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Ronald Ariagno, MD, Neonat/Perinatology, Palo Alto, CA, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

RonaldAriagnoMD

Neonat/Perinatology Palo Alto, CA

Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center

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Education & Training

  • California Pacific Medical Center
    California Pacific Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1973 - 1975
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Cardiovascular Research Institute, 1973 - 1975
  • Rush University Medical Center
    Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1968 - 1971
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1968
  • Lewis University
    Lewis UniversityBS, Biology and Chemistry, With Highest Honors, 1960 - 1964

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1971 - 2024
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Recognized for "clinical excellence and the art of compassionate care" and received a honorary lifetime Medical Staff Appointment Stanford University Hospital Medical Staff, 2011
  • Recipient of the 8th Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Healthcare’s Best Quality Improvement Storyboard Award: “ Novel Toolkit for Follow-up Care of the Premature Infant.” 2009
  • National Neonatal Education Award American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Philip Sunshine Festschrift: A quintessential neonatologist with wit and humor  
    Ariagno RL, J. Perinatol, 4/1/2011
  • Resting heart rate does not predict growth in preterm infants  
    Ruth V, Kennedy C, Rehm R, Ariagno R, Lee KA, Early Human Development, 1/1/2010
  • Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Correlates with Postmenstrual Age but is not Predictive of Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants  
    Augustine EM, MirmiranM, Spielman DM, Barnes PD, Sutcliffe TL, Dermon JD, Ariagno RL, J Perinatol, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Efficacy Endpoints and Clinical Trials Are Needed for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) in Children and Neonates.
    Sun H, Ariagno, RL, Stockbridge NL, Avant D, Rodriguez WJ, Murphy MD, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting; E-PAS, Vancouver, 1/1/2014
  • Novel Toolkit for Follow-up of the Premature Infant.
    Ariagno RL, Makari D, Groothouis JR, and Labella JJ, 8th Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Healthcare at National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality annual meeting, 1/1/2009
  • Healthy term (HT), but not preterm (PT) or ALTE infants show maturation of autonomic responses to spontaneous arousals during sleep: Implications for SIDS from the Col...
    Darnall RA, Daubenspec JA, Doyle BC, Benoit AM, Mirmiran M, Ariagno RL, EPAS, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

  • NeoSim: Simulation-based Neonatal Resuscitation Program 
    Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California - 8/24/2012
  • NeoSim: Simulation-based Neonatal Resuscitation Program 
    Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California - 2/24/2012

Other

  • Critical Role for Neonatologists in Developing Neonatal Pharmacotherapeutics. 
    Ariagno RL, Davis JM and Hudak ML, AAP Section on Perinatal Pediatrics Newsletter Summer Edition
    1/1/2014
  • Peripatetic Academic in East Africa: Maternal Infant Care and Challenges. 
    Ariagno RL, Stanford on iTunes U
    1/1/2007
  • Controlled trial of dexamethasone in preterm infants for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Lung function, clinical course and outcome at three years. 
    Ariagno RL, Sweeney, Baldwin RB, Inguillo D, Martin D, Original data submitted to Dr. Jack Sinclair for Cochrane Neonatal Review Group McMaster University
    9/15/2000
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Press Mentions

  • Philip Sunshine, 92, a Founder of Neonatal Medicine, Retires from Caring for Babies
    Philip Sunshine, 92, a Founder of Neonatal Medicine, Retires from Caring for BabiesAugust 26th, 2022
  • Medcast
    MedcastApril 3rd, 2016

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