NeilNormanFinerMD

Neonat/Perinatology • San Diego, CA

Professor, Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine

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Office
200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-543-3759

Fax+1 858-309-6301
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Summary

Dr. Neil Finer, MD is a neonatologist in San Diego, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California. He is affiliated with Scripps Mercy Hospital and Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego.

Education & Training

Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1972 - 1975
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1968

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - 2023
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Whole-Body Cooling for Birth Asphyxia in Term Infants Start of enrollment: 1999 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 3
Glutamine Supplementation to Prevent Death or Infection in Extremely Premature Infants Start of enrollment: 1999 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Study for Respiratory Failure in Newborns Start of enrollment: 1995 Oct 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Preterm Infants With Severe Respiratory Failure Start of enrollment: 2001 Jan 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Benchmarking Initiative to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Start of enrollment: 2001 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Early Diagnosis of Candidiasis in Premature Infants Start of enrollment: 2004 Mar 01
Completed
Trial of Aggressive Versus Conservative Phototherapy in Infants <1,000 Grams Birth Weight Start of enrollment: 2002 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial Start of enrollment: 2005 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 3
Use of Blended Oxygen for Delivery Room Resuscitation of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Start of enrollment: 2005 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Feasibility Study of Aerosolized Surfaxin in the Prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in Premature Infants Start of enrollment: 2005 Jan 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Examining the Use of Non-Invasive Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Reduce Chronic Lung Disease in Premature Newborns Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Inflammatory Cytokines Associated With Perinatal Brain Injury Start of enrollment: 1999 Jul 01
Completed
Observational Study of Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolotis Start of enrollment: 2001 Mar 01
Completed
Delivery Room CPAP in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Start of enrollment: 2002 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Physiologic Definition of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Start of enrollment: 2005 May 01
Completed
Study of Room Air Versus 60% Oxygen for Resuscitation of Premature Infants Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Parental perspectives on a trial using waived informed consent at birth.
Anup C Katheria, Georg M Schmölzer, Brenda Law, Bradley A Yoder, Erin Clark, Walid El-Naggar, Ana Morales, Rebecca A Dorner, Benjamin Mooso, Wade Rich, Farha Vora, Nei...> ;Journal of Perinatology. 2024 Mar 1
21 citations
Umbilical cord milking in nonvigorous infants: a cluster-randomized crossover trial.
Anup C Katheria, Erin Clark, Bradley Yoder, Georg M Schmölzer, Brenda Hiu Yan Law, Walid El-Naggar, David Rittenberg, Sheetal Sheth, Mohamed A Mohamed, Courtney Martin...> ;American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2023 Feb 1
9 citations
Teamwork and Adherence to Guideline on Newborn Resuscitation-Video Review of Neonatal Interdisciplinary Teams.
Lise Brogaard, Lone Hvidman, Gitte Esberg, Neil Finer, Kristiane R Hjorth-Hansen, Tanja Manser, Ole Kierkegaard, Niels Uldbjerg, Tine B Henriksen> ;Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2022 Jan 1
3 citations
A Pilot Randomized Trial of Heart Rate Monitoring Using Conventional Versus a New ECG Algorithm During Neonatal Resuscitation at Birth
Anup Katheria, Ana I. Morales, Sanjay Shashank, Wade Rich, Neil N. Finer> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 Oct 27
5 citations
Higher versus Lower Oxygen Concentration during Respiratory Support in the Delivery Room in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
Brenda Hiu Yan Law, Elizabeth Asztalos, Neil N. Finer, Maryna Yaskina, Máximo Vento, William Tarnow-Mordi, Prakesh S. Shah, Georg M. Schmölzer> ;Children. 2021 Oct 20
15 citations
Outcomes of delivery room resuscitation of bradycardic preterm infants: A retrospective cohort study of randomised trials of high vs low initial oxygen concentration a...
Vishal S. Kapadia, Ju Lee Oei, Neil N. Finer, Wade Rich, Yacov Rabi, Ian M. R Wright, Denise Rook, Marijn J. Vermeulen, William Tarnow-Mordi, John Smyth, Kei Lui, Stev...> ;Resuscitation. 2021 Aug 20
2 citations
Growth Rates of Infants Randomized to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Intubation After Extremely Preterm Birth.
Ariel A. Salas, Waldemar A. Carlo, Barbara Do, Edward F. Bell, Abhik Das, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Brenda B. Poindexter, Seetha Shankaran, Noelle Younge, Kristi L. Watterbe...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 Jun 19
8 citations
Association between early cerebral oxygenation and neurodevelopmental impairment or death in premature infants.
Anup Katheria, Jacob Stout, Ana L. Morales, Debra Poeltler, Wade Rich, Jane Steen, Shauna Nuzzo, Neil N. Finer> ;Journal of Perinatology. 2021 Feb 15
9 citations
Multicentre, randomised trial of preterm infants receiving caffeine and less invasive surfactant administration compared with caffeine and early continuous positive ai...
Felix Ines, Shandee Hutson, Katherine Coughlin, Andrew Hopper, Anamika Banerji, Cherry Uy, Neil N. Finer, Wade Rich, Ana I. Morales, Jane Steen, Anup Katheria> ;BMJ Open. 2021 Jan 22
10 citations
Early Cardiac and Cerebral Hemodynamics with Umbilical Cord Milking Compared with Delayed Cord Clamping in Infants Born Preterm.
Anup Katheria, Jeff M. Szychowski, Jochen Essers, Marc Robin Mendler, Eugene M. Dempsey, Georg M. Schmölzer, Kathy Arnell, Wade Rich, Kasim Hassen, Phillip H. Allman, ...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Aug 1
1 citations
Recruitment: the best way to IN-SUR-E surfactant delivery?
Neil N. Finer, Anup Katheria> ;The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2021 Feb 1
152 citations
Inhaled nitric oxide for respiratory failure in preterm infants.
Keith J Barrington, Neil Finer, Thomas Pennaforte> ;The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017 Jan 3
17 citations
Time to achieve stable pulse oximetry values in VLBW infants in the delivery room
Bheru Gandhi, Wade Rich, Neil N. Finer> ;Resuscitation. 2013 Jul 1
12 citations
Achieved oxygen saturations and retinopathy of prematurity in extreme preterms
Marie G. Gantz, Waldemar A. Carlo, Neil N. Finer, Wade Rich, Roger G. Faix, Bradley A. Yoder, Michele C. Walsh, Nancy S. Newman, A. R. Laptook, Kurt Schibler, Abhik Da...> ;Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2020 Mar 1
5 citations
Haemodynamic effects of premedication for neonatal intubation: an observational study
Linda Truong, Jae H. Kim, Anup Katheria, Neil N. Finer, Krishelle L. Marc-Aurele> ;Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2020 Mar 1
134 citations
Association of Umbilical Cord Milking vs Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping With Death or Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage Among Preterm Infants.
Anup Katheria, Frank Reister, Jochen Essers, Marc Robin Mendler, Helmut D. Hummler, Akila Subramaniam, Waldemar A. Carlo, Alan T.N. Tita, Giang Truong, Shareece Davis-...> ;JAMA. 2019 Nov 19
4 citations
Developmental Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with a Need for Child Protective Services Supervision
Elisabeth C. McGowan, Abbot R. Laptook, Jean Lowe, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Dhuly Chowdhury, Rosemary D. Higgins, Susan R. Hintz, Betty R. Vohr, Richard A. Polin, A. R...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2019 Sep 6
8 citations
Resuscitation outcomes of infants that do not achieve a 5 min target SpO2 saturation.
Anup Katheria, Kasim Hassen, Wade Rich, Debra Poeltler, Neil N. Finer> ;Journal of Perinatology. 2019 Sep 5
15 citations
Prospective observational study of early respiratory management in preterm neonates less than 35 weeks of gestation
Fernando R. Moya, Jan Mazela, Paul M. Shore, Steven G. Simonson, Robert Segal, Phillip D. Simmons, Timothy J. Gregory, Carlos Guardia, Judy R. Varga, Neil N. Finer> ;BMC Pediatrics. 2019 May 11
26 citations
Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on Candida fluconazole susceptibility in premature infants
Julie Autmizguine, P. Brian Smith, Kristi Prather, Catherine M. Bendel, Girija Natarajan, Margarita Bidegain, David A. Kaufman, David J. Burchfield, Ashley Ross, Pares...> ;The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2018 Dec 1
91 citations
Outcomes of oxygen saturation targeting during delivery room stabilisation of preterm infants
Ju Lee Oei, Neil N. Finer, Ola Didrik Saugstad, Ian M. R Wright, Yacov Rabi, William Tarnow-Mordi, Wade Rich, Vishal S. Kapadia, Denise Rook, John Smyth, Kei Lui, Máxi...> ;Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2018 Sep 1
47 citations
Preterm Neuroimaging and School-Age Cognitive Outcomes
Susan R. Hintz, Betty R. Vohr, Carla M. Bann, H. Gerry Taylor, Abhik Das, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Kimberly Yolton, Victoria E. Watson, Jean R. Lowe, Maria Elena DeAnda, ...> ;Pediatrics. 2018 Jul 1
238 citations
Association Between Oxygen Saturation Targeting and Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Oxygenation Prospective Meta-analysis Collaboration.
Lisa M. Askie, Brian A Darlow, Neil N. Finer, Barbara Schmidt, Ben Stenson, William Tarnow-Mordi, Peter G Davis, Waldemar A. Carlo, Peter Brocklehurst, Lucy Claire Dav...> ;JAMA. 2018 Jun 5
24 citations
The Neu-Prem Trial: Neuromonitoring of Brains of Infants Born Preterm During Resuscitation : A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Anup Katheria, Mary J. Harbert, Sunil B. Nagaraj, Kathy Arnell, Debra Poeltler, Melissa K Brown, Wade Rich, Kasim Hassen, Neil N. Finer> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018 Apr 18
438 citations
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Executive Summary of a Workshop.
Rosemary D. Higgins, Alan H. Jobe, Marion Koso-Thomas, Eduardo Bancalari, Rose M. Viscardi, Tina V. Hartert, Rita M. Ryan, Suhas G. Kallapur, Robin H. Steinhorn, Girij...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018 Mar 16
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Press Mentions

Making Intubation Safer for the Most Fragile BabiesOctober 31st, 2022

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego, California
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego, California