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1235 E Cherokee St
Springfield, MO 65804- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a Professor and Clinical Neonatologist who is triple board certified in general pediatrics, neonatal-perinatal medicine, and clinical informatics.
I enjoy developing multidisciplinary programs, with specific experience in intestinal rehab and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). I direct the Neonatal Intestinal Rehab team and am on the Executive Committee of the Oklahoma County Family Treatment Court. I value clinical quality and patient safety. I expect to practice with minimal provider variability in multidisciplinary clinical specialty teams.
My clinical research is in the field of nutrition, specifically in the areas of parenteral (IV) lipids and liver disease and extremely low birthweight growth.
As the child of an electrical engineer who took me to computer club as a 10 year old girl in the early 1980s and taught me to program (gasp! Who knew my dad was so far ahead of the game?), I have a videotape of me on the local news demonstrating computers to people in the mall and telling them “You will have one of these in your home someday.” Today, my informatics interests are in building databases and in business intelligence. To provide quality, one must understand where you are versus where you want to be.
In my spare time, I volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in foster care where I am able to inform the Court regarding the medical needs of the children in their care. I volunteer at the teen homeless shelter in OKC and at the pet food pantry to provide food for the companions of our homeless and elderly community members. You can also find me working at the Oklahoma City Zoo where I have a particular fondness for our four Galapagos tortoises: Max, Ellie, Isabella, and Miss B as well as their neighboring American flamingos.
I am also the very proud aunt of six amazing children.
Education & Training
Northwestern UniversityMSMI, Medical Informatics, NIH Fellow in Biomedical Informatics, 2007 - 2009
University of Louisville School of MedicineFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
University of Tennessee Medical Center at KnoxvilleResidency, Pediatrics, 1997 - 2000
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
OK State Medical License 2003 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2005 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2004 - 2009
KY State Medical License 1999 - 2009- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Member, Committee on Hospital Care American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016-2019
- Steering Committee Neonatal Resuscitation Program American Academy of Pediatrics, 2010-2016
- Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics NIH, 2007
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Clinical Trials
- Compassionate Use of Omegaven in Children Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 01
- Safety of Furosemide in Premature Infants at Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 27
- Phase 3 Study to Compare Safety and Efficacy of Smoflipid 20% to Intralipid 20% in Hospitalized Neonates and Infants Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Efficacy and Safety of Enteral Recombinant Human Insulin in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Mank E, Sáenz de Pipaón M, Lapillonne A, Carnielli VP, Senterre T, Shamir R, van Toledo L, van Goudoever JB, FIT-04 Study Group> ;JAMA pediatrics.
- Child Life Services.Romito B, Jewell J, Jackson M, AAP COMMITTEE ON HOSPITAL CARE; ASSOCIATION OF CHILD LIFE PROFESSIONALS> ;Pediatrics.
- 4 citationsGuidance for Structuring a Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit.Nicholas A Ettinger, Vanessa L Hill, Christiana M Russ, Katherine J Rakoczy, Mary E Fallat, Tiffany N Wright, Karen Choong, Michael S D Agus, Benson Hsu, , Elizabeth M...> ;Pediatrics. 2022 May 1
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Press Mentions
Low-Dose Versus High-Dose Methadone for the Management of Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeApril 20th, 2019
Committees
- Member, AAP Committee on Hospital Care 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
Industry Relationships
- Neonatal Nutrition Advisory Board, Baxter2018 - 2018
- Omegaven Advisory Board, Fresenius Kabi2015 - 2017
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