Chief, Division of Neonatology

Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Neonatology

Address:
DUMC 2739
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-1592

Office Telephone:
919-681-6037

Fax Telephone:
919-681-6065

• MD, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, 1968-1972

• Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center, 1972-1975

• Neonatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center, 1975-1976
• Neonatal Respiratory Diseases, Los Angeles Children's Hospital (California), 1976-1977

Clinical Interests:
Care of the low birth-weight infant, perinatal asphyxia, persistent pulmonary hypertension, congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Research Interests:
1.  Perinatal asphyxia and neuroprotection - use of umbilical cord blood transfusion
2.  Persistent Pulmonary hypertension - use of ethyl nitrite
3.  The extremely low-birth-weight infant.
4.  Newborn screening - use of digital microfluidics

Representative Publications:
Wadhawan R, Fanaroff A, Perritt R, Duara S, Stoll B, Goldberg RN, Laptook A, Poole K, Wright L, Oh B.  Lack of Early Post-Natal Weight Loss if Associated with Increased Incidence of Chronic Lung Diseae in Very Low Birth Weight Infants (In Press) (2005)

Stoll BJ, Hansen NI, Higgins RD, Fanaroff AA, Duara S, Goldberg R, Laptook A, Walsh M, Oh W, Hale E.  National Institute of Health and Human Development. Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants with Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis: The Predominance of Gram-Negative Infections Continues in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, 2002-2003.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 24(7):635-639. (2005)

Hintz SR, Poole WK, Wright LL, Fanaroff AA, Kendrick DE, Laptook AR, Goldberg RN, Duara S, Stoll BJ, Oh W.  Changes in Mortality and Morbidities Among Infants Born at Less than 25 Weeks During the Post-Surfactant Era.  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90(2):F128-33. (2005)

Wadhawan R, Vohr BR, Fanaroff AA, Perritt R, Shahnaz D, Stoll BJ, Goldberg RN, Laptook A, Poole K, Wright LL, Oh W.  Does Labor Influence Neonatal and Neuro-Developmental OUtcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Delivered by Cesarean Section?  AM J Obstet Gynecol 189:601-6, 2003. (2003)

Stamer JS, Moya NP, Gow AJ, Califf RM, Goldberg, RN.  Objective of therapy in patients with critical hypoxemia.  Lancet 360:2076, 2002. (2002)

Benjamin DK Jr, Stoll BJ, Fanaroff AA, McDonald SA, Oh W, Higgins R, Duara S, Poole K, Laptook A, Goldberg R.  Neonatal Candidasis Among Infants <1000g Birthweight: Risk Factors, Mortality, and Neuro-Developmental Outcomes at 19-22 Months.  (Pediatrics, in press)