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. 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. Velie provides newborn pediatric care and lingual frenulectomies as a member of the BWH Faculty Newborn Service.  She is the Medical Director of Well Newborn Care.  Dr. Velie is also interested in quality and safety improvement of newborn care, in addition to resident and medical student education.  She is an Instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Christou is the Medical Director of NICU Respiratory Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at BWH. She performs clinical research on lung biology and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in the NICU and directs her federally funded research laboratory at the Thorn Research Building of BWH.

Dr. Erdei is the Director of the Growth and Development Unit, where she works with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to provide the highest quality of care for infants and families in a way that is family-centered, multidisciplinary, and attentive to all aspects of each baby’s development.

Dr. Abdulhayoglu is the Medical Director of Transport and the Medical Director of Finance and Network for the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine.  She is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and has a Master of Science degree in Health Communication.

Dr. Ramadurai is the Chief of Neonatology at NWH. She provides care for newborns in the delivery room and Newborn Intensive Care Unit/Special Care Nursery at both Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Ramadurai is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

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.