Dr. Aloka Patel, MD

• Neonatal Medicine

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• Children's Hospital Medical Center

  Medical School, 2002

• St Louis Chldrns Hospital

  Fellowship Hospital, 2002

• St Louis Chldrns Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 1999

• Chicago Chldrens Memorial

  Internship Hospital, 1997

• English

• Hindi

• Predictors of Prolonged Breast Milk Provision to Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2018-08-28

• The Economic Impact of Donor Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 2020-07-15

• Influence of own mother's milk on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and costs, 2016-11-02

• Evidence-based methods that promote human milk feeding of preterm infants: an expert review, 2016-12-27

• Impact of Donor Milk on Short- and Long-Term Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2019-01-22

• Donor Human Milk Update: Evidence, Mechanisms and Priorities for Research and Practice, 2016-10-20

• Calculating Postnatal Growth Velocity in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Premature Infants, 2009-05-21

• Study protocol for reducing disparity in receipt of mother's own milk in very low birth weight infants (ReDiMOM): a randomized trial to improve adherence to sustained maternal breast pump use, 2022-01-07

• Management of Breastfeeding During and After the Maternity Hospitalization for Late Preterm Infants, 2013-09-21

• Cost Savings of Human Milk as a Strategy to Reduce the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2015-03-03

• The Cost of Morbidities in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2012-08-19

• Maternal Education Level Predicts Cognitive, Language, and Motor Outcome in Preterm Infants in the Second Year of Life, 2016-02-18

• Impact of Early Human Milk on Sepsis and Health Care Costs in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2013-01-31

• Toll-like receptor genetic variants are associated with Gram-negative infections in VLBW infants, 2013-07-18

• NICU Human Milk Dose and 20-Month Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2017-08-03

• The Role of Work as a Social Determinant of Health in Mother's Own Milk Feeding Decisions for Preterm Infants: A State of the Science Review, 2023-02-21

• Which Breast Pump for Which Mother: An Evidenced-Based Approach to Individualizing Breast Pump Technology, 2016-02-25

• Longitudinal Survey of Microbiota in Hospitalized Preterm Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2015-07-31

• Reducing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Using Quality Improvement Methods, 2014-07-10

• The Institutional Cost of Acquiring 100 mL of Human Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 2013-06-17

• Infant, Maternal and Neighborhood Predictors of Maternal Psychological Distress at Birth and over VLBW Infants' First Year of Life, 2019-05-30

• Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants fed an exclusive human milk-based diet versus a mixed human milk + bovine milk-based diet: a multi-center study, 2022-09-28

• Improving the Use of Human Milk During and After the NICU Stay, 2010-03-15

• NICU Human Milk Dose and Health Care Use after NICU Discharge in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 2018-10-19