Education

BSN
Valencia University, Valencia, Spain
Graduate School
Valencia University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
Pediatric Residency
La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

High-risk infants
Evidence-based medicine
Patient and family-centered care

Research Interests

Clinical trials
Nutrition
Neonatal lung disease
Long-term follow-up

Publications

  • Romero-Lopez, M., Naik, M., Holzapfel, L.F. et al. Survey of vitamin D supplementation practices in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03514-8
  • Romero-Lopez M, Tyson JE, Naik M, Pedroza C, Holzapfel LF, Avritscher E, Mosquera R, Khan A, Rysavy M. Randomized controlled trial of enteral vitamin D supplementation (ViDES) in infants <28 weeks gestational age or <1000 g birth weight: study protocol. Trials. 2024 Jun 28;25(1):423. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08274-8. PMID: 38943179.
  • Bongurala AR, Romero-Lopez M. Char Syndrome. 2024 Jun 8. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 38861638.
  • Wootton SH, Rysavy M, Davis P, Thio M, Romero-Lopez M, Holzapfel LF, et al. Practical approaches for supporting informed consent in neonatal clinical trials. Acta Paediatr. 2024;00:1–8. https://doi. org/10.1111/apa.17165
  • M Romero Lopez, M Naik, LF Holzapfel, KA Ahmad, J Tyson, WA Carlo, L Harrington, A Salas, 497 – Enteral nutrition practices for extremely preterm infants: a nationwide survey, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 367, Supplement 1, 2024, Pages S299-S300, ISSN 0002-9629, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9629(24)00550-0.
  • S Su, R Bravo Santos, A Yazdani, TO Findley, S Munir, M Romero Lopez,168 – The impact of furosemide on preterm infants during treatment for persistent patent ductus arteriosus, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 367, Supplement 1,2024, Pages S95-S96, ISSN 0002-9629, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9629(24)00221-0.
  • Romero-Lopez M, Oria M, Ferrer-Marquez F, Varela MF, Lampe K, Watanabe-Chailland M, Martinez L, Peiro JL. Fetal lung hypoxia and energetic cell failure in the nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia rat model. Pediatr Surg Int. 2023 Apr 13;39(1):180. doi: 10.1007/s00383-023-05452-8. PMID: 37055635.
  • Sbragia, L., Oria, M., Scorletti, F. et al. A novel surgical toxicological-free model of diaphragmatic hernia in fetal rats. Pediatr Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01702-4
  • Romero-Lopez MDM, Oria M, Watanabe-Chailland M, Varela MF, Romick-Rosendale L, Peiro JL. Erratum: Romero-Lopez et al. Lung Metabolomics Profiling of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Fetal Rats. Metabolites 2021, 11, 177. Metabolites. 2021;11(4):229. Published 2021 Apr 9. doi:10.3390/metabo11040229
  • Romero-Lopez MDM, Oria M, Watanabe-Chailland M, Varela MF, Romick-Rosendale L, Peiro JL. Lung Metabolomics Profiling of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Fetal Rats [published correction appears in Metabolites. 2021 Apr 09;11(4):]. Metabolites. 2021;11(3):177. Published 2021 Mar 18. doi:10.3390/metabo11030177
  • Del Mar Romero Lopez M, Carratola M, Redmann A, et al. Right mainstem bronchial atresia successfully corrected with slide tracheobronchoplasty. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021;56(2):329-332. doi:10.1002/ppul.25159
  • Romero Lopez MM, Pryce C, Maisels MJ (2017) A Newborn with a Blueberry Muffin Rash, Hepatosplenomegaly, Thrombocytopenia
    and Severe Cholestatic Jaundice at Birth. Clin Pediatr OA 2: 121. doi:10.4172/2572-0775.1000121