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Arpitha Chiruvolu, M.D. (3rd Year Fellow) Arpitha Chiruvolu, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2005 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners  
Certification 2001 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates  
Education      
Medical 1992 - 1998 Osmania Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India  MD
Postgraduate 2002 - 2003 Atlantic Health System, New Jersey, General Pediatrics Internship
 

2003-2005

Atlantic Health System, New Jersey, General Pediatrics Residency
  2005 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards 1989 - 1992 State Merit Scholarship  
  1989 - 1992 National Merit Scholarship  
  2003 - 2004 Resident teacher of the year, UMDNJ, New Jersey  
  2005 Gloria O. Schrager, M.D. award for the excellence in teaching, AHS, New Jersey  
  2005 - 2006 Teaching Fellow of the Year Award, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children’s Medical Center  
Research   Title: Altered Calcium Homeostasis in Term Neonates: Possible Association with Gentamicin Dosing and/or dosing Interval. Mentor: Greg Jackson, MD, MBA  
Publications  

Chiruvolu A, Anderson JM. A term newborn with congenital dwarfism. Neoreviews, Visual diagnosis; 7:e280, 2006

 
Andrea Freeman Duncan, M.D. (3rd Year Fellow) Andrea (Andi) Duncan, M.D.
Licensure 2004 2004 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners  
Education      
Medical 1998 - 2002 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School- Dallas MD
Postgraduate

2003-2005

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, General Pediatrics Residency
  2005 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
  2006 - Present University of Houston MPH
Honors/Awards 1994-1998 University of Texas Achievement Honors Award Scholarship  
  1994 -1998 Baumberger Endowment Scholar  
  1995 - 1998 MAPS Scholar  
  1995 - 1998 Golden Key National Honors Society  
  1996 Eta Phi Beta Scholarship Recipient  
  1996 - 1997 Humanities Study Abroad Scholar  
  1997-1998 College Scholar  
  1998 Special Honors in Humanities  
  1999 Mayo Clinic Summer Clinical Fellowship (Mayo Rochester)  
  1999 - 2000 National Medical Association Scholarship  
  2001 Departmental Pediatric Scholarship and 1 month clerkship- Mayo Clinic Rochester  
  2006 Chair, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Task Force on Follow-up  
  2006-present Member, Board of Directors for the  Low Birth Weight Development Center  
  2007-2008  Klaus Perinatal Research Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for her project entitled “Effects of very low birth weight, prematurity and postnatal growth on blood pressure during the first 3 years of life.”  
Activities   Board Member- Low Birth Weight Development Center  
    Lecturer- Neonatal Nursing program, 2007  
    CMC Low Birth Weight Clinic and Follow Up Care of NNICU Graduates  
    Member- Docs For Tots Pediatric Advocacy Group  
Research   Title: Effects of VLBW, Prematurity and Postnatal Growth on Blood Pressure During the First 3 Years of Life.  Mentors: Roy Heyne, MD and Charles Rosenfeld, MD  
Publications  

Duncan AF, Morgan JS, Ahmad, N, Rosenfeld CR, Heyne RJ. Inter-rater reliability of manual blood pressure (BP) measurements in children 1-3 years of age. Presentation at AAP Meeting San Francisco, CA, October 2007. (abstract)

 
Darryl Miao, M.D. (3rd Year Fellow) Darryl Miao, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2005 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners  
Education      
Medical 1998 - 2002 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center MD
Postgraduate 2002 - 2005 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center General Pediatrics Residency
  2005 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards      
Activities 1998 - Present Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Organization (Participate in nursing home visits, fund-raising)  
Publications  

Miao D, Salhab W, Rosenfeld CR.  Characteristics and Outcome of Infants with Gastroschisis: A 16 Years Review.  Presented at the SPR/PAS 2005 meeting Washington, DC (poster) as well as a presentation at the 2004 Mead-Johnson South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, TX

 
   

Miao D, Velaphi S, Roy T, and Rosenfeld CR.  Mechanisms Regulating Blood Pressure in Conscious Newborn Sheep: Metabolic Clearance of Arginine Vasopressin (MCRAVP).  Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Toronto, Canada, May 2007

 
   

Miao D, Velaphi S, Roy T, and Rosenfeld CR.  Mechanisms Regulating Blood Pressure in Conscious Newborn Sheep: Metabolic Clearance of Arginine Vasopressin (MCRAVP).  Presentation at AAP Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2007

 
Rodica Catrinel Marinescu, M.D. (3rd Year Fellow) Catrinel Marinescu, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2005 Pennsylvania, Unrestricted Medical License  
  2006 Texas Physician in Training Permit  
Certification 2001 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates  
Education
Medical 1988 - 1994 Universitatea de Medicina Si Farmacie Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania MD
Postgraduate 1994 - 1997 Resident in Internal Medicine, Romanian National Residency Program, Bucharest, Romania Residency
  1997 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Human Genetics, Department of Biochemistry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Research Fellow
  2000 - 2001 Scientist, Genotherapeutics, Inc, Memphis, TN Scientist
  2001 - 2002 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Human Genetics, Department of Biochemistry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Research Fellow
  2002 - 2003 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia; Thomas Jefferson Medical College Residency
  2003 - 2005 St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia; Drexel University College of Medicine Residency
  2005 - 2006 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
  2006 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards 1988 - 1994 National Merit Fellowship,  Universitatea de Medicina, si Farmacie Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania  
  1993 Medical Student Training Grant at Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Holland  
  2001- 2002 NIH training Grant, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia  
Research   Title: RHAMM and angiogenesis. Mentor: Rashmin Savani, MBChB  
Publications  

Schmutte C, Marinescu RC, Sadoff MM, Guerrette S, Overhauser J, Fishel R: Human Exonuclease I interacts with the mismatch repair protein hMSH2. Cancer Research 58:4537-4542, 1998

 
   

Schmutte C, Marinescu RC, Copeland NG, Jenkins A, Overhauser J, Fishel R: Refined chromosomal localization of the mismatch repair and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal genes hMSH2 and hMSH6. Cancer Research. 58(20):4537-42, 1998

 
   

Marinescu RC, Johnson E, Dykens E, Hodapp R, Overhauser J: No relationship between size of deletion and developmental delay in cri-du-chat syndrome. Am J Med Genet 86:66-70, 1999

 
   

Marinescu RC, Mamunes P, Kline AD, Schmidt J, Rojas K, Overhauser J. Variability in a family with an insertion involving 5p. American Journal of Medical Genetics 86:258-263, 1999

 
   

Marinescu RC, Nyce K, Serrano de la Pena L, Overhauser J, Williams CJ: Exclusion of the gene for human cartilage intermediate layer protein in currently mapped calcium pyrophoasphate dihydrate deposition syndromes. Arthitis Rheum 42:2139-2143, 1999

 
   

Sreekantaiah C, Kronn D, Marinescu RC, Goldin B, Overhauser J: Characterization of a complex chromosomal rearrangement in a patient with a typical cat-like cry and no other features of cri-du-chat syndrome. Am J Med Genet 86:264-268,1999

 
   

Marinescu RC, Johnson E, Grady D, Overhauser J: FISH Analysis of Terminal Deletions in Patients Diagnosed with Cri-du-chat Syndrome. Clin Genet 56:282-288,1999

 
   

Johnson EI, Marinescu RC, Punnett H, Tennenholz B. 5p14 deletion associated with microcephaly and seizures. J Med Genet 37:125-127, 2000

 
   

Medina M, Marinescu RC, Overhauser J, Kosik KS: Hemizygosity of d-catenin (CTNND2) is associated with severe mental retardation in Cri-du-Chat syndrome. Genomics 63:157-164, 2000

 
   

Marinescu RC, Cerruti Maniardi P, Collins MR, Kouahou M, Coucourde G, Pastore G, Eaton-Evans J, Overhauser J. Growth charts for Cri-du-chat Syndrome: An International Collaborative Study. Am J of Human Genetics 94:153-162, 2000

 
   

Marinescu RC, Ashraf Q, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M : Ca -Influx dependent mechanism of apoptotic proteins expression (Bax, Bcl2, Bcl-xl) in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions in the cerebral cortex of newborn piglets.  SPR:A1054, 2005 (abstract)

 
LaKeitha Rena Foster, M.D. (2nd Year Fellow) LaKeitha Foster, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2005 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners  
Education
Medical 2003 Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, Doctorate of Medicine (Honors) MD
Postgraduate      
  2003 – 2006 University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, General Pediatric Residency
  2006 - Present University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards 1993 – 1997 Dean’s List, Southern University  
  1996 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society  
  1996 Beta Kappa Chi Biological Honors Society  
  1999 Recipient, Cal Turner, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund  
  1999    Recipient, William T. Durham Memorial Scholarship Award  
  1999 – 2003 Dean’s List, Meharry Medical College  
  2001 Recipient, Flotilla Watkins, MD Endowed Scholarship Fund  
  2001

Nomination, All-American Scholar Award

 
  2006 Research Award, UT-Southwestern Senior Pediatrics Dinner  
Research   Title: “Progesterone receptors during parturition”. Mentor: Carole Mendelson, MD, University of Texas-Southwestern, Department of Biochemistry  
Publications  

Grau AM, Ata A, Foster L, Ahmed NU, Reasoner D, YuShyr G, Stain SC, Pearson AS.  Effect of race on long-term survival of breast cancer patients: transinstitutional analysis from an inner city hospital and university medical center.  Am Surg;71:164-70, 2005

 
    Foster L, Anderson J. The Inter-Rater Reliability of Apgar Scores at One and Five Minutes. Presentation at SSPR, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2005, and at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Toronto, Canada, May 2007 (abstract)  
Liaqat Hayat Khan, M.D. (2nd Year Fellow) Liaquat (Leo) Khan, M.D. Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2003-2006 Pennsylvania Medical License  
  2006- Texas Physician in Training Permit  
Certification 2003 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates  
Medical      
Postgraduate 1995 - 2000 The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MD
  2003 - 2006 Penn State Children’s Hospital & The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Penn State Residency
  University - College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, General Pediatrics
  2006 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Research   Title: Changes in potassium channel expression and their distribution in the uteroplacental vasculature during ovine pregnancy. Mentor: Charles Rosenfeld, M.D.  
David Lam, M.D. (2nd Year Fellow) David Lam, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2005 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners  
Education      
Medical 1999 - 2003 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas MD
Postgraduate      
  2003 - 2006 Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas Residency
  2006 - Present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards 2000 - 2003 University of Arkansas’ Honors Program  
  2003 Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society  
  2003 – 2006 UAMS Chairman’s Scholar Program in Pediatrics  
Research   Title: TGF-beta and its role in parturition. Mentor: Rashmin Savani, MBChB  
Katherine Bennett, M.D. (1st Year Fellow) Katherine Bennett, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
       
Nimisha Gupta, M.D. Nimisha Gupta, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
(1st Year Fellow, to begin October 2007) 
       
Lilian St. John, M.D. (1st Year Fellow) Lilian St. John, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
       
Nathan Sundgren, M.D. (1st Year Fellow) Nathan Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D., Neonatal Fellow
       
Chad Barber, M.D. (Recent Graduate) Chad Barber, M.D., Neonatal Fellow
Licensure 2006 Texas State of Medical Board Examiners  
Education      
Medical 1997 – 2001 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston MD
Postgraduate 2001 – 2004 Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; General Pediatrics Residency
  2004 – 2007 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Honors/Awards 2003 – 2004 Debra H. Fiser, MD Award for Excellence in Critical Care  
  Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  
  2003 – 2004 Donald E. Hill, MD Memorial Award for Excellence in Research  
  Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  
  2005 AAP Trainee Travel Award, AAP National Conference & Exhibition, Washington, DC  
  2006

Mead Johnson Travel Award Recipient, 68th Perinatal & Developmental Medicine Symposium Aspen, CO

 
Research   Title:    Randomized Controlled Trial of Endotracheal versus Intravenous Administration of Epinephrine During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Asphyxiated Piglets.  Mentor: Myra Wyckoff, MD  
Grants 2005 – Present NRP Young Investigator Award. Randomized Controlled Trial of Endotracheal versus Intravenous Administration of Epinephrine During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Asphyxiated Piglets. Research Mentor: Myra Wyckoff, MD.  $10,000.  
Publications  

Barber CA, Wyckoff MH. Use and Efficacy of Endotracheal Versus Intravenous Epinephrine During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Delivery Room. Pediatrics 118: 1028-1034, 2006

 
   

Barber CA, Green JW, Just EG, Becton DL. Plasma Exchange in Children with Purpura Fulminans. Presented at Southern Society for Pediatric Research. New Orleans, LA. February 2003.

 
    Barber CA, Sikes NC, Norton JD, Lowery CL, Kaiser JR. Effects of Mode of Delivery on Mortality and Severe Brain Injury in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants. Presented at Southern Society for Pediatric Research. New Orleans, LA. February 2004   
   

Barber CA, Wyckoff MH. Evaluation of Endotracheal vs. Intravenous Administration of Epinephrine During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Presented at American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. Washington, DC. September 2005.

 
   

Barber CA, Shalak LF, Wyckoff MH. End-tidal CO2 Detection of an Audible Heart-rate During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Asystole in Piglets. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. San Francisco, CA, May 2006. 

 
   

Barber CA, Shalak LF, Wyckoff MH. End-tidal CO2 Detection of an Audible Heart-rate During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Asystole in Piglets. Presented at 68th Perinatal & Developmental Medicine Symposium. Aspen, CO, June 2006.

 
   

Barber CA, Shalak LF, Garcia D, Wyckoff MH. Correlation of End-tidal CO2 with Return of an Audible Heart-rate During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Asystole in Piglets. Presented at 13th Annual South Central Conference on Perinatal Research. Austin, TX, October 2006.

 
   

Barber CA, Shalak LF, Garcia D, Wyckoff MH. Neonatal Cardiac Compressions Following Asystole from Asphyxia: Beneficial or Futile? Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Toronto, Canada, May 2007