University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Jeanne L. Ballard, MD

Title

Clinical Pediatric Emerita

Appointment

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and OB GYN, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Phone

513-636-2326

Fax

513-636-7247

Bio

Hospital Neonatologist at Bethesda Hospital 1972 - 1979.

Attending Neonatologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and The University Hospital 1979 - Present.

Director High Risk Clinic, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 1984 - 1990.

Founder / Medical Director, Lactation Education Resouce Center 1997 - 2007.

Credentials

MD: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1965.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1966-1969

Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 1970-1972.

Research: Gestational Assessment of the Newborn

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1973; Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, 1975; Fellow-Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 1993.

Awards and Honors

Silver Apple Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1994

Clinician Teacher Award Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 1994, 1995.

Visiting Professor re: GA of Newborn, 1990, 1991, 1992.

Cited for Signature article contribution to Academic Neonatology, Journal of Pediatrics, 2002 Nov.

UCCOM Nominee for the AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, February, 2004.

Research

Gestational assessment; bronchopulmonary dyplasia; gastro-esophageal reflux; ankyloglossia and its effect on breastfeeding

Research Grants and Contracts

March of Dimes Grant to establish the Lactation Education Resource Center at The University Hospital

Publications, Most Recent

Jeanne Ballard's publications as listed by PubMed

Ballard JL, Treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome with breast milk containing methadone.J Perinat Neonat Nurs 15(4):76-86, 2002.

Ballar JL, Auer CL, Khoury JC, Ankyloglossia: Assessment, incidence and effectiveness of frenuloplasty on the breastfeeding dyad.Pediatrics, 110(5) URL http//www2002.

Geraghty SR, Davidson BS, Warner BB, Sapsford AL, Ballard JL, List BA, Akers R, Morrow AL. The development of a research human milk bank.Journal of Human Lactation, 21(1):59-66,2005.

Ballard JL, Chantry C, Howard CR. Guidelines for the evaluation and management of neonatal ankyloglossia and its complications in the breastfeeding dyad. ABM Clinical Protocal #11, ABM News and Views, 11(1):2005.

Recent Presentations / Invited Lectures

Breastfeeding the Baby with Special Needs 12th Annual Regional Perinatal and Women's Health Conference, Erlanger, KY, May 15, 2003

Ankyloglossia: The challenge of Identification and Resolution of Tongue-tie Health Care Provider's Seminar, La Leche League of Ohio's Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference, Dublin, OH, October 4, 2003

Yeast Infections: Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Monilial Infections in Mothers and Infants Health Care Provider's Seminar, LaLeche League of Ohio's Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference, Dublin, OH, October 4, 2003

Breastfeeding and Oral and Dental Health Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 8th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 10, 2003

Ankyloglossia and Breastfeeding - A Clip Away from Success Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2004

Visiting Professor to lecture on Maturational Assessment of Gestational Age. St. Alphonsus Hospital, Boise, ID, October 26, 2003

Visiting Professor to lecture on the diagnosis and treatment of ankyloglossia in the newborn at the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Grand Rounds, University of Kentucky at Lexington, September 17, 2004