Pediatric Newborn Medicine Leadership

Dr. Inder is a dual-boarded neonatologist and child neurologist and is the Chair of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine. She has a passion for improving long-term outcomes of high-risk infants including premature infants and at-risk term born infants.

Dr. Van Marter is Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine. Her research interest is in the epidemiology of neonatal cardiopulmonary disorders, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Dr. Gorman is the NICU Medical Director and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gorman’s scholarly interests include respiratory care of the very low birthweight infant (VLBW), evaluation and management of the patent ductus arteriosus in the VLBW infant.

Dr. Prendergast graduated medical school at University College Dublin, Ireland. He completed residency at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children-National Maternity Hospital, Ireland and completed a fellowship at the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Boston.

Ms. Fernandes previously worked as a clinical nurse in adult Intensive Care Units in addition to the NICU at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has co-chaired the BWH Nursing Practice Committee for six years. She is also a Caritas Coach through Watson Caring Science Institute.

Dr. Johnson is the Chief of the Division of Newborn Pediatrics. She provides newborn pediatric care and lingual frenulectomies as a member of the BWH Faculty Newborn Service. Dr. Johnson has a particular interest in newborn behavior and development.

Dr. Cataltepe is Director of Fetal Care and Director of Birth and Transition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research interests include mechanisms of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity, and pulmonary infections.

Dr. El-Dib is the Director of the Neonatal Neurocritical Care Program. He is a board certified neonatologist with specialized training in the field of neonatal neurology and brain development. His field of expertise is bedside neuromonitoring.

Dr. Woodward is theDirector of Research of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine. She leads the neurodevelopmental research program focused on improving the developmental care of infants in the NICU.

Dr. Gregory is Director of Newborn Care Improvement and Analytics. She Chairs the Newborn Medicine Clinical Practice Council, which is responsible for the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Ms. Reyes joined the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine in May, 2016. She comes with 11 years of experience in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Budget Department. Promoted in 2013 to the Budget Director, Ms. Reyes oversaw a $2 billion expense budget and enhanced reporting tools and processes during a period when the hospital operating income grew from $56.2M to $147.5M.

As the Research Administrator of the Division of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Mr. Iacovino manages the clinical and research operations of the department. Since graduating from Harvard University in 2007, he has spent his entire career in research and hospital administration.