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.Neonatology; neonatal nutrition
Neonatal nutrition; human milk composition; donor milk
Standardizing feeding strategies for preterm infants born greater than 1500 grams. Pediatric Research. 2025; 97:671-677.
Human Milk Fortification Strategies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Clinics in Perinatology. 2023; 50:643-652.
Protein Enrichment of Donor Breast Milk and Impact on Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Nutrients. 2021; 13:2869.
Maternal Hypertension and Adverse Neurodevelopment in a Cohort of Preterm Infants. JAMA Network Open. 2025; 8:e257788.
Postnatal Growth Assessment of the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infant. Children. 2025; 12:197.
Effects of Early Enteral to Parenteral Protein Ratios on Brain Volume and Somatic Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 275:114253.
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Risk of Early Brain Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term among Infants Born at ≤32 Weeks' Gestational Age. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 273:114133.
Correlation of NICU anthropometry in extremely preterm infants with brain development and language scores at early school age. Scientific Reports. 2023; 13:15273.
Care of the Premature and Ill Neonate. Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis; 2022.
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