Robert Dennis White MD

Neonat/Perinatology•South Bend, IN

Director, Regional Newborn Program

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615 N Michigan StSouth Bend, IN 46601
Phone+1 574-647-7351
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Summary

Dr. Robert White is a neonatologist/perinatologist based in South Bend, IN. He completed his medical education and advanced training at Johns Hopkins University, where he also held a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. As an experienced provider, Dr. White's focus includes chronic lung disease, low birth weight, and NICU design. He has maintained long-term roles with several institutions, including serving asthe NICU Prgram Director at Memorial Hospital of South Bend, and Medical Director at Pediatrix Medical Group of Indiana. He also holds academic positions, including adljunct professorship at the University of Notre Dame and clinical assistant professorship at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. White is the author of several papers on NICU care and design and participates in clinical trials. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1976 - 1981
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1974 - 1976
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1974
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelors, 1969 - 1970
University of Notre DameNo Degree, 1967 - 1969

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1978 - 2028
IN State Medical License 1981 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1976 - 1981
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

Evaluation of a Standard Preterm Infant Formula Fed to Preterm Infants in the Hospital Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The road to sensory deprivation in the NICU is paved with good intentions: defining an optimal environment of care.
Robert D White, Joy V Browne, Terrie Inder
Journal of Perinatology. 2025-01-01
Correction: Recommended standards for newborn ICU design.
Leslie Altimier, Sue Ann Barton, Jesse Bender, Joy Browne, Debra Harris
Journal of Perinatology. 2024-05-01
1 citations
Couplet Care-The Next Frontier of Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
Robert D White
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 2024-03-01

Journal Articles

Development of Care in the NICU
White RD, Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2014
Effects of caffeine on intermittent hypoxia in infants born prematurely: A randomized clinical trial
Rhein LM and the Caffeine Pilot Study Group, JAMA Pediatrics, 1/1/2014
Fluconazole prophylaxis for the prevention of candidiasis in premature infants
Benjamin DK, Hudak M, Duara S, Schelonka RL, Bidegain M, Mundakel GT, Shankaran S, Burchfield D, White RD, et al., JAMA, 1/1/2014
Recommended standards for newborn ICU design, eighth edition
White RD, Smith JA, Shepley MM, et al., Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2013
Health consequences of shift work and implications for structural design
Figueiro MG, White RD, Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2013
Babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome have electrographic seizures and altered sleep on amplitude-integrated EEG
Spitzmiller RE, Morrison T, White RD, Neonatology Today, 1/1/2013
Guest editorial: Small Comforts - Evidence-Based Design Comes to the NICU
White RD, HERD, 1/1/2012
Individualized Environments in the NICU
White RD, Neonatology Today, 1/1/2010
Single-family room design in the NICU – Challenges and opportunities
White RD, Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 1/1/2010
Lighting for today’s neonatal intensive care unit
Rizzo P, Rea M, White R, Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 1/1/2010
Neuroprotection in the Newborn
Spitzer A, White R (guest eds), Clin Perinatol, 1/1/2008
Demographic and nutritional factors associated with prolonged cholestatic jaundice in the premature infant
Steinbach M, Clark RH, Kelleher AS, Flores C, White R, et al., J Perinatol, 1/1/2008
Open-bay and single family room neonatal intensive care units: caregiver satisfaction and stress
Shepley MM, Harris DD, White, R, Environment and Behavior, 1/1/2008
Effects of two different doses of amino acid supplementation on growth and blood amino acid levels in premature neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit: ...
Clark RH, Chace DH, Spitzer, AR, and for the Pediatrix Amino Acid Study Group, Pediatrics, 1/1/2007
Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, 6th edition
White RD, chair, J Perinatol, 1/1/2006
The impact of single family room design on patients and caregivers: executive summary
White RD, J Perinatol, 1/1/2006
A blinded, randomized, multicenter study of an intravenous Staphylococcus aureus immune globulin
Benjamin Jr. DK, Schelonka R, White R, et al., J Perinatol, 1/1/2006
Brain Monitoring in the Neonate
Spitzer A, White R (guest eds), Clin Perinatol, 1/1/2006
Multicenter study to determine antibody concentrations and assess the safety of administration of INH-A21, a donor-selected human Staphylococcal immune globulin, in lo...
Capparelli EV, Bloom BT, Kueser TJ, Oelberg DG, Bifano EM, White RD, et al., Antimicrob Agents and Chemother, 1/1/2005
Modern NICU Design Considerations
White R, eNeonatal Review, 1/1/2005
The Sensory Environment of the NICU: Scientific and Design-Related Aspects
White R (guest editor), Clinics in Perinatology, 6/1/2004
Prevention and Treatment of Nosocomial Sepsis in the NICU
Clark R, Powers R, White R, et al., Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2004
Nosocomial Infection in the NICU: A Medical Complication or Unavoidable Problem?
Clark R, Powers R, White R, et al., Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2004
Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design
Consensus Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design (R. White, chair), Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2003
Understanding a Practice Venue
Committee on Practice Management, Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care
Chapter: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environment.
Altimier L, White RDEditors: Carole Kenner and Judy Lott.Springer Publishing Company, New YorkEdition 5th,2013
Clin Perinatol
Chapter: Foundations of Developmental Care.
Editors: Browne JV, White RD (guest eds).2011
Health Facility Evaluation for Design Practitioners
Chapter: Evaluation of Neonatal ICUs.
White RDAsclepion Publishing, Myersville, MD2011
Developmental Care of Newborns and Infants
Chapter: Single-Family Room Design in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
Cone SK, White RDNational Association of Neonatal Nurses, Glenview, IL2010
Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Chapter: The Sensory Environment of the Intensive Care Nursery.
White RDEdition 9th,2010
Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Chapter: Design Considerations.
White RD and Walsh MCEdition 9th,2010
An Overview of the Impact of Optical Radiation on Visual, Circadian, Neuroendocrine, and Neurobehavioral Responses
Chapter: Light and Human Health.
Figueiro MG, Brainard GC, Lockley SW, Revell VL, and White RIlluminating Engineering Society of North America, New York2008
The Architecture of Hospitals
Chapter: Single-family room design in the NICU.
White RDEditors: Cor Wagenaar.NAI Publishers, Rotterdam2006
Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation
Chapter: Incubators, Infants.
White RDJohn Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJEdition 2nd,2006
Avery’s Neonatology
Chapter: Newborn Intensive Care Unit Design: Scientific and Practical Considerations.
White R, Martin G, Smith J, Graven SEditors: MacDonald MG, Seshia MMK, Mullett MD.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition Sixt,2005
Pediatrics
Chapter: Special Issues in the Care of the Ill Premature Infant (chapter 196), and Continuing Care of the Growing Premature Infant (chapter 197)
White RDEditors: Osborn LM.Mosby-Year Book2004
Manual of Clinical Problems in Pediatrics
Chapter: 15 chapters, in neonatology and nutrition
White RDEditors: Roberts KB.Little, Brown and Co., Boston2000
Life-span Perspectives in Health and Illness
Editors: Whitman T, Merluzzi T, White R.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ1999
From the Heart: Poems By and For Parents and Staff of the Newborn ICU
Editors: White R, White L.Pediatrix Medical Group, Fort Lauderdale, FL1999
Perspectives in NICU Planning
White RDRoss Laboratories, Columbus1988
EFCNI White Paper on Maternal and Newborn Health and Aftercare Services
Chapter: Chapter on the Newborn ICU Physical Environment.
White RDEuropean Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants
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Abstracts/Posters

Tolerable life (letter to editor).
White RD, Pediatrics, 1/1/1997
Design of ICU's (letter to editor).
White RD, and Whitman TL, Pediatrics, 1/1/1992
Serum-triglyceride concentrations in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (letter to editor).
White RD, J. Pediatr., 1/1/1990
Correlation of Ventilator and Bag Manometer Pressures in Newborn.
White, RD and Miller L, SGCPC Newsletter, 1/1/1988
Classification of Chronic Lung Disease in Infants <1500g BW.
White RD, Bickley SA, Meyer K, et al., Pediatr. Research, 1/1/1987
Breast Milk Jaundice in Prematures.
White RD, Bickley SA, and MacLean Jr., WC., Pediatr. Research, 1/1/1986
LVH and Hypertriglyceridemia in Infants with BPD.
White RD, Clark SE, Hussey L, et al., Pediatr. Research, 1/1/1986
Indomethacin as Treatment for Premature Labor: Neonatal Outcome.
Kumor KM, White RD, Blake DA, et al., Pediatr. Research, 1/1/1979
Investigation of New Drugs in Neonates: A Problem? (Letter to editor).
White RD, Pediatrics, 1/1/1978
Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Function in Infants with Congestive Failure.
White RD, Clark EB, Varghese PJ, et al., Pediatr. Research, 1/1/1976
Natural History of Aneurysm of the Membranous Ventricular Septum in Childhood.
White RD, Freedom RM, and Rowe RD, Circulation, 1/1/1973
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Other

Design and manufacture of NeoNestTM, a neonatal care and mobility device.
WhiteBriar Corp. (Patents 7850595 (2010) and 8360953 (2013)
1/1/2013
Impact of single family NICU rooms on family behavior.
Shepley, M., Harris, D., White, R. & Steinberg, F., The AIA Report on University Research (vol 3), The American Institute of Architects
http://www.aia.org/practicing/research/AIAS077439
Washington, DC - 1/1/2008
The Physical Environment of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – Implications for Premature Newborns and Their Caregivers.
White R, Business Briefing: US Pediatric Care
1/1/2005

Press Mentions

Nashville-Based AngelEye Health Names Industry Leaders to Clinical Advisory BoardDecember 16th, 2020
Are Hospitals Overusing Neonatal Intensive Care?July 27th, 2015