Robert W. Lenfestey, MD, MHS
Department / Division
Pediatrics /
Pediatrics-Neonatology
Address
DUMC 2739
Durham, NC 27710
Office Telephone
919-668-1592
Fax Telephone
919-681-6065
- MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2002
- Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 2005
- Neonatology, Duke University Medical Center, 2008
- MHS, Clinical Research, Duke University, 2009
Clinical Interests
Pediatric pharmacology, neuroprotection of very low birth-weight infants
Research Interests
Improving patient safety and quality of care; Prevention of neurodevelopmental inpairment in extremely premature infants; Pediatric pharmacology; Non-invasive monitoring of the neonate; Statistical analyses of healthcare delivery and financial practices; Development of tablet PC based applications to decrease medical errors, improve rounding efficiency, and augment the quality of handoffs between medical providers.
This physician has no reported relationships with industry.
Representative Publications
Lenfestey RW, Smith PB, Moody MA, Clark RH, Cotten CM, Seed PC, Benjamin DK Jr. Predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid parameters in neonates with intraventricular drainage devices. J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3 Suppl):209-12.
(2007)
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Malcolm WF, Lenfestey RW, Rice HE, Rach E, Goldberg RN, Cotten CM. Dietary fat for infants with enterostomies. J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Nov;42(11):1811-5.
(2007)
Abstract
Garges HP, Moody MA, Cotten CM, Smith PB, Tiffany KF, Lenfestey R, Li JS, Fowler VG Jr, Benjamin DK Jr. Neonatal meningitis: what is the correlation among cerebrospinal fluid cultures, blood cultures, and cerebrospinal fluid parameters? Pediatrics. 2006 Apr;117(4):1094-100.
(2006)
Abstract
Smith PB, Cotten CM, Garges HP, Tiffany KF, Lenfestey RW, Moody MA, Li JS, Benjamin DK Jr. A comparison of neonatal Gram-negative rod and Gram-positive cocci meningitis. J Perinatol. 2006 Feb;26(2):111-4.
(2006)
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