I am a pediatrician who specializes in caring for full-term and pre-term newborns. I treat babies in the newborn nurseries, special care nurseries and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Kettering Health. I serve as the medical director of the Kettering Health - Main Campus NICU.
Early in my medical school education, I was drawn to caring for the most vulnerable patients. One of my attending neonatologists, Dr. Jeffrey Loughead, emphasized quality, evidence-based care. He greatly influenced my decision to become a pediatrician.
My care philosophy embraces a family-centered, evidence-based approach. The entire team practicing within Kettering Health and Cincinnati Children’s believes in this model.
When I’m not at work, I enjoy home improvement projects. I recently started a container garden.
MD: Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, 1991.
Residency: Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton Children’s Medical Center, Dayton, OH, 1995.
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 1998.
Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1999.
Enteric Nervous System-Derived IL-18 Orchestrates Mucosal Barrier Immunity. Cell. 2020; 180:50-63.e12.
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