Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Fellowships
Harvard Medical School
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Very preterm, very low birth weight infants not admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, National Vital Statistics Surveillance Data, United States 2021.
Levecke M, DeSisto CL, Womack LS, Okoroh EM, Cox S, Kroelinger CD, Barfield WD
PloS one. 2025;20(8):e0328916.
PMID: 40794633 - Assessing Early Impact of the Hear Her® Communication Campaign.
Spencer P, Ouyang L, Cox S, Tevendale H, Carrigan S, Behm B, Rosenthal J, Thompson AE, Lakusta M, Strunz E, D Barfield W
Health promotion practice. 2025;
PMID: 40731138 - New Data on Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths by Cause and Race and Ethnicity: 2015-2022.
Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Cottengim CR, Erck Lambert AB, Geary S, Barfield WD, Parks SE
Pediatrics. 2025;
PMID: 40562418 - Quality Improvement Opportunities for Better Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: The Hypertension in Pregnancy Change Package.
Wall HK, Hollier LM, Barfield WD, Wright JS
Journal of women's health (2002). 2025;34(3):284-291.
PMID: 39938885 - Phototherapy to Prevent Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation: Technical Report.
Bhutani VK, Wong RJ, Turkewitz D, Rauch DA, Mowitz ME, Barfield WD,
Pediatrics. 2024;
PMID: 39183672 - U.S. stillbirth surveillance: The national fetal death file and other data sources.
Gregory ECW, Barfield WD
Seminars in perinatology. 2024;48(1):151873.
PMID: 38143212 - Increasing access to quality care for pregnant and postpartum people with opioid use disorder: Coordination of services, provider awareness and training, extended postpartum coverage, and perinatal quality collaboratives.
Ellick KL, Kroelinger CD, Chang K, McGown M, McReynolds M, Velonis AJ, Bronson E, Riehle-Colarusso T, Pliska E, Akbarali S, Mueller T, Dronamraju R, Cox S, Barfield WD
Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2024;
PMID: 37939904 - Vital Signs: Maternity Care Experiences - United States, April 2023.
Mohamoud YA, Cassidy E, Fuchs E, Womack LS, Romero L, Kipling L, Oza-Frank R, Baca K, Galang RR, Stewart A, Carrigan S, Mullen J, Busacker A, Behm B, Hollier LM, Kroelinger C, Mueller T, Barfield WD, Cox S
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 2023;72(35):961-967.
PMID: 37651304 - Influenza and Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination Coverage During Pregnancy: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2020.
Kortsmit K, Oduyebo T, Simeone RM, Kahn KE, Razzaghi H, Galang RR, Ellington S, Ruffo N, Barfield WD, Warner L, Cox S
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 2024;139(2):218-229.
PMID: 37386826 - Hush Little Baby - Promise of the Eat, Sleep, Console Approach.
Barfield WD
The New England journal of medicine. 2023;388(25):2391-2392.
PMID: 37342927
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