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
- Early Intratracheal Budesonide to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants: The Budesonide in Babies (BiB) Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Nowak KJ, Wiener LE, Cosby SS, Bhatt AJ, Watterberg KL, Poindexter BB, Keszler M, D'Angio CT, Brion LP, Narendran V, Rau CA, Cotten CM, Laughon MM, Das A, Rysavy MA, Hibbs AM, Fuller J, Puopolo KM, Katheria A, Patel RM, Bermick JR, Laptook AR, Prelipcean I, Wyckoff MH, Moore R, Merhar SL, Ohls RK, Yoder BA, Perez M, Ghavam S, Meyer LR, Chock VY, DeMauro SB, Jackson WM, Handa D, Walsh MC,
JAMA. 2025;
PMID: 41026481 - A phase 1b randomized, multicenter, dose determination trial of zelpultide alfa (recombinant human surfactant protein D) in preterm neonates at high risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Alonso-Ojembarrena A, Poindexter B, Aleem S, Healy H, Aguar-Carrascosa M, Moliner-Calderón E, Serrano-Martín MDM, Arroyo R, Vento M
Frontiers in pediatrics. 2025;
PMID: 41018057 - Disrupted Brain Connectivity in Newborns Following Antenatal Opioid Exposure.
De Asis-Cruz J, Kim JH, Kapse K, Wu Y, Merhar SL, Bann CM, Newman JE, Mack N, DeMauro SB, Ambalavanan N, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello D, Poindexter BB, Peralta-Carcelen M, Davis JM, Limperopoulos C
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. 2025;
PMID: 40983147 - 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
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