Karen Mestan, MD, MSCI

Attending Physician, Neonatology

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

Language: English

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
Umbilical Cord Blood Metabolomics Reveal Distinct Signatures of Dyslipidemia Prior to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Pulmonary Hypertension Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
Genome-wide association study of maternal genetic effects and parent-of-origin effects on food allergy Medicine (Baltimore)97 (9): e0043
Vital signs analysis algorithm detects inflammatory response in premature infants with late onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis Early Hum Dev11783-89
Cord Blood Ferritin and Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 Levels in Neonates J Clin Endocrinol Metab101 (4): 1673-9
Computerized vital signs analysis and late onset infections in extremely low gestational age infants J Perinat Med44 (5): 491-7
Urinary Claudin-2 Measurements as a Predictor of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Pilot Study J Neonatal Surg4 (4): 43
Placental Villous Vascularity Is Decreased in Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension Pediatr Dev Pathol19 (2): 101-7
Flow Cytometry Reveals Similarities Between Lung Macrophages in Humans and Mice Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol54 (1): 147-9
Impaired fetoplacental angiogenesis in growth-restricted fetuses with abnormal umbilical artery doppler velocimetry is mediated by aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) J Clin Endocrinol Metab100 (1): E30-40

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