Pediatric Newborn Medicine Leadership

Dr. Abdulhayoglu is the medical director of the Brigham and Women's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Her clinical interests are improving neonatal care with an emphasis on health communication, ELBW infants, policy and protocol development, medical coding and billing as well as delivery room and ICU management of complex care babies.

Dr. Belfort provides neonatal intensive care as a member of the Brigham and Women's Hospital core group of neonatologists and serves as a leader of the clinical nutrition working group. She is also active in clinically-oriented research focused on growth and nutrition during infancy. Dr. Belfort is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cataltepe is a staff neonatologist and Medical Director of Newborn Respiratory Care. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Her research studies focus on pulmonary biology and immunology investigating the molecular mechanisms of chronic lung disease of prematurity and pulmonary infections. She has received funding from American Heart Association and NIH.

Dr. Christou is the Vice Chair for Research, Education, and Academic Faculty Affairs. 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. Connelly provides newborn pediatric care and circumcisions as a member of the BWH Faculty Newborn Service. Dr. Connelly has a particular interest in medical student education.

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. 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. Herrick provides newborn pediatric care, circumcisions, and lingual frenulectomies as a member of the BWH Faculty Newborn Service. She is also a certified lactation consultant and serves as the pediatric liaison to BWH's lactation support service. Dr. Herrick is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Hossain is the Director of Education at the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and Assistant Director of the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation. Her passions include medical education, high fidelity simulation and the use of online education technology to improve clinical care.

Dr. Lee is an attending pediatrician in the BWH Faculty Newborn Service and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of Global Newborn Health at BWH and leads the Global Advancement of Infants and Mothers (AIM) Lab. Her research aims to improve the health outcomes of mothers and infants in low-resource settings.

Dr. Liu's research focuses on the measurement and mechanisms of stress involved in mental health in families across key developmental time points (perinatal period, college/young adulthood), and the identification of resilience and disparities within mental health.

Dr. Manning trained in England and Australia before completing his Neonatology Fellowship here in Boston. His interests include optimizing delivery of care to babies with complex medical conditions, and helping families navigate the challenges of having a baby in the Newborn intensive care unit.

Dr. Monthé-Drèze is an attending neonatologist in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at BWH and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In addition to caring for neonates in the NICU, Dr. Monthé-Drèze also does research on the effects of maternal obesity on infant outcomes. She conducts clinical and translational research pertaining to the effects of maternal obesity-related inflammation, nutritional deficiencies, and oxidative stress on offspring neural pathways and neurodevelopment.

Dr. Parad is an attending neonatologist, dual trained in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Pediatric Pulmonology, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He also received training in clinical trial design at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an NIH-funded translational scientist with expertise in neonatal respiratory drug development, newborn screening and genomic medicine.

Dr. Patrizi is the Assistant Chief of Neonatology at Newton Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Patrizi provides newborn and family care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital and in the Special Care Nursery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Patrizi's main interest is neonatal neurology, with emphasis on neonatal neuroprotection. Dr. Patrizi is leading efforts in improving health equity and inclusion as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism for the Department of Newborn Medicine.

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.

Dr. Sen is a neonatologist and researcher in the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine. Her research focuses on the impact of obesity during pregnancy on maternal and infant health. She utilizes observational and translational studies to understand the underlying mechanisms and clinical trials to devise strategies to improve outcomes.

As Director of the Center for Child Development, Dr. Woythaler is especially enthusiastic about eliminating barriers to care for patients and families, improving the patient experience, and utilizing innovative technology to improve clinical care. She is excited to expand the ambulatory programs offered within the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine.

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.

John brings extensive experience with over 30 years of administrative leadership. His skills include expertise in developing viable business and financial plans, integrating systems across multiple clinical service areas and practices to enable continuous improvement, and leading efforts to streamline and standardize clinical workflows and processes to enhance efficiency, increase productivity, optimize the patient experience, and facilitate the attainment of strategic plans and financial goals.