Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Medical College of Ohio
- Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Fellowships
Riley Hospital for Children
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Tobacco and cannabis use among pregnant women with prenatal opioid use.
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Mack N, Bann CM, Newman JE, Zhao J, Setchell KDR, Stone L, Ambalavanan N, Peralta-Carcelen M, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello DE, Poindexter BB, Limperopoulos C, Davis JM, Merhar SL
Addictive behaviors. 2025;
PMID: 40768871 - Prenatal Opioid Exposure Is Associated with Punctate White Matter Lesions in Term Newborns.
Merhar SL, Bann CM, Mack N, Newman JE, Limperopoulos C, Ambalavanan N, Davis JM, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello DE, Peralta-Carcelan M, Parlberg LM, Poindexter BB, Kapse K, Kline-Fath BM, Murnick JG
The Journal of pediatrics. 2025;
PMID: 40414418 - Darbepoetin, Red Cell Mass, and Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ohls RK, Das A, Tan S, Lowe JR, Schibler K, Beauman SS, Bell EF, Laptook AR, Baserga M, Patel RM, Carlton DP, Flibotte J, Grisby C, Higgins RD, Shankaran S, Watterberg K, Hibbs AM, Carlo WA, Colaizy TT, Van Meurs KP, Kicklighter SD, Moore R, Sollinger C, Chalak LF, Ghavam S, Poindexter BB, Tyson JE, Cotten CM, Baack ML, Fathi O, DeMauro SB, Laughon MM, Reynolds AM, Duncan AF, Winter S, Wilson-Costello DE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Vohr BR, Harmon HM, Hintz SR, Cavanaugh B, Heyne RJ, Merhar S, Mosquera R, Sewell E, Malcolm WF, Richards LA, Benninger KL, Trembath A,
JAMA pediatrics. 2025;179(8):836-845.
PMID: 40354084 - Extended Caffeine for Apnea in Moderately Preterm Infants: The MoCHA Randomized Clinical Trial.
Carlo WA, Eichenwald EC, Carper BA, Bell EF, Keszler M, Patel RM, Sánchez PJ, Goldberg RN, D'Angio CT, Van Meurs KP, Hibbs AM, Ambalavanan N, Cosby SS, Newman NS, Vohr BR, Walsh MC, Das A, Ohls RK, Fuller J, Rysavy MA, Ghavam S, Brion LP, Puopolo KM, Moore R, Baack ML, Colaizy TT, Baserga M, Osman AF, Merhar SL, Poindexter BB, DeMauro SB, Kumar V, Cotten CM,
JAMA. 2025;333(24):2154-2163.
PMID: 40294395 - Does early high-volume enteral feeding initiation increase the total days on full feeds in very preterm infants?
Hannan K, Poindexter B, McNelis K
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2025;45(5):695-697.
PMID: 40204978 - Antenatal Opioid Exposure and Global and Regional Brain Volumes in Newborns.
Wu Y, Merhar SL, Bann CM, Newman JE, Kapse K, De Asis-Cruz J, Mack N, De Mauro SB, Ambalavanan N, Davis JM, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello D, Poindexter BB, Peralta-Carcelen M, Limperopoulos C
JAMA pediatrics. 2025;179(6):639-646.
PMID: 40193106 - Risk factors for food insecurity and association with prenatal care utilization among women who took opioids during pregnancy and unexposed controls.
Parlberg LM, Newman JE, Merhar SL, Poindexter B, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Peralta-Carcelen M, Wilson-Costello DE, Ambalavanan N, Limperopoulos C, Mack N, Davis JM, Walsh MC, Bann CM,
BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2025;25(1):396.
PMID: 40186111 - Neurobehavioral Profiles in Opioid-Exposed and Unexposed Neonates.
Merhar SL, Yolton K, DeMauro SB, Beiersdorfer T, Newman JE, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello D, Ambalavanan N, Bangdiwala A, Peralta-Carcelen M, Poindexter BB, Davis JM, Limperopoulos C, Bann CM
The Journal of pediatrics. 2025;
PMID: 40057022 - Supplementing Consent for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study of Infants With Antenatal Opioid Exposure: Development and Assessment of a Digital Tool.
Newman JE, Clarke L, Athimuthu P, Dhawan M, Owen S, Beiersdorfer T, Parlberg LM, Bangdiwala A, McMillan T, DeMauro SB, Lorch S, Peralta-Carcelen M, Wilson-Costello D, Ambalavanan N, Merhar SL, Poindexter B, Limperopoulos C, Davis JM, Walsh M, Bann CM
JMIR formative research. 2025;
PMID: 40036491 - Whole-Body Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy in Preterm Infants 33 to 35 Weeks' Gestation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Faix RG, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Eggleston B, Chowdhury D, Heyne RJ, Das A, Pedroza C, Tyson JE, Wusthoff C, Bonifacio SL, Sánchez PJ, Yoder BA, Laughon MM, Vasil DM, Van Meurs KP, Crawford MM, Higgins RD, Poindexter BB, Colaizy TT, Hamrick SEG, Chalak LF, Ohls RK, Hartley-McAndrew ME, Dysart K, D'Angio CT, Guillet R, Kicklighter SD, Carlo WA, Sokol GM, DeMauro SB, Hibbs AM, Cotten CM, Merhar SL, Bapat RV, Harmon HM, Sewell E, Winter S, Natarajan G, Mosquera R, Hintz SR, Maitre NL, Benninger KL, Peralta-Carcelen M, Hines AC, Duncan AF, Wilson-Costello DE, Trembath A, Malcolm WF, Walsh MC,
JAMA pediatrics. 2025;179(4):396-406.
PMID: 39992674
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