Laura Placke Ward, MD
Title
Assistant Professor, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Appointment
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
laura.ward@cchmc.org
Phone
513-803-0963
Fax
513-803-0969
Bio
Dr. Ward has been a neonatologist in the Division since 2002, and attends at The University Hospital.
Credentials
MD: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994
Residency: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, 1994-1997
Fellowship: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, 1997-2000
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1997; Neonatology, 2003
Position History
2000-2001 - Faculty at The George Washington University/Neonatologist at Children’s National Medical Center;
2002-present - Neonatologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Awards and Honors
Scientific and Academic Achievement for the Superior Presentation of an Abstract in Basic Science Research, 1999
Research
Strategies to prevent significant hyperbilirubinemia in infants
Presentations, Most Recent
Noise: A Potential Pollutant in the NICU
Neonatal Grand Rounds, CCHMC December 2008.
Family Centered Care in Neonatology
Neonatal Grand Rounds, CCHMC April 2007.
Prevention of Bilirubin Encephalopathy
Monthly Resident Lecture Series.
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Perinatal Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Special Interests
Multidisciplinary quality improvement; family centered care; evidence-based practice
Faculty
- Ann L. Akeson, PhD
- Henry T. Akinbi, MD
- Cindy J. Bachurski, PhD
- Thomas Bartman, MD, PhD
- Tanya E. Cahill, MD
- Michael W. Crossman, MD, PhD
- Vrushank G. Davé, MS, PhD
- Edward F. Donovan, MD
- Horacio Falciglia, MD
- Stephan W. Glasser, PhD
- Beth E. Haberman, MD
- Eric Hall, PhD
- Noah H. Hillman, MD
- Steven B. Hoath, MD
- Machiko Ikegami, MD, PhD
- James M. Greenberg, MD
- Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD
- Clinton H. Joiner, MD, PhD
- Tanya V. Kalin, MD, PhD
- Vladimir V. Kalinichenko, MD, PhD
- Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
- Beena D. Kamath, MD, MPH
- Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE
- Alan P. Kenny, MD, PhD
- Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD
- Madhavi Koneru, MD
- Thomas R. Korfhagen, MD, PhD
- Tim Le Cras, PhD
- Kristin R. Melton, MD
- Vivek Narendran, MD
- Amy T. Nathan, MD
- Anne-Karina T. Perl, MS, PhD
- Danna M. Premer, MD
- John H. Reuter, MD, PhD
- Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD
- Kurt R. Schibler, MD
- John M. Shannon, PhD
- Andrew Patrick South, MD, MPH
- Jean J. Steichen, MD
- Bruce C. Trapnell, MD, MS
- Laura Placke Ward, MD
- Timothy E. Weaver, MS, PhD
- Kathy E. Wedig, MD
- Susan E. Wert, PhD
- Scott L. Wexelblatt, MD
- Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD
- Yan Xu, PhD
