The Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine consists of neonatologists and pediatricians who are committed to providing the highest level of clinical care to the infants they treat, to conducting cutting edge research, and to the education of postdoctoral trainees. Our faculty’s research interests span a wide range of topics including pulmonary vascular biology, neonatal resuscitation and long-term follow-up, to name a few.

Current and former members of the Division have achieved considerable prominence nationally. Honors received by the faculty include:

• Dr. Luc Brion and Dr. Pablo Sanchez were listed in Best Doctors in America in 2009.
• Dr. Pablo Sanchez was listed in Best Pediatricians in Dallas in D Magazine in 2009.
• Dr. Dorothy Sendelbach was awarded Physician of the Year by Parkland Health & Hospital System in 2009.
• Dr. Rashmin Savani was awarded the William Buchanan Chair in Pediatrics in 2007.
• Dr. Philip Shaul was elected President of the Society for Pediatric Research in 2006 and awarded the Lowe Foundation Professorship in Pediatric Critical Care Research in 1997.
• Dr. Charles Rosenfeld was awarded the McGregor Professorship of Pediatrics in 2003.

Learn about our faculty's research.

Neonatologists

Rashmin Savani, M.B.,Ch.B.
Professor
Director, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Associate Director, Division of Pulmonary & Vascular Biology
William Buchanan Chair in Pediatrics
Interests: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, hyaluronan and its receptors in inflammation, angiogenesis and organogenesis

Mahmood Alasmi, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, neonatal nutrition

Timothy Brannon, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, electronic medical records, bioinformatics

Luc Brion, M.D.
Professor
Director, Fellowship Program
Interests: Fellowship training, evidence-based medicine, renal disorders, Neonatal Research Network and other multicenter clinical trials

Lina Chalak, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, brain injury in the newborn, bedside neurologic monitoring

Arlene Davis, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: International health

William D. Engle, M.D.
Professor
Interests: Bilirubin metabolism and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal blood pressure, late preterm infants

Becky Ennis, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Ethics and palliative care, neonatal outreach, resident education

Natalie Frost, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: FETAL program, complicated neonatal resuscitation, estrogen and estrogen receptor modulation of BPD

Mambarath Jaleel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Mechanical ventilation, neonatal nutrition, neonatal resuscitation, electronic medical records

Venkatakrishna Kakkilaya, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Non-invasive ventilation; Nasal CPAP; optimal delivery system and weaning strategies in ELBW infants; new tools for improving informed decision making in the NICU

Sunjun Kang, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal & newborn care, community advocacy, fellow education

Vishal S. Kapadia, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Newborn resuscitation, perinatal asphyxia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), pulse oximetry, non-invasive monitoring

J. Wells Logan, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Julie Mirpuri-Hathiramani, M.D.
Instructor
Interests: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), gut immunology

James E. Moore, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Interests: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), congenital diaphragmatic hernia, neonatal ECMO

Charles R. Rosenfeld, M.D.
Professor
George L. MacGregor Professorship in Pediatrics
Interests: Uteroplacental blood flow, development of the rennin-angiotensin system, fetal growth restriction, neonatal nutrition, neonatal origins of metabolic syndrome, PDA and blood pressure regulation

Pablo J. Sanchez, M.D.
Professor
Interests: Neonatal and congenital infections, Neonatal Research Network and other multicenter trials

Philip W. Shaul, M.D.
Professor
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology
Lowe Foundation Professorship in Pediatric Critical Care Research
Interests: Endothelial cell biology, nitric oxide, caveolae-lipid rafts, estrogen, HDL and CRP signaling

Julide Sisman, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal neurology, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, amplitude-integrated EEG

Audra Stewart, D.O., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, congenital hearing loss, advocacy

Myra H. Wyckoff, M.D.
Associate Professor
Interests: Newborn resuscitation, resident education, non-invasive monitoring

Developmental Care and Follow-up

Roy Heyne, M.D.
Professor
Interests: Developmental follow-up of complex high-risk and very low birth weight infants, community advocacy

Newborn Pediatrics

Gregory Jackson, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor
Interests: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal infection, late preterm infants

Laura C. McClendon. M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, resident and medical student education

Emily Osier, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care

Susan Raff, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, electronic medical records

Joseph Schneider, M.D., M.B.A.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, clinical bioinformatics, electronic medical records

Dorothy Sendelbach, M.D.
Associate Professor
Interests: Breastfeeding, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, newborn nutrition, late preterm infants

Muraleedharan Sivarajan, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neonatal and newborn care, resident education

Elizabeth K. Stehel, M.D.
Associate Professor
Interests: Breast feeding, resident and medical student education, neonatal infection