Presentations & Publications as of Oct 2025

Presentations

• Haitham Al-Wahab, MD, FAAP, presented at the Annual Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Symposium held September 23-24 at Memorial Hermann Hospital (pictured above).
• Hunaid Gurji, DO, PhD, MS, presented “Johnny Five is Alive: Use of Chatbots to Facilitate Medical Education” on an MMS Office of Educational Programs Workshop held online September 30.
  • Anish Patnaik, MD, MPH, presented “Patient Simulations with ChatGPT” in this same series, held online October 7.

Publications

• Jessica Gomez, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, IBCLC; et al.: “Feasibility and Measurement of Bedside Milk Expression in the NICU: A Mixed Methods Study (external link)“
• Mary Kay Koenig, MD, et al.: “Neurodevelopmental Outcomes from the PREVeNT Trial (external link)”
• Stuart Fraser, MD; Anna Clearman, OTR, MOT, CLT; Melika Abrahams, RN, BSN; et al.: “TOPSS: TOlerability of transcranial direct current stimulation in Pediatric Stroke Survivors (external link)”
• Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, PhD; Susan Wootton, MD; Jon Tyson, MD, MPH: “Reflections on Exception From Informed Consent in Pediatric Trials (external link)”
• Matthew A. Rysavy, MD, PhD, et al.: “Comparison of neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants undergoing trans-catheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus compared to surgical ligation (external link)”
  • Dr. Rysavy on behalf of the Tiny Baby Collaborative Steering Committee, et al.: “Meconium obstruction of prematurity in tiny babies – towards developing an international consensus (external link)”
  • Dr. Rysavy on behalf of the Tiny Baby Collaborative Steering Committee, et al.: “Use of hydrocortisone in extremely preterm infants: emphasis on those born least mature” (external link)
• Aymen Mirza, MD; Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH; Nicola Harris, MD; Chinyere O’Connor, MD; et al.: “Moral Distress in Pediatric Residents:  Mapping Experiences, Ethical Guidance,  and Challenges in Navigating Ethical Conflicts (external link)”
  • Dr. Major-Kincade, et al.: “When external factors limit care options for complex fetal and neonatal diagnoses (external link)”
• Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH, et al.: “New Data, New Perspectives: Launch of the Third Set of GoPA! and the First Set of GoPE! Country Cards (external link)”
• Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS, et al.: “Identification of an RSPH4A Founder Variant and Newborn Screening for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (external link)”
  • Dr. Mosquera, et al.: “The Impact of Hydrocortisone on Early School Age Functional Outcomes in High-Risk Preterm Infants” to be published on JAMA (external link).

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