. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02404-1. PMID: 36463364. 

Mavis SC, Caruso CG, Dyess NF, Carr CB, Gerberi D, Dadiz R. Implicit Bias Training in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review. Med Sci Educ. 2022 Nov 2;32(6):1541-1552. doi: 10.1007/s40670-022-01673-z. PMID: 36532396.

House M, Klein S, Parham D, Hysinger EB, Brady JM. Frequent hypoxemia found in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia after weaning home oxygen. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Nov;57(11):2638-2645. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26076. PMID: 35832023. 

Martin RJ, Mitchell LJ, MacFarlane PM. Apnea of prematurity and sudden infant death syndrome. Handb Clin Neurol. 2022;189:43-52. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91532-8.00010-0. PMID: 36031315. 

Mavis SC, Caruso CG, Carr CB, Dyess NF, French H, Dadiz R, Vasquez M, Johnston L, Gillam-Krakauer M, Chess P, Izatt S, Payne AH, Carbajal MM, Bonachea EM, Gray MM. Consensus on an implicit bias and health disparities curriculum in neonatal medicine: a Delphi study. J Perinatol. 2022 Nov;42(11):1519-1526. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01530-2. PMID: 36203083. 

Benson AC, Chen Z, Minich NM, Tatsuoka C, Furman L, Ross K, Hibbs AM. Human milk feeding and wheeze in Black infants born preterm. J Perinatol. 2022 Nov;42(11):1480-1484. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01471-w. PMID: 35927485.

Sammour I, Karnati S, Othman H, Heis F, Peluso A, Aly H. Trends in Procedures in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Am J Perinatol. 2022 Sep 23. doi: 10.1055/a-1905-5245. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35858651. 

Schwarz B, Enciso J, Gray M, O'Reilly D, Smith MC, Stanley K; ONTPD Fellowship Directors Writing Group; Payne A. Essentials of neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship: innovations in medical education. J Perinatol. 2022 May;42(5):677-682. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01126-2. PMID: 34230605. 

Osborne A, Mayer CA, Hoffman A, Cali V, Hyzny R, Lewis SJ, MacFarlane PM. Cardiorespiratory anomalies and increased brainstem microglia in a rat model of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2022 Feb; 296:103800. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103800. PMID: 34626831; PMCID: PMC8742781.

Peluso AM, Othman HF, Karnati S, Sammour I, Aly HZ. Epidemiologic evaluation of inhaled nitric oxide use among neonates with gestational age less than 35 weeks. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Feb;57(2):427-434. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25775. PMID: 34842352. 

De Sa H, Pearl J, Hibbs AM, Pereda M, Suzuki I, Curtis S, Stearns D. Congenital Ewing Sarcoma Presenting as a Rapidly Growing Neck Mass in a Newborn. Adv Neonatal Care. 2022 Feb 1;22(1):42-46. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000821. PMID: 33417327.

Mayer CA, Ganguly A, Mayer A, Pabelick CM, Prakash YS, Hascall VC, Midura RJ, Cali V, Flask CA, Erokwu BO, Martin RJ, MacFarlane PM. CPAP-induced airway hyper-reactivity in mice is modulated by hyaluronan synthase-3. Pediatr Res. 2021 Nov 8:10.1038/s41390-021-01695-0. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01695-0. PMID: 34750521; PMCID: PMC9079185.

Di Fiore JM, Shah V, Patwardhan A, Sattar A, Wang S, Raffay T, Martin RJ, Abu Jawdeh EG. Prematurity and postnatal alterations in intermittent hypoxaemia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2021 Sep;106(5):557-559. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320961. PMID: 33597229; PMCID: PMC8462666.

Glenn T, Fischer L, Markowski A, Carr CB, Malay S, Hibbs AM. Complicated Intubations are Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol. 2021 Sep 9:10.1055/s-0041-1736130. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1736130. PMID: 34500482; PMCID: PMC9239052.

Glenn T, Sudhakar S, Markowski A, Malay S, Hibbs AM. Patient characteristics associated with complications during neonatal intubations. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Aug;56(8):2576-2582. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25453. PMID: 33983688; PMCID: PMC8298275.

Peluso AM, Othman HF, Zahka K, Perez AL, Sammour I, Aly H. Neonatal Ebstein anomaly national outcomes from 2000 to 2018 using the National Inpatient Sample. Birth Defects Res. 2021 Aug 15;113(14):1037-1043. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1895. PMID: 33788426.

Htun ZT, Schulz EV, Desai RK, Marasch JL, McPherson CC, Mastrandrea LD, Jobe AH, Ryan RM. Postnatal steroid management in preterm infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol. 2021 Aug;41(8):1783-1796. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01083-w. Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34012057; PMCID: PMC8133053.

Conlon SM, Osborne A, Bodie J, Marasch J, Ryan RM, Glenn T. Introducing Less-Invasive Surfactant Administration into a Level IV NICU: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Children (Basel). 2021 Jul 7; 8(7):580. doi: 10.3390/children8070580. PMID: 34356559; PMCID: PMC8307302.

Fish R, Weber A, Crowley M, March M, Thompson C, Voos K. Early antenatal counseling in the outpatient setting for high-risk pregnancies: a randomized control trial. J Perinatol. 2021 Jul;41(7):1595-1604. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-00933-x. PMID: 33510421.

Butala S, Pronman L, Baechtold M, Sharma TR, Fish R, Yao Q. Visual Diagnosis: Unusual Skin Findings in a Premature Infant. Pediatr Rev. 2021 Jun;42(6):e23-e27. doi: 10.1542/pir.2018-0274. PMID: 34074725.

Atar HY, Baatz JE, Ryan RM. Molecular Mechanisms of Maternal Diabetes Effects on Fetal and Neonatal Surfactant. Children (Basel). 2021 Apr 6;8(4):281. doi: 10.3390/children8040281. PMID: 33917547.

Walsh RS, Payne A, Cossler NJ, Thompson CL, Bhola M. Safety of immediate skin-to-skin contact after vaginal birth in vigorous late preterm neonates - A pilot study. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2021;14(1):95-100. doi: 10.3233/NPM-190311. PMID: 32083594.

Htun ZT, Hairston JC, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Marasch J, Duarte Ribeiro AP. Antenatal Corticosteroids: Extending the Practice for Late-Preterm and Scheduled Early-Term Deliveries? Children (Basel). 2021 Apr 1;8(4):272. doi: 10.3390/children8040272. PMID: 33916116; PMCID: PMC8066880.

Conlon S, Di Fiore JM, Martin RJ. Are we over-treating hypoxic spells in preterm infants? Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Jun;26(3):101227. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101227. PMID: 33736905.

Osborne A, Fish R, C Voos K. Antenatal counseling in the gray zone of viability. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec; 40(12):1797-1801. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00818-5. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33024254. 

Hanna M, Htun Z, Islam S, Hanna N, Kothari U, Nayak A. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Perioperative Hypothermia Rates in the NICU Utilizing Checklists. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020 Sep 2;5(5):e367. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000367. PMID: 33062906. 

Mitchell LJ, Mayer CA, Mayer A, Di Fiore JM, Shein SL, Raffay TM, MacFarlane PM. Caffeine prevents prostaglandin E1-induced disturbances in respiratory control in neonatal rats: implications for infants with critical congenital heart disease. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2020 Aug 1;319(2):R233-R242. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00316.2019. PMID: 32579854.

Glenn T, Price R, Culbertson L, Yalcinkaya G. Improving thermoregulation in transported preterm infants: a quality improvement initiative. J Perinatol. 2020 Jul 16. Doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0732-z.  PMID: 32678317

Hamzah M, Othman HF, Peluso AM, Sammour I, Aly H. Prevalence and Outcomes of Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates With Transposition of Great Arteries. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Apr;21(4):324-331. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002191. PMID: 31688810.

Shah VP, Raffay TM, Martin RJ, Vento M, Sánchez-Illana Á, Piñeiro-Ramos JD, Kuligowski J, Di Fiore JM. The Relationship between Oxidative Stress, Intermittent Hypoxemia, and Hospital Duration in Moderate Preterm Infants. Neonatology. 2020;117(5):577-583. doi: 10.1159/000509038. PMID: 32799210.

Mitchell L, MacFarlane PM. Mechanistic actions of oxygen and methylxanthines on respiratory neural control and for the treatment of neonatal apnea. Respir Physiol Neurobio. 2020 Feb; 273:103319. Doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103318. Epub 2019 Oct 15. PMID: 31626973.

Peluso AM, Othman HF, Elsamny EM, Sammour I, Yeaney NK, Aly H. Survival trends and outcomes among preterm infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2020 Feb;40(2):263-268. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0523-6. PMID: 31624324. 

Ganguly A, Martin RJ. Vulnerability of the developing airway. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2019 Dec; 270:103263. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103263. PMID: 31386914.  

Glenn TJ, Grathwol MM, McClary JD, Wainwright RJ, Gorman SM, Rodriguez AM, Bhola M. Decreasing time from decision to intubation in premedicated neonates: a quality improvement initiative. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2019 Nov 12; 4(6):e234. Doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000234. eCollection 2019 Nov-Dec. PMID 32010860.

Glenn T, Kim Mackow A, Shivapour J, Crowley M. Case 1: Acute Respiratory Failure in a 1-month-old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2019 Nov;40(11):590-592. doi: 10.1542/pir.2017-0141. PMID: 31676532. 

Dylag AM, Raffay TM. Rodent models of respiratory control and respiratory system development-Clinical significance. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2019 Oct;268:103249. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.06.006. PMID: 31315068.

Leonardi BM, Binder M, Griswold KJ, Yalcinkaya GF, Walsh MC. Utilization of a neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator to guide initial newborn management. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2019 Sep 23;4(5):e214. Doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000214. eCollection 2019 Sep-Oct. PMID: 31745517.

Parham D, Reed D, Olicker A, Parrill F, Sharma J, Brunkhorst J, Noel-MacDonnell J, Voos K. Families as educators: a family-centered approach to teaching communication skills to neonatology fellows. J Perinatol. 2019 Aug 1. PMID: 31371832.

Ievers-Landis CE, Dykstra C, Uli N, O'Riordan MA. Weight-Related Teasing of Adolescents Who Are Primarily Obese: Roles of Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance and Physical Activity Self-Efficacy. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 30;16(9):1540. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091540. PMID: 31052342.

Darrow CJ, Li H, Prince A, McClary J, Walsh MC. Improving extrauterine growth: evaluation of an optimized, standardized neonatal parenteral nutrition protocol. J Perinatol. 2019 Mar; 39(3):504-512. PMID: 30531931. 

Raffay TM, Dylag AM, Sattar A, Abu Jawdeh EG, Cao S, Pax BM, Loparo KA, Martin RJ, Di Fiore JM. Neonatal intermittent hypoxemia events are associated with diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks postmenstrual age. Pediatr Res. 2019 Feb;85(3):318-323. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0253-z. PMID: 30538265.

Sanchez-Illana A, Shah V, Pinero-Ramos JD, Di Fiore JM, Quintas G, Raffay TM, MacFarlane PM, Martin RJ, Kuligowski J. Adrenic acid non-enzymatic peroxidation products in biofluids of moderate preterm infants. Free Radic Biol Med. 2019 Feb 25. PMID: 30818053.

Di Fiore JM, Dylag AM, Honomichl RD, Hibbs AM, Martin RJ, Tatsuoka C, Raffay TM. Early inspired oxygen and intermittent hypoxemic events in extremely premature infants are associated with asthma medication use at 2 years of age. J Perinatol. 2019 Feb;39(2):203-211. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0264-y. PMID: 30367103.

Kochan M, Leonardi B, Firestine A, McPadden J, Cobb D, Shah TA, Vazifedan T, Bass WT. Elevated midline head positioning of extremely low birth weight infants: effects on cardiopulmonary function and the incidence of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage. J Perinatol. 2019 Jan;39(1):54-62. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0261-1. PMID: 30348960.