Amy T. Nathan, MD
- Medical Director, Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology
- Co-Director, Perinatal Institute Quality Program
- Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- amy.nathan@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
I was inspired to become a neonatologist because the care provided immediately after birth can have a lasting impact on a child's health and well-being throughout their life. I treat each newborn with compassion and with the care that their family would want for them.
Our team provides hospital care for newborns across the spectrum of health — from well newborns immediately after birth, to premature infants who spend their first weeks to months in the hospital, to critically ill infants with congenital anomalies.
I led a team that received the Distinctive Achievement Award at the national Children's Hospital Association Quality Conference, for our work to reduce a serious complication of prematurity (necrotizing enterocolitis). I've also been named to Cincinnati Magazine's Top Doctors list multiple times.
In my free time, I'm learning to raise my first dog — a very energetic golden retriever.
MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1998.
Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998-2002.
Fellowship: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002-2005.
Certification: Pediatrics 2001; Neonatology, 2008.
Interests
Necrotizing enterocolitis; bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD); quality improvement; family-centered care
Interests
Strategies to prevent morbidities of prematurity
Publications
Low hemoglobin levels are independently associated with neonatal acute kidney injury: a report from the AWAKEN Study Group. Pediatric Research. 2021; 89:922-931.
Acute Kidney Injury is Associated with Poor Lung Outcomes in Infants Born ≥32 Weeks of Gestational Age. American Journal of Perinatology: neonatal and maternal-fetal medicine. 2020; 37:231-240.
Incidence and Risk Factors of Early Onset Neonatal AKI. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2019; 14:184-195.
Late onset neonatal acute kidney injury: results from the AWAKEN Study. Pediatric Research. 2019; 85:339-348.
Optimizing the AKI definition during first postnatal week using Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology in Neonates (AWAKEN) cohort. Pediatric Research. 2019; 85:329-338.
Incidence of neonatal hypertension from a large multicenter study [Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology in Neonates-AWAKEN]. Pediatric Research. 2018; 84:279-289.
Incidence and outcomes of neonatal acute kidney injury (AWAKEN): a multicentre, multinational, observational cohort study. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. 2017; 1:184-194.
Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology in Neonates: Design of a Retrospective Cohort Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2016; 4:68.
Caffeine modulates TNF-alpha production by cord blood monocytes: the role of adenosine receptors. Pediatric Research. 2009; 65:203-208.
Inhaled Nitric Oxide. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews. 2006; 6:100-105.
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