Training in the neonatal-perinatal fellowship program takes place on two units. The primary location is the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center at Regional One Health, a 60-bed level III NICU with more than 1,300 admissions and 4,500 deliveries a year. The second facility is a 60-bed NICU at Le Bonheur. This level IV NICU receives transports from surrounding areas with more than 400 admissions a year and comprises surgical and cardiac neonates along with infants who need multispecialty care.

Le Bonheur Neonatology has a large patient census and wide spectrum in infant pathology that enhances the fellowship training. Fellows will also have dedicated learning opportunities such as ECMO training, ethics curriculum and research workshops.

Learn more about UTHSC's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine program and apply.

Research Interests:

Basic Science:

• Fetal kidney injury and maternal antibiotics (mice)
• Cerebral circulation in the premature (piglets)

Clinical:

• Neonatal abstinence syndrome
• Nutrition in the premature infant
• Blood transfusions and organ injury
• Markers of intestinal injury

Quality Improvement:

• Delayed cord clamping
• Antibiotic stewardship
• Erase post-operative pain
• Improve bronchopulmonary dysplasia outcomes
• Unplanned extubations

Fellow Publications

• A randomized trial of intravenous acetaminophen versus indomethacin for treatment of hemodynamically significant PDAs in VLBW infants. Davidson JM, Ferguson J, Ivey E, Philip R, Weems MF, Talati AJ.J Perinatol. 2021 Jan;41(1):93-99.

• Kagami-Ogata syndrome: case series and review of literature. Sakaria RP, Mostavi R, Stephen M, Ward JC, Pivnick E, Talati AJ. In print, American Journal of Perinatology Reports, March 2021

• Effect of prenatal marijuana exposure on sleep wake cycles and amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG). Pollack R, Rana D, Purvis J, Pollard L, Pourcyrous M. J Perinatol. 2021 Jan 18.

• The effects of sodium bicarbonate infusion on cerebrovascular function in newborn pigs. Chilakala SK, Parfenova H, Pourcyrou M. Pediatr Res. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01876-x

• Rare Presentation of Limb-Body Wall Complex in a Neonate: Case Report and Review of Literature. Adeleke O, Gill F, Krishnan R. AJP Rep. 2022 Mar 7;12(1):e108-e112. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1744215. eCollection 2022 Jan.

• Chilakala SK, Parfenova H, Pourcyrous M. The effects of sodium bicarbonate infusion on cerebrovascular function in newborn pigs. Pediatr Res. 2021 Dec 3:10.1038/s41390-021-01876-x.

• A randomized trial of intravenous acetaminophen versus indomethacin for treatment of hemodynamically significant PDAs in VLBW infants. Davidson JM, Ferguson J, Ivey E, Philip R, Weems MF, Talati AJ.J Perinatol. 2021 Jan;41(1):93-99.