Neonatology / Pulmonary Biology

Meet the Team

Cincinnati is one of a few cities in the United States where regionalized perinatal and neonatal care is being strengthened. High-risk pregnancies are referred to University Hospital and Good Samaritan Perinatal Centers, and complex critically ill neonates are referred to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, maximizing community resources and minimizing health care costs for the region.

Learn more about the Neonatology team at Cincinnati Children's.

Faculty | Fellows | Graduates

Faculty


Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, Chief,
Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology and Director, Division of Pulmonary Biology

James Greenberg, MD, Director, Division of Neonatology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Medical Director, Regional Newborn Services

Ward Rice, MD, PhD, Director, Neonatology Fellowship Training Program; Medical Director, Newborn Service, St. Elizabeth Medical Center

Alan Jobe, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Perinatal Biology; PI, NICHD Neonatal Training Grant; Cincinnati Children's Program Director, NICHD Pediatric Departmental Training Grant

  • Horacio Falciglia, MD, Regional Director of the Vermont Oxford Network; Director, Pediatric Medical Student Program at Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Beth Haberman, MD, Medical Director, Regional Center for Newborn Intensive Care; Medical Director, Mercy Anderson Hospital Nurseries; Associate Director High-Risk Follow-Up Clinic
  • Steven Hoath, MD, Director, Skin Sciences Institute
  • Vivek Narendran, MD, Medical Director, The Christ Hospital Nurseries; Associate Director, University Hospital NICU & Health Alliance Newborn Services
  • Jack Reuter, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Bethesda North Hospital Nurseries
  • Kurt Schibler, MD, Medical Director, Good Samaritan Hospital NICU and Newborn Services for TriHealth Hospitals, Director, Clinical Research Steering Committee
  • Jean Steichen, MD, Director, University Hospital NICU & Health Alliance Newborn Services; Director, High-Risk Follow-Up Clinic
  • Kathy Wedig, MD, Medical Director, Mercy Hospital Fairfield

In addition, Henry Akinbi, MD, Thomas Bartman, MD, PhD, Tanya Cahill, MD, Michael Crossman, MD, PhD, Noah Hillman ,MD, Suhas Kallapur, MD,  Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE, Paul Kingma, MD, PhD, Kristin Melton, MD Amy Nathan, MD, and Laura Ward, MD, also participate in research, clinical and teaching activities in the Division of Neonatology.

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Neonatology Clinical Fellows

Current Fellows & Residency Programs

Stephanie Binder, MD, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Chicago, IL

Alan Kenny, MD, PhD, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Brooke King, MD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center-UCMC, Cincinnati, OH

Madhavi Koneru, MD, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, Staten Island, NY

Venkata Kuppala, MD The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Tara Lang, MD, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN

Adrian Lavery, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Alison Protain, DO, Children's Hospital / Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Tushar Shah, MD, MPH, Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Jonathan Slaughter, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Holly Strike, MD, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

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Fellows Completing the Neonatology Program in June, 2007

Ivan Abril, MD
Residency: Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
Post Fellowship: Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, FL

Noah Hillman, MD
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center-UCMC, Cincinnati, OH
Post Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH

Melinda Markham, MD
Residency: UAMS / Arkansas Children's  Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Post Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinic, Nashville, TN

Tamina Singh, MD
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Post Fellowship: Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY

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