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Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD

Chief, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine

Language: English

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Research in genetic disorders of the autonomic nervous system and respiratory control; congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS); rapid onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD); sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Rett syndrome; development of tools to objectivity evaluate the autonomic nervous system

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Autonomic Medicine

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

Research

Research Interests: Autonomic medicine; circadian rhythms; developmental neurobiology; developmental genetics; endocrine genetics; pacemakers; respiratory diseases; sudden cardiac death

Publications

Binodal, wireless epidermal electronic systems with in-sensor analytics for neonatal intensive care
Science363 (6430):
Pre-Vent: the prematurity-related ventilatory control study
Pediatr Res85 (6): 769-776
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: Severe disease caused by co-occurrence of two PHOX2B variants inherited separately from asymptomatic family members
Am J Med Genet A179 (3): 503-506
Chronic nausea and orthostatic intolerance: Diagnostic utility of orthostatic challenge duration, Nausea Profile Questionnaire, and neurohumoral measures
Neurogastroenterol Motil30 (11): e13433
ROHHAD and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS): clinical and genetic comparison
Orphanet J Rare Dis13 (1): 124

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