Title(s):

Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Director, Division of Neonatology; Professor of Pediatrics; Attending
Temple University
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Babies and Children's Hospital of NY

Interests:

Hyperbilirubinemia,Neonatal Sepsis, Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Dr. Polin has a broad range of scientific interests. Currently, his major scientific focus is on developmental immunology and infectious diseases, particularly the role of gamma interferon in neonatal immunity. Other areas of interest include fluid and electrolyte homeostatis and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. As editor of the definitive text on Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, he is in touch with current developments in all areas of our specialty.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-5827

Office Fax# (212)305-7086

rap32@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Ghana Medical School

Residency:

Harlem Hospital Center

Interests:

General Neonatology

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)932-4035

Office Fax# (212)932-5441

faa8@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director, Division of Neonatology Allen Pavilion of New York Presbyterian Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency:

Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)
Tufts-New England Medical Center (Boston)

Fellowship:

Babies and Children's Hospital of NY

Interests:

Effects of intrauterine cocaine exposure and other
manifestations of urban poverty on the newborn.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-6578

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

Dab2@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Aukland, School of Medicine

Residency:

Monmouth Medical Center (New Jersey)

Fellowship:

Columbia University

Interests:

Perinatal transmission of HIV infection and interventions to reduce transmission, Perinatal pharmacology of morphine and its glucuronide metabolites, Perinatal pharmacology of anti-HIV drugs, Pharmacology of pregnancy with special interest in placenta transfer and fetal metabolism, Ontogeny of autonomic control in the fetus

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0954

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

Lab Telephone# (212)305-5117

Mg71@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Professor of Pediatrics, Attending Neonatologist

Education:

St. John's Medical College (Bangalore, India)
Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi,India)

Residency:

Brookdale Hospital

Fellowship:

Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons

Interests:

Neonatal Nutrition & Metabolism
Dr. Kashyap directs the nutritional support of the infants in our unit. She is also responsible for executing a number of detailed protocols for studies of both parental and enteral nutrition. At present, she is working on a large study concerning the effects of early aggressive nutrition on the very low birth weight infant. This study utilizes sophisticated measurements of anthropometry, biochemistry, macronutrient balances, energetics, body composition and neuro-developmental assessment to determine the effects on the growth and development of the low birth weight infant.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-9034

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

sk48@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Neonatology, Attending

Education:

Nova-Southeastern University School of Medicine

Residency:

New York Medical College, NY

Fellowship:

Yale University School of Medicine, CT

Interests:

Bilirubin metabolism during developmental period

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (201)833-7271

Office Fax# (201)833-7221

Hrleepark@pol.net

Title(s):

Director of Network Nurseries,The New York Presbyterian Health Network; Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Cincinnati

Residency:

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)

Fellowship:

University of Cincinnati

Interests:

Decision making in the NICU, F & E management, Thermal management, Hyperbilirubinemia, Biomedical ethics, Developmental renal and fluid and electrolyte physiology, Long-term newborn intensive care

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-2154

Office Fax# (212)305-7086

jl1084@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Neonatology; Attending

Education:

Suny Downstate Medical Center School of Medicine

Residency:

St. Lukes/Roosevelt Medical Center

Fellowship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Rosen's major area of interest is perinatal pharmacology. She has extensive experience in the follow-up of human newborns whose mothers were drug abusers. She is capable of assaying a number of bioactive agents with a state- of-the-art HPLC system and is currently looking at levels of vitamins A and E in the human pre-term newborn. Dr. Rosen is also collaborating with members of the Department of Pharmacology in studies of the electrical activation and rhythm generation of the animal myocardium. Measurements are made of the developmental changes in the autonomic nervous system, with specific reference to cardiac rhythmicity. Detailed measurements of the effects of cocaine and other drugs are currently being made in the immature and developing conduction system of the rat.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

tsr1@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Director, Fellowship Training Program; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Chicago Medical School

Residency:

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Fellowship:

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Interests:

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges, Ventilation with Perfluorochemical Liquids, Pulmonary Physiology and Mechanics

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

Sdr26@columbia.edu

Title(s):
Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending
Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi, India)
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Sahni is the Co-director of the Infant Physiology Laboratory and his major area of interest is neonatal physiology and behavior. He is a co-investigator in an NIH funded study of, "Activity and responses to nutrient and oxygen supply during development in immature human infants." Using a bedside, miniaturized electroencephalography machine, he is able to monitor the brain waves of small infants during times of critical limitations in oxygen availability. Working in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Developmental Psychobiology, he has examined the effects of maturation and diet on state-related physiological variables of premature infants. He is also studying the effects of sleep position in developing low birth weight infants in an effort to understand the genesis of sudden infant death syndrome.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

                         (212)305-8500

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

rs62@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

University of Rochester

Residency:

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, MA)

Fellowship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Schulze is primarily interested in neonatal bioenergetics. Measurements of metabolic rate are common to most of the studies performed in the Human Infant Physiology Laboratory. Energy expenditure, estimated by oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, is related to both fuel supply (diet) and to gas exchange (respiration). This dual interest forms the basis for studies of both nutrition and pulmonary function and touches on important clinical problem areas such as nutritional support of the infant with respiratory disease and the energy cost of breathing. Also under study in this laboratory is a new and innovative system for physiological monitoring of the infant on mechanical ventilatory support. This new methodology makes possible the collection of physiologic data during actual clinical care. At present, Dr. Schulze is studying the effects of hypoxia on the EEG during the first 72 hours of life. A major focus of these studies is on the development of states of sleep and wakefulness.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-8500

                          (212)305-9743

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

kfs1@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Director and Principal Investigator:Perinatal Emphasis Research Center from the NICHD; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending

Education:

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency:

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Interests:

At the present time, Dr. Stark, director of the animal research facility, is studying chronically instrumented fetal baboons. Comprehensive and sophisticated measurements are used to track the fetal baboon response to controlled maternal hypoxia. Of particular interest is effect of hypoxia on the development of cardiorespiratory control. Measurements of fetal breathing, fetal heart rate and heart rate variability and fetal EEG are made continuously during the last two to four weeks of gestation during steady-state resting behavior and during a number of experimental interventions. Dr. Stark is also studying the physiology of neurohypophyseal peptide hormones using a chronic sheep preparation with catheters placed in the ventricles of the brain. Changes in the level of such hormones as vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor are monitored under a number of rigidly controlled conditions.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-0954

Office Fax# (212)305-0956

ris2@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Education:
Residency:
Fellowship:

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending, Associate Medical Director NICU.
Royal College of Surgeons
St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Dr. Towers is a clinical neonatologist with interest in nutrition and energy balance, and has collaborated in research and published on these topics. She has collaborated in research and published on these topics. She has collaborated in a recent study investigating the prevalence of auditory neurop0athy in NICU graduates. She is a member of the Pediatric Department of Ethics and Bereavement committees, and continues as Pediatrics Liaison to the Graduate Medical Education office.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-7822

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

hmt4@columbia.edu

Title(s):

Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics in Pediatrics

Interests:

She is a Faculty Associate at the Center for Bioethics and a Research Scholar at Institute for Social and Economic Research and policy (ISERP). She has worked in a cross cultural perspective on patient's hospital experiences and on clinician and family decision making in intensive care units. Her more recent work focuses on ethical dilemmas and international variations in medical prognosis in neonatology, a particular emphasis being put on the links between decision theory and empirical results. Another line of research, pursued with colleagues form behavioral sciences, relates to the negative psychological consequences of choice in life and death contexts. Trained as a sociologist in France, Kristina Orfali has been an Assistant Professor in Medicine and Assistant Director at the MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics a the University of Chicago and Directeur de Reserches at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France. As an ethicist she is a member of the Morgan Stanley CHONY ethics committee.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# (212)305-6561

Office Fax# (212)305-8796

ko2145@columbia.edu