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Karen Mestan, MD, MSCI

Attending Physician, Neonatology 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

Programs & Conditions:

NICU-Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program: Early Childhood Clinic

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

Soluble Klotho, a biomarker and therapeutic strategy to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants
Sci Rep10 (1): 12368
The impact of placental pathology discordance in multiple gestation pregnancies on bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension
Pulm Circ10 (1): 2045894020910674
Variations in Umbilical Cord Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Front Pediatr7475
Cord blood alpha klotho is decreased in small for gestational age preterm infants with placental lesions of accelerated aging
Placenta871-7
Fetal cord blood and tissue immune responses to chronic placental inflammation and chorioamnionitis
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol1466

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