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UTHealth Neonatology
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We are the Division of Neonatology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
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Congratulations to Dr. Mar Romero Lopez on her R03 grant award! #NIHResearch #TranslationalScience
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August 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Meet Dr. Thu Tran! Her translational research on lung injury is featured in🚨 ATS 2025 RSF Highlights!

🧬See slides for her research on miR-147b & TICAM2: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...

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Dr. Thu Tran
August 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Our own Dr. Rysavy leads tonight's Neonatal Insider talk. Tune in!
#neosky #NICUsky
nicupodcast.bsky.social The Incubator Podcast @nicupodcast.bsky.social · Jul 31
Just a quick reminder that the next Neonatal Insider session is happening TONIGHT!
🗓 Thursday, July 31, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM EST
🎙 Dr. Matthew Rysavy
Topic: Moving Beyond “Extremely Preterm” for the Most Preterm Babies

Register here: neonatalinsider.com

CME available for attendees.
Welcome to Neonatal Insider - Neonatal Insider
Neonatal Insider is rethinking education for neonatologists, training neonatologists, and advanced practice nurses with insider access to some of the most
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July 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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July Grand Rounds at @mcgovernpeds.bsky.social featured powerful talks on:
✅ NICU transitions
✅ Newborn hearing loss
✅ Brain development & early relational health
✅ Neonatal imaging

Huge thanks to our speakers: Drs. Thu Tran, Georgina Amaral, Vivian Kaul, Jaclyn Ruggiero & Manish Shah.
July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Appreciation to Dr. Thu Tran for leading today's Grand Rounds! @thutran.bsky.social #neobluesky
July 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Dr. Khan was recognized this spring with induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; one of six faculty to receive this honor for the 2024-2025 academic year. A well-deserved recognition of excellence! #AΩA #AcademicLeadership
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July 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Congratulations to our Neonatology Fellowship Class of 2025! A special evening marked the close of your fellowship journey. Wishing you all the best in what's to come.
Group photo of Fellowship graduates and our faculty. Group photo of Neonatology fellowship graduate Dr. Aman Jain with program leadership. Group photo of Neonatology fellowship graduate Dr. Frank Abene with program leadership.
June 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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That’s a wrap folks! Glad to have met so many friends and we hope to see you again soon! @PASMeeting #PAS2025
April 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Celebrating a weekend of hard work, achievements, and connection at #PAS2025. Grateful for all we’ve accomplished together. #neosky
Conference attendees celebrate at a dinner.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Learning with a view?! 🏝️Yes please!

#PAS2025
April 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Follow-Up 4: Early Detection & Care Strategies

Let the Robots do the Work: An Innovative Solution for Collecting Long-Term Pediatric Outcomes

👤Presenting author: Olivia Russell, MD

📅Mon., April 28
🕖7:00 - 9:15 AM
April 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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📊Oral Abstract #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Endocrinology

Tibial Speed of Sound Measurements in Extremely Preterm Infants and Their Association with Osteopenia of Prematurity and Growth

👤Presenting author: Mar Romero Lopez, MD
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📅Mon., April 28
🕑2:15 - 2:30 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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📊Oral Abstract #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Endocrinology

Tibial Speed of Sound Assessment in Extremely Preterm Infants: Inter-rater and Intra-rater Reliability

👤Presenting author: Mar Romero Lopez, MD
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📅Mon., April 28
🕑2:15 - 2:30 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neo-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Practices and Procedures 4

Evacuation Simulation and Training Program in a Tertiary Hospital NICU

👤Presenting author: Aman Jain, MD

📅Mon., April 28
🕝7:00 - 9:15 AM
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neo Gen 10: Family Centered Care and SDOH

The impact of social determinants of health on length of stay for neonates discharged with respiratory support from the NICU

👤Presenting author: Jaclyn Ruggiero, MD

📅Mon., April 28
🕖7:00 - 9:15 AM
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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🗣️Oral Abstract #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Medicine 2

Single-nucleus Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Dysmaturity of Ventricular Cardiomyocytes in Cyanotic CHD

👤Speaker: Katherine Le, MS3

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📅Sun., April 27
🕦11:45 - 12:00PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Endocrinology 2

Risk Factors and Outcomes of Metabolic Bone Disease in Infants Born <27 Weeks or ≤ 750 Grams

👤Presenting author: Mar Romero Lopez, MD
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📅Sun., April 27
🕣8:30 - 10:45 AM
April 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Clinical Bioethics

Moral Distress in Peds Trainees: Mapping Experiences, Ethical Guidance, & Challenges in Navigating Ethical Conflicts

👤Presenting: Dr. Chinu O'Connor
👥Co-Authors include Dr. Terri Major-Kincade & Neo Fellow - Dr. Nicola Harris

📅Sat., 2:30 -4:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal General 8: Growth, Nutrition and Feeding

Feeding Patterns and Practices in Myelomeningocele Infants Undergoing In-Utero vs. Post-Natal Repair in the NICU

👤Presenting author: Lydia Youmans, MD

📅Sat., April 26
🕝2:30 - 4:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Nephrology/AKI 2

Exploratory Analysis of Association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury in Extremely Preterm Infants

👤Presenting author: Mar Romero Lopez, MD
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📅Sat., April 26
🕝2:30 - 4:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC 2

Early Stool Patterns as Predictors of Feeding Tolerance, Growth, and Bowel Injury in Extremely Preterm Infants

👤Presenting author: Mar Romero Lopez, MD
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📅Sat., April 26
🕝2:30 - 4:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Developmental Biology/Cardiac & Pulmonary Development

Placental Dysfunction and Congenital Heart Disease: Investigating the Placenta-Heart Axis

👤Presenting author: Tina Findley, MD

📅Fri., April 25
🕠5:30 PM - 7:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🗣️Oral Abstract #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Pulmonology: Basic/Translational 1

Alveolar Epithelial Derived miR-147b Provides Lung Protection During Acute Lung Injury Through Repression of TICAM2

👤Speaker: Thu Tran, DO
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📅Fri., April 25
🕓4:15 - 4:30 PM
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Quality Improvement 2

Taming The Temps: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Newborn Admission Temperatures

👤Presenting author: Chiamaka Aneji, MD

📅Fri., April 25
🕠5:30 PM - 7:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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📊POSTER #PAS2025 #neosky
📍Neonatal Pulmonology - Basic/Translational Science Works in Progress

Ciliary Beat Pattern and Frequency in Extremely Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

👤Presenting author: Frank Abene, DO

📅Fri., April 25
🕠5:30 PM - 7:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM