Maria E. Barbian, MD
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
- Internship: Carolinas Medical Center
- Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
Fellowships
Emory University
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Reprograms the Gut-Liver Axis and Protects Against Liver Injury.
Gacasan CAG, Weinberg J, Webster GM, Naudin CR, Tran V, Askew LC, Barbian ME, Jones DP, Jones RM
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2026;
PMID: 42780007 - In the modern era of human milk-based feeding, is the greater risk to extremely preterm infants feeding too early or feeding too little?
Salas AA, Barbian ME
Pediatric research. 2026;
PMID: 42141202 - subsp. Cremoris reprograms systemic metabolism and protects against myocardial injury.
Gacasan CA, Naudin CR, Weinberg J, Askew LC, Barbian ME, Jones DP, Jones RM
Gut microbes. 2026;18(1):2609426.
PMID: 41486553 - Protecting the enteric brain (nervous system) in preterm infants: human milk oligosaccharides to the rescue.
Barbian ME, Sampath V
Pediatric research. 2025;98(4):1188-1189.
PMID: 40542090 - The Microbial Metabolite δ-Valerobetaine Strengthens the Gut Epithelial Barrier.
Askew LC, Gacasan CA, Barbian ME, Weinberg J, Luo L, Robinson BS, Jones DP, Scharer CD, Jones RM
The American journal of pathology. 2025;195(6):1109-1123.
PMID: 40122460 - Prevention Strategies and Management of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Colarelli AM, Barbian ME, Denning PW
Current treatment options in pediatrics. 2024;10(3):126-146.
PMID: 39559746 - A high fiber diet or supplementation with subspecies cremoris to pregnant mice confers protection against intestinal injury in adult offspring.
Barbian ME, Owens JA, Naudin CR, Denning P, Patel RM, Jones RM
Gut microbes. 2024;16(1):2337317.
PMID: 38619316 - Probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis: Where do we stand?
Barbian ME, Patel RM
Seminars in perinatology. 2023;47(1):151689.
PMID: 36621416 - Butyrate supplementation to pregnant mice elicits cytoprotection against colonic injury in the offspring.
Barbian ME, Owens JA, Naudin CR, Denning PW, Patel RM, Jones RM
Pediatric research. 2022;92(1):125-134.
PMID: 34616000 - Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Orchestrates an Antitumor Immune Response.
Owens JA, Saeedi BJ, Naudin CR, Hunter-Chang S, Barbian ME, Eboka RU, Askew L, Darby TM, Robinson BS, Jones RM
Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology. 2021;12(4):1311-1327.
PMID: 34111601
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