Perinatal Medicine & Neonatal Medicine Doctors near Englewood, NJ

Biography: Dr. Goldshtrom is a neonatologist who has additional training in pediatric cardiac intensive care. He works in both the neonatal intensive care unit as well as the infant cardiac unit caring for infants with congenital heart disease. The intensive care units at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and Morgan Stanley Children's Hosiptal are regional referral centers for the sickest children and infants in the tri-state area. Our teams work in a multidisciplinary fashion utilizing expertise from surgeons, pediatric subspecialists, nutritionists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists as well as social workers, psychologists and case managers, to provide comprehensive patient centered care for each child and family. When not working clinically, he spends time working on clinical research projects centered around big data and non-invasive monitoring of critically ill neonates. Dr. Goldshtrom has interests in helping to bring data analytics to the bed side for intensive care to offer potential predictive tools for infants and children undergoing continuous monitoring for their conditions. He is also a founding board member of the neonatal heart society whose mission it is to bring experts and practioners together who care for infants with congenital heart disease to improve practices and outcomes.

Biography: Dr. Archana Gupta, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She has been practicing for 31 years. Dr. Archana Gupta, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence, Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital.

Biography: Tina A. Leone, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center and is the Training Program Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship. After completing her medical degree and pediatrics training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Leone pursued neonatology training at the University of California, San Diego, where she developed an interest in neonatal resuscitation research and neonatology education. She also received additional training in neonatal functional echocardiography and uses ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to enhance clinical management. Dr. Leone's clinical interests are optimizing the stabilization of newborn infants at the time of birth, assessing the newborn physiology during the transition from fetal to newborn life, and improving outcomes for preterm infants and for infants with chronic diseases. Her research interests focus mostly on assessment of neonatal resuscitation interventions. She is also interested in developing new technologies and educational tools for teaching neonatal resuscitation skills and is involved in several multi-center clinical trials to assess novel approaches to therapies in preterm infants. As Training Program Director, Dr. Leone guides pediatricians to develop into neonatologists who provide compassionate care to patients and contribute to advancing the field of neonatology throughout their careers. She enjoys mentoring trainees and is dedicated to helping families understand their babies' conditions and treatments in the NICU and after discharge from the hospital.

Biography: Dr. Lauren Sanlorenzo, MD is a Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 43 years old and has been practicing for 15 years. Dr. Lauren Sanlorenzo, MD is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence, Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Thomas Hays, MD is a Neonatal Medicine Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He has been practicing for 21 years. Dr. Thomas Hays, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence.

Biography: Dr. Faith Kim, MD is a Neonatal Medicine Specialist who practices in New York, NY. Dr. Faith Kim, MD is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence and Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Sandhya Brachio, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She has been practicing for 14 years. Dr. Sandhya Brachio, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Anna Penn, MD, PhD, a leading clinical neonatologist and developmental neuroscientist, coined the term "neuroplacentology" and has pioneered research on this topic, which examines the influence of the placenta on fetal brain development. She also studies sex differences in perinatal brain injury. Dr. Penn was previously an associate professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and an attending neonatologist at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. with appointments in the Fetal Medicine Institute, Neonatology, and the Center for Neuroscience Research. She received an AB from Harvard-Radcliffe College and her MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco and a fellowship in neonatology at Stanford University. Dr. Penn is a past recipient of a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award and maintains a grant-funded research laboratory. She also served as the director of membership for the Society of Pediatric Research for six years, working to support and improve the pipeline for physician-scientists.

Biography: Rakesh Sahni, MBBS, is Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, and Director of the Infant Physiology Laboratory at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. After earning his medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi in India, Dr. Sahni did pediatric residency training in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He further completed fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Columbia University in 1993 and has been a faculty member since then. Dr. Sahni's major area of interest is neonatal physiology and behavior. His research goals are to understand the physiological basis of various processes during the neonatal period. He Investigates how these processes alter cardiorespiratory activity, thermal regulation, and neurobehavioral organization in the early developmental stages of infants with very low birthweights. He also studies the acute physiological effects of interventions in these infants, such as nutrition and postural alteration, as well as the long-term effects of early nutritional experiences, with emphasis on cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive alterations at the resting level and stimulus responsiveness of the maturing sympathetic nervous system. In addition, Dr. Sahni collaborates with researchers from the Department of Developmental Neuroscience to study the interactive relationships among body position during sleep, body temperature, and cardiorespiratory and neuroelectric activity in the regulation of heart functions during early development of low birthweight infants. His long-term objectives are to explain the body's vulnerabilities underlying sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and to develop age-appropriate, noninvasive tests to identify infants at greatest risk for SIDS. His research interests also include continuous invasive and noninvasive physiological monitoring during neonatal intensive care in preterm and term infants. He has published more than 75 original papers and more than 95 abstracts, and is a recipient of several grant awards.

Biography: Dr. Richard A. Polin is the William T. Speck Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York and was Director of the Division of Neonatology at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian from 1998-2019. After earning BA and MD degrees from Temple University, Dr. Polin completed a pediatric internship and residency at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and a pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Babies' Hospital in NY. He was Pediatric Chief Resident there, from 1974-75 and Rustin McIntosh Fellow in Pediatrics from 1975-77. An Associate Pediatrician at Children's Hospital from 1975-1977, he was named Outstanding Pediatric Attending for 1976-1977. He won similar honors for 1978-79 and 1982-83 at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he held the positions of Director of the Housestaff Training Program, Assistant and Associate Physician-in-Chief, Academic Coordinator of Pediatrics, and Acting Director, Neonatology. Temple University Medical School named Dr. Polin its outstanding alumnus in 1995. In 1998, Dr. Polin returned to NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital as the Director of Neonatology and Vice Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. In 2005 he received the Physician of the Year Award both from Columbia University Medical Center and the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Division of Nursing. In the spring of 2006 Dr. Polin received the National Neonatal Education Award from the AAP's Section on Perinatal Pediatrics. Dr. Polin has published over 200 original papers, 20 books (including Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Workbook in Practical Neonatology, Pediatric Secrets, Fetal and Neonatal Secrets, Current Pediatric Therapy, Pocket Neonatology) and more than 200 abstracts. He is the past chair of the Sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Polin is the current Chair of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network executive steering committee.

Biography: Dr. Jennifer Hammond, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist who practices in New York, NY. Dr. Jennifer Hammond, MD is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence and Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Wan-Huen graduated from Suny Downstate College of Medicine and went on to complete her Pediatric Residency at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before returning to NY to complete her Neonatal fellowship at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NY. Dr. Wan-Huen's clinical interests include newborn feeding and nutrition, especially in successfully optimizing nutrition for preterm infants and the establishment of breast feeding in premature infants prior to discharge. In addition to her clinical interests, Dr. Wan-Huen's career experience has revolved around structuring academic community hospital NICUs in the NY and Texas areas. Her goal is to provide up-to-date and quality care in community hospitals that mirrors their academic affiliates.

Biography: Dr. Helen Towers, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist who practices in New York, NY. Dr. Helen Towers, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.

Biography: Marianne Garland, MD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. She is the Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Lactation Program and Donor Human Milk Program and also the Medical Director for the Physician Extender Program. She applies her expertise to evaluate and treat newborn infants who need intensive care, including extremely premature infants, infants with respiratory failure, and babies with complex congenital and surgical problems. She is part of a team of neonatal doctors, numerous sub-subspecialists, neonatal nurses, and many other support personnel providing the best family-centered care to these infants. As Director of the Lactation Committee, her goal is to help mothers who wish to breastfeed, even if they are apart from their baby. She also recently established the use of Donor Human Milk for the smallest of babies in the NICU at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. In addition, Dr. Garland oversees the large group of neonatal nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and hospitalists providing direct care to NICU babies and supports many of the quality improvement initiatives they undertake. She is dedicated to the mission of improving children's health and committed to advancing the science of neonatal care, specifically for pharmacotherapy in newborns and evidenced-based methods to support lactation in mothers separated from their baby. Her goal is to optimize outcomes for every infant to have a healthy childhood and fulfilling life.

Biography: Antoinette N. Jones, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, recently completed fellowship training in neonatology and newborn critical care. Dr. Jones has developed expertise is in managing complex neonatal conditions, including extreme prematurity and congenital anomalies. Her fellowship training at the University of Rochester, renowned for its comprehensive neonatal care facilities, solidified her dedication to improving outcomes for critically ill infants.Dr. Jones is an assisting attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Allen & Westchester hospitals. She collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to deliver advanced care to neonates and children, emphasizing compassionate and evidence-based treatment approaches.Dr. Jones's academic interests include a focus on neonatal growth and equity. Dr. Jones remains dedicated to continuous learning, excellence, and equity in pediatric and neonatal care.

Biography: Toni Iurcotta, MD is a graduate of Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She completed her pediatric residency training at Cohen Children's Medical Center at Northwell Health. After completing her Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship at NewYork Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Toni joined the neonatal faculty at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she will continue her research on neonatal sleep and noninvasive neuromonitoring.

Biography: Dr. Giselle Gozum is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.Dr. Gozum received her undergraduate degree and medical degree from the University of the Philippines. She completed her pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and went on to complete a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Gozum is Board Certified in Pediatrics.

Biography: Victoria Blancha Eckels, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the division of Neonatology. She earned her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and her medical degree at Columbia University. She completed her pediatrics residency and neonatology fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University. Her interests in neonatology include neonatal resuscitation and education through simulation.

Biography: Nina DeBenedictis, M.D., M.S., MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. Chemical Engineering), and holds a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health along with a Masters in Biomedical Sciences from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.Dr. DeBenedictis earned her medical degree (M.D.) from Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She went on to complete her Pediatrics residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital/Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. She is board-certified in Pediatrics. Her primary clinical and research interests are hemodynamics and blood flow assessment in the developing neonate.

Biography: Dr. Ericalyn Kasdorf is the Director of the Fetal Care Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, and an Associate Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell. She completed her undergraduate training at Binghamton University where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree double majoring in Biology and Spanish. She earned her medical degree (M.D.) from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Dr. Kasdorf came to New York City to complete her residency training in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell.She is board certified in both Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Biography: Dr. Tarik Zahouani received his medical degree from Facult de Mdecine et de Pharmacie de Casablanca, Morocco. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, New York. He went on to complete a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zahouani then completed a second fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, making him one of the very few physicians in the country to complete training in both neonatology and pediatric cardiology.

Biography: Dr. Perlman is a Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and Chief of Newborn Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He also directs the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). He received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town (1974) and completed his pediatric residency and fellowship training at St. Louis Children's Hospital, affiliated with Washington University. He undertook further training in the study of cerebral blood flow and metabolism at Washington University. After completing his training, Dr. Perlman served as medical director for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children's Hospital for six years. Previous to his arrival at Weill Cornell in 2004, Dr. Perlman was the medical director of the NICU at Parkland Memorial Hospital affiliated with the University of Texas, Southwestern in DallasHis research interests include understanding the mechanisms of brain injury and potential treatment strategies in the preterm and term infant including intraventricular hemorrhage and hypoxic ischemic brain injury, optimizing the management of the depressed newly born infant in the delivery room and reducing neonatal mortality morbidity in the low resource setting. A world-renowned expert in neonatal medicine, Dr. Perlman lectures frequently both nationally and internationally, and is the author of over 175 peer reviewed papers, numerous book chapters. Currently he is the science advisor to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and was the immediate Co-chair of Neonatal section of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).

Biography: Dr. Mary Vernov is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center.She completed her undergraduate degree at Barnard College of Columbia University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior. She earned her medical degree (M.D.) from Weill Cornell Medical College. She went on to complete residency training in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.Dr. Vernov's research interest is in the neurodevelopmental outcomes, especially language development, of former preterm infants and term infants with brain injury.

Biography: Dr. Aimee Parow is a neonatolgist at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan campus. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology, graduating cum laude, at Tufts University. Dr. Parow completed her M.D. at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, continuing on to residency at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ. After completing her residency, Dr. Parow returned to New York to complete a Neonatology Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Parow has been an active researcher.

Biography: Dr. Emily Echevarria is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NYP Komansky Children's Hospital.Dr. Echevarria received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her medical degree (M.D.) from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics residency and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she served as Chief Fellow in her final year.Dr. Echevarria's academic interests include communication, racial disparities, ethics, advocacy, and point-of-care ultrasound.

Biography: Camilia (Cami) R. Martin M.D., M.S. is the Division Chief of Neonatology at Weill Cornell Medicine. She received her M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed her internship and residency at Lurie/Children's Memorial Hospital-Northwestern School of Medicine where she also served as Chief Pediatric Resident. Dr. Martin completed her fellowship in Perinatal-NeonatalMedicine at the Harvard Combined Program in Neonatology. During her fellowship training, she completed a Masters in Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.Dr. Martin's research program spans basic to clinical translational research to study neonatal nutrition and its impact on health and disease in the preterm infant establishing, through these efforts, the Infant Health Research Program at BIDMC. Her research program is supported by broad based funding from the NIH, foundation, industry, philanthropy, and state-level programs. She participates in multi-site cohort studies and clinical trials serving as the Principal Investigator evaluating nutrition, growth, and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in the extremely preterm infant. Dr. Martin's current research focus is on lipids and fatty acid metabolism, postnatal intestinal adaptation including the microbiome, and the nutritional impact on organogenesis, development of immune defenses, and regulation of the inflammation.

Biography: Dr. Hannah Pee received her medical degree from Melaka-Manipal Medical College in Malaysia, and completed her pediatric residency training at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Bushwick, NY. During her residency, she developed an interest in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) and the use of Machine Learning (ML) and Big Data in medical research. Dr. Pee completed her neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, where she conducted multiple research projects related to Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome and prenatal risk factors present in mothers affected by Opioid Use Disorder. Her other academic interests include neonatal hemodynamics and the management of neonatal hypotension, and the management of neonatal pain. Dr. Pee is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.Native/bilingual proficiency: English, Mandarin, Malay Limited working proficiency: Cantonese, Spanish

Biography: Dr. Dina Elachi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and an Assistant Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Elachi earned her undergraduate degree and medical degree at New York University. She completed her pediatrics residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center and went on to complete a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Biography: Dr.Rebecca Corwinis an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She completed her undergraduate degree in political science at Williams College, and received her medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. She continued her medical training inGeneral Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and finished a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Biography: Dr. Matthew Smith-Raska is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is board certified in Pediatrics.He completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. Dr. Smith-Raska earned his medical degree (M.D.) from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he also received a Ph.D.for his research in immunology and stem cell biology. Dr. Smith-Raska went on to complete his pediatric residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was on the physician scientist track. After completion of residency, Dr. Smith-Raska was recruited for fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, where he served as Chief Fellow in his final year.Dr. Smith-Raska's academic interests are in mechanisms of inheritance that are independent of DNA sequence ("epigenetic inheritance"), and he is performing research on genomic imprinting as a Friedman Family Scholar.