Kikelomo Lateefat Babata, MD
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Kikelomo Babata, M.D. is a neonatalogist at Children's Health℠ and an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Babata earned her medical degree at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She completed her residence at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center followed by completing her fellowship at Tufts Medical Center/Floating Hospital for Children.
Dr. Babata has earned many awards including Best Medical Student Teacher award.
Dr. Babata is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Ilorin (2004)
- Internship
- University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (2005), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (2011), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Tufts Medical Center (2018), 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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Research Interests
- Long term outcomes of extremely preterm infants
- Perception of outcomes at the border of viability
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Publications
- Are we ready to modify our definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) to improve prognostication? Babata K, McGuirl J Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2018 Mar 38 3 203-205
- Case 3: A Term Newborn with Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Severe Fetal Brain Anomalies Biobaku F, Babata K, Friedman H, Goddard A, Yen E NeoReviews 2018 19 10 e616-e619
- Socioemotional dysfunctions at age 10?years in extremely preterm newborns with late-onset bacteremia. Babata K, Bright HR, Allred EN, Erdei C, Kuban KCK, Joseph RM, O'Shea TM, Dammann O, Leviton A Early human development 2018 06 121 1-7
- Neurocognitive Outcomes at 10 Years of Age in Extremely Preterm Newborns with Late-Onset Bacteremia. Bright HR, Babata K, Allred EN, Erdei C, Kuban KCK, Joseph RM, O'Shea TM, Leviton A, Dammann O The Journal of pediatrics 2017 Aug 187 43-49.e1
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Professional Activities
- American Board of Pediatrics (2011)
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
- Member, AAP Section on International Child Health
- Member, AAP Section on International Medical Graduates
- Member, AAP Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN)
- Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
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Awards and Honors
- Travel Award, Hot Topics in Neonatology (2017)
- Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Trainee Travel Award (2016)
- Tufts Susan Salonstall Foundation Research Travel Award (2016)
- Appreciation for Commitment to Teaching Physician Assistant Students (2014), Mayo School of Health Sciences
- Best Medical Student Teacher Award (2011), Department of Pediatrics Bronx Lebanon Hospital
