All fellows are required to produce one first author publication in a reputable journal to be board eligible. One faculty of the program (the Program Director) has active laboratory supported by NIH RO1 funding (see Research Facilities).

Neonatology Faculty: Current Areas of Interest

Study Name	Principle Investigator(s)
Osteopenia of Prematurity	Deepak Kumar, MD Sree Viswanathan, MD
Dental Outcomes in VLBW Infants	Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD
Body Composition of Premature Infants	Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD
Clinical Trial: Human Milk Fortification	Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD
Composition of Human Milk	Sharon Groh-Wargo PhD, RD Marc Collin, MD Sharmeel Khairia, MD Jen Valentic
Neonatal Nutrition Database	Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD Alicia Thomas, MS, RD Biju Thomas, MD
Standardized Feeding Protocol in ELBW Infants	Sree Viswanathan, MD Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD
Sleep, Mood, and Mother-Infant Relationships in Mothers of Twins	Julie Zupancic, NNP
Eliminating Blood Stream Infections: OPQC (Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative)	Marc Collin, MD
Ibuprofen vs. Indomethacin	Marc Collin, MD Laura Cummings, PharmD
Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Bruising	Deepak Kumar, MD Chitra Arumugam, MD
Pulse Oximetry Trial	Beth Lopez RN, BSN Michele Turner, RNC Lory Lewis NNP
Nurse Residency	Julie Medas, RN, MSN, CNS
Survey of neonatal respiratory support strategies employed by academic neonatologists in USA	Maroun Mhanna, MD Sumesh Parat, MD
Study to investigate modes of mechanical ventilation commonly used in the pediatric intensive care unit	Maroun Mhanna, MD Narayan Iyer, MD
Outcome and survival of children following perinatal exposure to opiates	Dissajee Lumbiganon, MD D Kumar, MD
Association of seasonality of birth and gestational diabetes	Dissajee Lumbiganon, MD PCatalano, MD
Does Fluctuation in Oxygenation have any effect on Retinopathy of Prematurity?	Anirudh Das, MD
Maternal Hypermagnesemia & its effect on the Term neonate	Anirudh Das, MD
Predictors of culture positive late-onset septic work-up and its implications in VLBW babies in a level III NICU	Anirudh Das, MD
Stretch and Apoptosis cause fetal membrane rupture	John Moore MD Deepak Kumar MD Brian Mercer, MD Mohammed Puthiyachirakkal, MD Robert Moore, MS

• View MetroHealth Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Neonatlogy research studies
• View Cleveland Clinic Neonatology faculty research interests.

In addition to the Neonatology Department, Fellow mentors are available in Pediatrics, and other Clinical and Basic Science Departments of CWRU, MetroHealth and CCF. Recent examples include mentors from Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pathology (at CWRU, CCF and MetroHealth), and Research basic science laboratory in the Nephrology Department at MetroHealth.

Research Facilities

Clinical Research Unit
An NIH-funded, six-bed Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at Metro Health Medical Center, equipped with an exercise lab; body composition lab with hydrodensitometry and TOBEC (newborns) bioimpedance); and a general core laboratory is available to investigators. Technician and nursing support (research nurses) for funded and unfunded clinical studies.

Cell & Molecular Biology Laboratory
Dr. Moore’s Research Lab is a complete cell culture facility, molecular biology and biomechanics laboratory with Amino acid analysis, HPLC laboratory, complete equipment for RIA and enzyme studies. Also included are facilities for organ perfusion (placenta, liver, etc.), receptor binding, RIA, explant studies, and ion flux.

Small Animal Operating Facility and Animal Quarters
This animal research facility is housed on the grounds of MetroHealth Medical Center.

Computer Facilities
All laboratories have personal computers that are available for use by fellows. All of these computers have a word processor, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Sigma Plot, Sigma Stat, and SPSS software. The fellows' offices also have computers.