Eric Brum Ortigoza, MD
Neonatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Medical University of South Carolina (2009)
- Residency
- Children's Hospital of Georgia (2012), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of Florida College of Medicine - GME (2015), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Graduate School
- Medical University of South Carolina (2009)
- 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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Research Interests
- Feeding Intolerance
- Metabolomics
- Microbiota
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Neonatal Nutrition
- Non-Invasive Monitoring of Gastrointestinal Development
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Publications
Publications
- Antibiotic duration and gastric dysmotility in preterm neonates. Sadder LS, Brown LS, Roblyer L, Sanghavi R, Ortigoza EB, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2024 May
- Frequency-specific electrogastrography as a non-invasive tool to measure gastrointestinal maturity in preterm infants. Chaudhari A, Wang X, Roblyer L, Sanghavi R, Liu H, Ortigoza EB, Sci Rep 2022 Dec 12 1 20728
- Tachygastria in Preterm Infants: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Ortigoza EB, Cagle J, Brown LS, Mansi S, Gosser SP, Montgomery AD, Foresman Z, Boren ML, Pettit PS, Thompson TD, Vasil DM, Chien JH, Neu J, Koh AY, Sanghavi R, Mirpuri J, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022 Nov 75 5 564-571
- Deglutition-related cardiorespiratory events. Bordier E, Stumpf K, Ortigoza EB, Early Hum Dev 2022 Jun 171 105602
- Feeding intolerance. Ortigoza EB, Early Hum Dev 2022 Jun 171 105601
- Best practice guidelines: Feeding-related cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants: Introduction. Ortigoza EB, Early Hum Dev 2022 Jun 171 105599
- Neonatal gastroesophageal reflux. Sawyer C, Sanghavi R, Ortigoza EB, Early Hum Dev 2022 Jun 171 105600
- Feasibility of EEG Phase-Amplitude Coupling to Stratify Encephalopathy Severity in Neonatal HIE Using Short Time Window. Wang X, Liu H, Ortigoza EB, Kota S, Liu Y, Zhang R, Chalak LF, Brain Sci 2022 Jun 12 7
- Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring in High-Risk Fetal and Neonatal Populations. Leon RL, Ortigoza EB, Ali N, Angelis D, Wolovits JS, Chalak LF, Front Pediatr 2021 9 748345
Books
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis. In Workbook in Practical Neonatology. 5th ed. Ortigoza EB, Neu J. (2014). Saunders; 353-364.
- The Effect of Hypoxia on Intestinal Function. In Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in the Newborn: From Origins to Clinical Management. Ortigoza EB, Neu J (2021). CRC Press
- Monitoring of Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants. In Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 4th ed. Ortigoza EB (2024). Elsevier; 81-93
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Professional Activities
- AAP Section on Early Career Physicians (2021)
- AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (2020)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2009)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (2007)
- Society for Pediatric Research Elected Member (2022)
- Society for Pediatric Research Junior Member (2020-2022)
- Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) (2024)
- Texas Pediatric Society (2020)
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Awards and Honors
- KL2 Clinical Scholars Program - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2021-2023)
- SPR Award to Enhance Diversity in Research Workforce - Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) (2021)
- SPR Travel Award to Enhance Diversity in the Research Workforce - Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) (2020)
- SSPR Young Faculty Award - Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) (2020)
- CCRAC Early Career Research Award - Children's Clinical Research Advisory Committee (CCRAC), Children's Health Foundation (2018)
- SPR Young Investigator Coaching Program - Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) (2018)
- Academy of Research Excellence - University of Florida, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (2014)
- William P. Kanto, Jr. Pediatric Resident Research Award, 2nd Place - Medical College of Georgia (2012)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society - Medical University of South Carolina Chapter (2007)
