Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD
Chief, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (CAMP)
Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine
- Language:
- English
Location
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.Chicago, Illinois 60611
Clinical Interests
Research in genetic disorders of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and respiratory control; neurocristopathies; congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS); rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD); sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Rett syndrome; physiological maturation of the ANS and respiratory control in extremely preterm-born infants; development of tools to objectively and non-invasively evaluate the ANS
Specialty
Education & Training
Education: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1978
Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and control of breathing, Lurie Children's (Formerly Children's Memorial Hospital), 1982-1986; Residency in pediatrics, Lurie Children's (Formerly Children's Memorial Hospital), 1978-1981
Board Certifications: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, General Pediatrics
Professional Organizations: American Autonomic Society Statement on Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society, CJ Foundation for SIDS Scientific Advisory Board, RADICA-FRE Scientific Advisory Board, Society for Pediatric Research
