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Ting Ting Fu, MD

  • Attending Neonatologist, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
We often focus on what's happening in front of us in the NICU as we carefully think about every organ system and how they're working together, but it is equally important to me to take care of the family.

About

Biography

As a neonatologist, I care for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Neonatology is about taking care of babies and building relationships with their families. Many of our families did not expect their baby to be in the NICU, so it can be a scary time — sometimes lasting for weeks to months. We often focus on what's happening in front of us in the NICU as we carefully think about every organ system and how they're working together, but it is equally important to me to take care of the family.

In addition to patient care, I’m also studying how to improve the use of human milk in the NICU and how to optimize a baby’s growth with maternal and donor breast milk.

When I’m not at work, I enjoy spending time with my family and knitting.

BS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2007.

MD: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2011.

Residency: Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, 2014.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2017.

Certification: General Pediatrics, 2014; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2018.

Interests

Neonatology

Services and Specialties

Neonatology

Interests

Neonatal nutrition; human milk; breastfeeding

Research Areas

Neonatology

Publications

Care of the Premature and Ill Neonate. Fu, TT; McNelis, K; Smith, C; Kim, JH. In: Goday PS; Walia CS, Ed. Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2022.

Protein Enrichment of Donor Breast Milk and Impact on Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Fu, TT; Kaplan, HC; Fields, T; Folger, AT; Gordon, K; Poindexter, BB. Nutrients. 2021; 13.

Milk analysis using milk analyzers in a standardized setting (MAMAS) study: A multicentre quality initiative. Kwan, C; Fusch, G; Rochow, N; el-Helou, S; Belfort, M; Festival, J; Hair, A; Hascoet, JM; Kuehn, T; MIRIS, ; et al. Clinical Nutrition. 2020; 39:2121-2128.

Macronutrient Analysis of Target-Pooled Donor Breast Milk and Corresponding Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Fu, TT; Schroder, PE; Poindexter, BB. Nutrients. 2019; 11.

Case 3: Hypermetabolic State in an Infant. Nair, N; Fu, TT; Haberman, B. NeoReviews. 2019; 20:e353-e354.

Diagnosing Infection in a Neonate Using Whole-Body Screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Fu, TT; Kingma, PS. Pediatrics. 2017; 140.

Case 1: A term infant with apnea and stiffening. Arroyo, MS; Fu, TT; Hufnagel, RB. NeoReviews. 2017; 18:e665-e667.

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