Noorjahan Ali, MD
Neonatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- New York Medical College (2010)
- Residency
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - GME (2013), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of Colorado Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowsh (2016), 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
- 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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Research Interests
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- ECMO
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Resuscitation
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Publications
- Resuscitation practices for infants in the NICU, PICU and CICU: results of a national survey. Ali N, Sawyer T, Barry J, Grover T, Ades A J Perinatol 2016 Oct
- Histologic Evidence of Intrapulmonary Bronchopulmonary Anastomotic Pathways in Neonates with Meconium Aspiration Syndrome. Ali N, Abman SH, Galambos C J. Pediatr. 2015 Dec 167 6 1445-7
- Intrapulmonary vascular shunt pathways in alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins. Galambos C, Sims-Lucas S, Ali N, Gien J, Dishop MK, Abman SH Thorax 2015 Jan 70 1 84-5
- Does surfactant type cause a differential proinflammatory response in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. Mercado VV, Cristea I, Ali N, Pham CC, Buescher E, Yang J, Fisher J, Maramreddy H, Calo J, Strassberg S, Parton LA Adv Ther 2010 Jul 27 7 476-82
- A single-nucleotide polymorphism (-670) of the maternal Fas gene is associated with intrauterine growth restriction. Robinson R, Hsu CD, Chesebro AL, Nguyen J, Ali N, Maramreddy H, Parton LA Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2009 Dec 201 6 620.e1-4
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2010)
- American Medical Association (2008)
- Center Of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) (2014)
- International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) (2014)
- Society for Pediatric Research (2014)
- Training and Early Career Neonatologist Group (TeCAN) (2014)
- Western Society of Pediatric Research (2015)
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Awards and Honors
- Jerry Merenstein Fellow Award - University of Colorado (2015)
- LCHQI Fellow Recipient - Levine Children's Hospital (2015)
- TeCAN AAP Perinatal Leadership Scholarship (2015)
- AAP Fellowship Trainee Scholarship - American Academy of Pediatrics (2014-2015)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society - University of Colorado (2014)