Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Internship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowships
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Correction to: Antiretroviral drugs induce oxidative stress and neuronal damage in the central nervous system.
Akay C, Cooper M, Odeleye A, Jensen BK, White MG, Vassoler F, Gannon PJ, Mankowski J, Dorsey JL, Buch AM, Cross SA, Cook DR, Peña MM, Andersen ES, Christofidou-Solomidou M, Lindl KA, Zink MC, Clements J, Pierce RC, Kolson DL, Jordan-Sciutto KL
Journal of neurovirology. 2025;31(3):302-303.
PMID: 40536660 - Lack of Parental Visitation as a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis: The Impact of Social Drivers of Health in the NICU.
Reynolds S, Cordova-Ramos EG, Wolf MF, Kendrick-Allwood SR, Nicole McLaughlin S, Rule ARL, Peña MM
NeoReviews. 2025;26(6):e435-e445.
PMID: 40449915 - CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
McConnell M, Alsager A, Fuchu P, Sriprasad S, Simoncini L, Drainoni ML, Cordova-Ramos EG, Peña MM, Madore L, Kalluri NS, Silverstein M, Schofield H, Farah MJ, Fink G, Parker MG
BMC pediatrics. 2025;25(1):383.
PMID: 40375176 - Fostering Breastfeeding Equity in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Wilson K, Jagadesan B, Browder K, Davidson JM, Rose J, Peña MM
NeoReviews. 2025;26(3):e207-e214.
PMID: 40020745 - Equity in Pediatric Hospital-Based Safety and Quality Improvement.
Dixon GL, Peña MM, Ellison AM, Johnson TJ
Academic pediatrics. 2024;24(7S):S184-S188.
PMID: 39428152 - County-Level Structural Vulnerabilities in Maternal Health and Geographic Variation in Infant Mortality.
Murosko DC, Radack J, Barreto A, Passarella M, Formanowski B, McGann C, Nelin T, Paul K, Peña MM, Salazar EG, Burris HH, Handley SC, Montoya-Williams D, Lorch SA
The Journal of pediatrics. 2025;
PMID: 39216622 - Philadelphia Latine Immigrant Birthing People's Perspectives on Mitigating the Chilling Effect on Prenatal Care Utilization.
Montoya-Williams D, Barreto A, Laguna-Torres A, Worsley D, Wallis K, Peña MM, Palladino L, Salva N, Levine L, Rivera A, Hernandez R, Fuentes-Afflick E, Yun K, Lorch S, Virudachalam S
Medical care. 2024;62(6):404-415.
PMID: 38728679 - Preterm Birth Risk and Maternal Nativity, Ethnicity, and Race.
Barreto A, Formanowski B, Peña MM, Salazar EG, Handley SC, Burris HH, Ortiz R, Lorch SA, Montoya-Williams D
JAMA network open. 2024;7(3):e243194.
PMID: 38512251 - Child Health and the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Workforce: 2020-2040.
Horowitz E, Hudak ML, Peña MM, Vinci RJ, Savich R
Pediatrics. 2024;
PMID: 38300002 - County-Level Maternal Vulnerability and Preterm Birth in the US.
Salazar EG, Montoya-Williams D, Passarella M, McGann C, Paul K, Murosko D, Peña MM, Ortiz R, Burris HH, Lorch SA, Handley SC
JAMA network open. 2023;6(5):e2315306.
PMID: 37227724
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