June Y Hu, MD
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
June Hu, M.D., is a neonatologist and Medical Director of the FETAL Center at Children’s Health℠. Dr. Hu specializes in caring for infants with complex health conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
She earned her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Hu completed her pediatrics residency training and neonatology fellowship at The Washington University Consortium Program.
In the NICU, we not only care for babies, but we also make sure family needs are being met.
“In the NICU, we not only care for babies, but we also make sure family needs are being met,” says Dr. Hu. “This includes giving parents the resources they need to care for their little ones after discharge. It’s a special, nurturing environment where we can work with high-risk babies and their families to provide the best care and offer them the most specific information we can to help guide them through their journey.”
As Medical Director of the FETAL Center, Dr. Hu helps coordinate and provide care for newborns. She works with specialists across many service lines to develop the best care plan for each baby. Dr. Hu also leads efforts to improve the quality of care and outcomes for each patient and provides learning opportunities for residents and fellows.
Dr. Hu lives in Dallas with her husband and their dog Hugo, a Corgi/Beagle mix. In her spare time, she enjoys taking Hugo to the dog park, spending time with friends, Pilates and traveling.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Washington University (2013)
- Residency
- Washington University Consortium Program (2016), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medic (2019), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
Conditions
- Abdominal masses
- Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Anencephaly
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary atresia
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder outlet obstruction
- Bowel atresia
- Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic lung disease (CLD)
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Colon atresia
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital heart disease
- Congenital infections
- Congenital lung lesions
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Down syndrome
- Duodenal aresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS or elastic skin)
- Encephalocele
- Encephalopathy (encephalitis)
- Enteroviruses
- Esophageal atresia (EA)
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- First unprovoked seizure
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia or OAV)
- Head and neck lumps
- Hemophilia
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice)
- Hypotonia (floppy muscle syndrome)
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (intrapartum asphyxia - HIE)
- Intestinal disorders
- Intraventricular hemorrhage and stroke
- Isolated craniosynostosis
- Jejunal and ileal atresia
- Laryngomalacia
- Lordosis (sway back)
- Low birth weight
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Meconium aspiration
- Mediastinal mass
- Metabolic diseases
- Muscular dystrophy (MD)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal diabetes
- Newborn tumors
- Noonan syndrome (NS)
- Omphalocele
- Open neural tube defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension
- Pierre Robin syndrome (PRS)
- Pleural effusion
- Poland syndrome (Poland sequence)
- Prematurity
- Prenatal drug and alcohol exposure
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Pyloric stenosis
- Renal malformation
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Sepsis and meningitis
- Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
- Skeletal dysplasias and abnormalities
- Spina bifida
- Syndromic craniosynostosis
- Syphilis
- Tay-Sachs
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
- VATER syndrome (VACTERL association)
Departments and Programs
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Publications
- Practice variations for fetal and neonatal congenital heart disease within the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium. Leon RL, Levy PT, Hu J, Yallpragada SG, Hamrick SEG, Ball MK; CHNC Cardiac Focus Group. Pediatr Res. 2023 May;93(6):1728-1735. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02314-2. Epub 2022 Sep 27. PMID: 36167818
- Part I. Mechanisms of actions and metabolism of acetaminophen related to the neonatal brain. Angelis D, Savani RC, Jagarapu J, Hu J, Wan-Huen P, Chalak L. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Aug;159:105406. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105406. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34147307
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Member
- Midwest Society for Pediatric Research Junior Section, Member
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Awards and Honors
- Stanley Phillips Award for Best Poster - Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (2017)