Program Faculty

Nicholas Olomu, MBBS, MS



Professor
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MBBS: University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Residency: University of Benin Teaching Hospital (Benin City, Nigeria)
Residency: Michigan State University/Sparrow Health System (Lansing, MI)
Fellowship: Stanford School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)
MS: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

 

Research Interests:
  • Environmental exposures, placental biology and pregnancy outcomes.
  • Maternal, fetal and neonatal microbiome and developmental programming.
  • Correlates of brain injury in term and preterm infants.

 

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Modupe Awonuga, MBBS, MPH



Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MBBS: University of Lagos (Lagos, Nigeria)
Residency: University of Connecticut Children's Medical Center (Farmington, CT)/Lincoln Hospital(Bronx, NY)
Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, GA)
MPH: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, GA)

 

Research Interests:
  • Simulation as an educational tool.
  • Breast feeding.
  • Feeding strategies in ELBW-VLBW infants.

 

Lalitha Gundamraj, MD



Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MD: Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College (Pune, India)
Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Chicago, IL)/Marshfield Clinic and St. Joseph Hospital (Marshfield, WI)
Fellowship: University of Southern California(Los Angeles, CA)

Padmani Karna, MD



Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MD: RNT Medical School (Udaipur, India)
Residency: Wayne State University Children's Hospital of Michigan (Detroit, MI)
Fellowship: Wayne State University Children's Hospital of Michigan (Detroit, MI)

 

Research Interests:
  • Collaborative QI in NICUs (infection, NAS, breast feeding, BPD).
  • High frequency ventilation, chronic lung disease, and pulmonary function testing.
  • Brain injury in preterm infants.
  • Multicenter trials.

 

 

Tarek Mohamed, MD



Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MD: University of Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt)
Residency: Woodhull Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY)
Fellowship: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

 

Research Interests:
  • Neonatal lung injury.
  • Effect of hyperoxia and hypoxia on the angiotensin system and lung injury.

 

Said Omar, MD



Professor
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Director, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MD: Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt)
Residency: State University of New York (Stony Brook, NY)
Fellowship: State University of New York (Stony Brook, NY)

 

Research Interests:
  • Basic science translational research
  • Regenerative medicine: stem cell and extracellular vesicle (exosome) therapy
  • Neonatal T cell immunology and developmental lung biology
  • Hyperoxia and sepsis induced lung injury in BPD model

 

Clinical Research:

  • Fluid  and electrolyte homeostasis in low-birth weight infants
  • Prostacyclin (Flolan) inhalation in premature newborns with pulmonary hypertension
  • Biomarkers of cow's milk allergy in newborns
  • Clinical trials and collaborative research
  • Quality improvement projects

 

Prasanth Thiruvenkataramani, MD



Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

MD: Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing, PRC)
Residency: Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center, New York Medical College (Brooklyn, NY)
Fellowship: Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital (Lansing, MI)

 

Research Interests:
  • Developmental lung biology
  • BPD
  • Regenerative medicine: stem cells and extracellular vesicles
  • Resident and fellow teaching and educational curriculum
  • Quality improvement: decreasing pneumothorax incidence in neonatal population

 

 

Burra V. Madhukar, PhD



Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
Divisional Research Affiliate

PhD: University of Delhi (New Delhi, India)

 

Research Interests:
  • Biochemical and molecular toxicology of environmental carcinogens.
  • Development of anti-cancer drugs for targeted therapy.

 

 

Brian C. Schutte, PhD



Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Divisional Research Affiliate

BS: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
PhD: University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI))

 

Research Interests:
  • Identification of genetic factors contributing to birth defects (cleft lip and palate and neuronal tube deficiencies in particular) using human genetics and animal models.

 

 

Bruce D. Uhal, PhD



Distinguished Professor
Department of Physiology
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
Divisional Research Affiliate

MS: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
PhD: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO))

 

Research Interests:
  • Neonatal lung injury.
  • The angiotensin system and pulmonary and gut injury.
  • Mechanisms of lung injury in meconium syndrome.
  • Cystic fibrosis.