Nicolas Porta, MD

Attending Physician, Neonatology; Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program; Associate Director, Lurie Children’s NICU

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

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease, acute and chronic respiratory failure, and neonatal congenital heart disease, institute for fetal health

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Education & Training

Education: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993

Postgraduate Training: University of California, San Francisco, 1999; University of Chicago Hospitals, 1993-1996

Board Certifications: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, General Pediatrics

Research

Research Interests: Pulmonary vascular disease; respiratory failure; congenital heart disease

Publications

Most recent publications

Acquired Infection and Antimicrobial Utilization During Initial NICU Hospitalization in Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Pediatr Infect Dis J 37 (5): 469-474
The Pulmonary Circulation in the Single Ventricle Patient Children (Basel) 4 (8):
Inter-center variation in death or tracheostomy placement in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia J Perinatol 37 (6): 723-727
The Randomized, Controlled Trial of Late Surfactant: Effects on Respiratory Outcomes at 1-Year Corrected Age J Pediatr 183 19-25 e2
Predicting death or extended length of stay in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia J Perinatol 36 (8): 654-9
Randomized Trial of Late Surfactant Treatment in Ventilated Preterm Infants Receiving Inhaled Nitric Oxide J Pediatr 168 23-29.e4
Placental Villous Vascularity Is Decreased in Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension Pediatr Dev Pathol 19 (2): 101-7
Short-Term Outcomes and Medical and Surgical Interventions in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Am J Perinatol 32 (11): 1038-44
Lactobezoar formation in two premature infants receiving medium-chain triglyceride formula J Perinatol 34 (8): 634-5
Placental pathologic changes of maternal vascular underperfusion in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension Placenta 35 (8): 570-4

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Nicolas Porta, MD

Nicolas Porta, MD

Attending Physician, Neonatology; Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program; Associate Director, Lurie Children’s NICU

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

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Education & Training

Research

Publications

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