Perinatal
Meet the Team

Meet Our Perinatal Specialists

The Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children's is home to specialists with a variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for your child's unique needs.

Co-Directors

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James M. Greenberg, MD

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Jae Kim, MD, PhD

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Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD

Division Director

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Jae Kim, MD, PhD

Neonatology Faculty and Staff Physicians

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Shawn K. Ahlfeld, MD

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Samuel Ajayi, MD

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Henry T. Akinbi, MD

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Faris N. Al Gharaibeh, MD

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Amil H. Allen, MD

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Beth Baisden, MD

Kara Barfell, MD

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Brooke L. Barnes, MD

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Maria E. Barnes-Davis, MD, PhD

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Deborah A. Borchers, MD

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Jennifer M. Brady, MD

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Mary C. Burwinkel, MD

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Tanya E. Cahill, MD

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Clara F. Chlon, MD

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DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo, MD

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Andreas Damianos, MD

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Hitesh S. Deshmukh, MD, PhD

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Diane K. Donley, MD

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Jay H. Dritz, MD

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Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS

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George S. Edwardson, MD

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John Erickson, MD, PhD

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Michelle L. French, MD

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Meredith A. Frost, MD, FAAP

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Ting Ting Fu, MD

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Kathryn J. Gieselman, MD

Jasleen Goel, MD

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James M. Greenberg, MD

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Aditi Gupta, MD

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Beth E. Haberman, MD

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Crystal D. Hill, MD

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Morgan Hill, MD

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Beth Ann Johnson, MA, MD

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Evelyn Jones, MD

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Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE

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Ragheed Katkhuda, MD

Annemarie Kelly, MD

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Alan P. Kenny, MD, PhD

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Jae Kim, MD, PhD

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Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD

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Jillian Klein, MD

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Katsuaki Kojima, MD, PhD, MPH

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Gregg A. Kottyan, MD

Siga Lenkauskas, MD

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M. Katherine Loudermilk, MD

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Paige Marks, MD

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Jennifer McAllister, MD, IBCLC

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Alisa O. McGill, MD

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Kera M. McNelis, MD, MS

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Kristin R. Melton, MD

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Stephanie L. Merhar, MD, MS

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Emily R. Miller, MD, MS, FAAP

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Steve Milligan, Jr., MD

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Nagendra K. Monangi, MD

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John Morrison, MD

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Sai Mukthapuram, MD

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Loren Nallu, MD

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Vasudha Narayanaswamy, MD

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Vivek Narendran, MD, MRCP, MBA

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Amy T. Nathan, MD

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Samantha J. Palmaccio-Lawton, MD

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Danielle K. Parham, MD

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Nehal A. Parikh, DO, MS

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Miriam Y. Peri, MD

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Kathyrn P. Peterson, MD

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Laura Peterson, MD

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Ajay B. Ponkshe, MD

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Danna M. Premer, MD

Megan C. Ranck, MD

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Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD

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Stefanie Riddle, MD

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Jerod M. Rone, MD

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Amy E. Rouse, MD, MPH, FAAP

Cathryn Sabulski, MD

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Katelyn Seither, MD

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Cara L. Slagle, MD

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Holly Strike, MD

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Daniel T. Swarr, MD

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Christa R. Tabacaru, MD

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Prasoon Verma, MD

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Laura P. Ward, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

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Scott L. Wexelblatt, MD

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Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD

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Emily K. Willey, MD

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Christine R. Wolski, MD

Kira A. Zimmerly, MD

Neonatology Fellows

Andrew M. Barr, MD, MS

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Ekaterina Dianova, MD

Kathryn Hasselfeld, MD

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Rebecca D. Henkel, MD

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Shipra Jain, MD

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Kaitlyn Kelly, MD

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Divya Khattar, MD

Evelyn A. Obregon, MD

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Eric Raynal, MD

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James Rowe, MD

Joshua R. Sheak, MD, PhD

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Samantha L. Simpson, MD

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Patrick D. Smith, MD

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Shelby Steinmeyer, MD, PhD

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Jennifer Szotek, MD

Stephanie Zhang, MD

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Michael J. Zujkowski, MD

Neonatology Advanced Practice Providers

Rachael Andrews, NNP, MSN

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Diane Appleberry, NNP, MSN

Sharmila Ballal, MBA, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Jami Block, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Ruth-Anne Bollinger, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Robin Breig, NNP, DNP

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Jamie L. Brown, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Jaclyn Buck, NNP, MSN

Amy Byrne, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Cindy Campbell, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Lizabeth Darrah, MS, APRN, NNP-BC

Stacey L. Dornette, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Christina Doukas, NNP, MSN

Shontel Dugar, NNP, PNP, MSN

Elizabeth A. Edwards, MSN, APRN

Bona Eilerman, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Georgia Fielder, APRN, NNP-BC

Kristi Frese, NNP, MSN

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Patricia Froese, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Jennifer Green, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Stephanie Gronlund, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Samantha Halfhill, NNP, MSN

Anne Halpin, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Faye Hamilton, MS, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC

Heather Hammer, MSN, APRN

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Gayle Hertenstein, MSN, CNP

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Jessica L. Hilderbrand, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Nancy Howard, NNP, MSN

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Abby Jones, NNP, PNP, MSN

Rachel Jones, NNP, MSN

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Bruna Jurek, MSN, NNP-BC

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Cassandra Keitz, MSN, APRN-CNP

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Melissa Kingma, MSN, APRN

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Rita M. Kunk, NNP

Lyndsey Lang, MS, APRN, NNP-BC

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Rachel N. Leitsinger, APRN-CNP, NNP-BC

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Jennifer Lewis, MSN, APRN, CNP

Jessica Lohbeck, APRN

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Patricia Manning, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Dionni Meek-Silvers, CNP-BC

Nicole Meyers, NNP, MSN

Jennifer Miller, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Valerie Moniaci, APRN, NNP, DNP

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Sally A. Muskett, DNP, NNP-BC, APRN-CNP

Nataline Myers, NNP, MSN

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Renee Napier, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Kara Omlor, PA-C

Shannon Patton-Baker, NNP, MSN

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Debra Perkins, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Neka Phillips, NNP, MSN

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Melissa Picard, NNP, PNP, MSN

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Kourtney Pickens, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Pamela Pockras, NNP, MSN

Kathleen Pompa, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Hannah Popelka, MSN, APRN-CNP, NNP-BC

Angela Quatman, NNP, PNP, MSN

Katie Quick, NNP, MSN

Kirsten L. S. Reimer, MSN, APRN

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Michelle Rivello, NNP, MSN

Jacquelyn F. Schnackel, MSN, APRN-CNP

Stephanie M. Sedam, APRN-CNP

Katrina Shanesy, NNP, MSN

Maria Skiles, NNP, MSN

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Bridget Starkey, APRN

Molly V. Stenger, MSN, APRN, CPNP

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Jennifer Thomas, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Jonna Townsend, APRN, NNP- BC

Madison Travis, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

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Brittney Wanninger, RN, APRN, PNP-AC

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Kelly Wendel, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Shannon Wheeler, NNP, MSN

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Heather L. Williams, MSN, APRN, CNP

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Allison B. Winter, MSN, NNP-BC

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Tara Wolfe, APRN-CNP

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Melissa M. Yockey, MSN, APRN, NNP

Acute Care Nephrology

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David S. Cooper, MD, MPH

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Prasad Devarajan, MD

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Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FNKF

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Cara L. Slagle, MD

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Natalja Stanski, MD

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

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Shawn K. Ahlfeld, MD

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Raouf S. Amin, MD

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Jennifer M. Brady, MD

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Alan S. Brody, MD

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Michelle C. Cash, MSN, APRN, CNP

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Paul Critser, MD, PhD

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Eric J. Crotty, MD

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Robert J. Fleck, MD

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Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD

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Beth E. Haberman, MD

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Russel Hirsch, MD

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Nancy Howard, NNP, MSN

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Erik B. Hysinger, MD, MS

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Jae Kim, MD, PhD

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Melissa Kingma, MSN, APRN

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Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD

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Murat Kocaoglu, MD

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Kimberly (Kim) Kombrinck, MSN, APRN, PC/AC

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S. Melissa Magness, MSN, APRN, CNP-AC

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Ryan A. Moore, MD

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Sai Mukthapuram, MD

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Amy T. Nathan, MD

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Danielle K. Parham, MD

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Anne Karina T. Perl, MS, PhD

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Andrew H. Schapiro, MD

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Prasoon Verma, MD

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Monica Vielkind, MD

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Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD

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Jason C. Woods, PhD

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Sara M. Zak, MD

Center for Breastfeeding Medicine

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Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

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Ellen S. Springer, MD, IBCLC, FABM

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Laura P. Ward, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

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Julie Ware, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Team

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DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo, MD

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Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS

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Beth E. Haberman, MD

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Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD

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Foong-Yen Lim, MD

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Nagendra K. Monangi, MD

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Jose L. Peiro, MD, PhD

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Beth Rymeski, DO

Fetal Care Center

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Amil H. Allen, MD

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DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo, MD

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Alan P. Kenny, MD, PhD

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Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD

Samantha W.E. Knight, MD

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Foong-Yen Lim, MD

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Emily R. Miller, MD, MS, FAAP

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Amy T. Nathan, MD

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Stefanie Riddle, MD

Newborn Intensive Care Unit

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Shawn K. Ahlfeld, MD

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Amil H. Allen, MD

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DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo, MD

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Jay H. Dritz, MD

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Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS

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John Erickson, MD, PhD

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Beth E. Haberman, MD

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Beth Ann Johnson, MA, MD

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Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE

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Jae Kim, MD, PhD

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Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD

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Katsuaki Kojima, MD, PhD, MPH

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Kera M. McNelis, MD, MS

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Kristin R. Melton, MD

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Stephanie L. Merhar, MD, MS

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Nagendra K. Monangi, MD

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Sai Mukthapuram, MD

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Amy T. Nathan, MD

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Danielle K. Parham, MD

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Nehal A. Parikh, DO, MS

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Laura Peterson, MD

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Danna M. Premer, MD

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Stefanie Riddle, MD

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Amy E. Rouse, MD, MPH, FAAP

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Cara L. Slagle, MD

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Daniel T. Swarr, MD

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Prasoon Verma, MD

Newborn Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic

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Deborah A. Borchers, MD

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Jennifer M. Brady, MD

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Tanya E. Cahill, MD

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Andreas Damianos, MD

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Michelle L. French, MD

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Beth E. Haberman, MD

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Faye Hamilton, MS, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC

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Gayle Hertenstein, MSN, CNP

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Morgan Hill, MD

Jessica Lohbeck, APRN

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Jennifer McAllister, MD, IBCLC

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Stephanie L. Merhar, MD, MS

Angela Quatman, NNP, PNP, MSN

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Cara L. Slagle, MD

Molly V. Stenger, MSN, APRN, CPNP