Karen Mestan, MD, MSCI

Attending Physician, Neonatology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Biochemical and genetic markers in preterm infants, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intrauterine inflammation, perinatal origins of neonatal lung disease

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Neonatology

Education & Training

Education: University of Health Sciences, Chicago, 1996

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in Neonatology, University of Chicago, 1999-2002; Residency in Pediatrics, University of Chicago, 1996-1999

Board Certifications: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, General Pediatrics

Publications

Most recent publications

Fetal cord blood and tissue immune responses to chronic placental inflammation and chorioamnionitis Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol1466
Cord Blood Ferritin and Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 Levels in Neonates J Clin Endocrinol Metab101 (4): 1673-9
Urinary Claudin-2 Measurements as a Predictor of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Pilot Study J Neonatal Surg4 (4): 43
Cord blood 8-isoprostane in the preterm infant Early Hum Dev88 (8): 683-9
Placental inflammatory response is associated with poor neonatal growth: preterm birth cohort study Pediatrics125 (4): e891-8
Maternal obesity, diabetes mellitus and cord blood biomarkers in large-for-gestational age infants J Pediatr Biochem1 (3): 217-224
Cord blood biomarkers of the fetal inflammatory response J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med22 (5): 379-87
Differential patterns of 27 cord blood immune biomarkers across gestational age Pediatrics123 (5): 1320-8
The joint association between F5 gene polymorphisms and maternal smoking during pregnancy on preterm delivery Hum Genet124 (6): 659-68
Maternal cigarette smoking, metabolic gene polymorphisms, and preterm delivery: new insights on GxE interactions and pathogenic pathways Hum Genet123 (4): 359-69

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