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Noorjahan Ali, MD
Neonatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
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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)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary atresia
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder outlet obstruction
- Bowel atresia
- Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic lung disease (CLD)
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Colon atresia
- Congenital heart disease
- Congenital infections
- Congenital lung lesions
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Diaphragmatic hernia CDH
- Down syndrome
- Duodenal aresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
- 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
- Resuscitation
- Pulmonary hypertension
- ECMO
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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Publications
- Histologic Evidence of Intrapulmonary Bronchopulmonary Anastomotic Pathways in Neonates with Meconium Aspiration Syndrome. Ali N, Abman SH, Galambos C The Journal of pediatrics 2015 Dec 167 6 1445-7
- 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 Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2016 Oct
- 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
- 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 American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2009 Dec 201 6 620.e1-4
- Thiol oxidation inhibits nitric oxide-mediated pulmonary artery relaxation and guanylate cyclase stimulation. Mingone CJ, Gupte SA, Ali N, Oeckler RA, Wolin MS American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2006 Mar 290 3 L549-57
- Cytosolic NADPH may regulate differences in basal Nox oxidase-derived superoxide generation in bovine coronary and pulmonary arteries. Gupte SA, Kaminski PM, Floyd B, Agarwal R, Ali N, Ahmad M, Edwards J, Wolin MS American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2005 Jan 288 1 H13-21
- Late-developing rostral ventrolateral medullary surface responses to cardiovascular challenges during sleep. Richard CA, Rector DM, Macey PM, Ali N, Harper RM Brain research 2003 Sep 985 1 65-77
- 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 Advances in therapy 2010 Jul 27 7 476-82
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Professional Activities
- International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) (2014)
- Society for Pediatric Research (2014)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2010)
- American Medical Association (2008)
- Training and Early Career Neonatologist Group (TeCAN) (2014)
- Western Society of Pediatric Research (2015)
- Center Of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) (2014)
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Awards and Honors
- Jerry Merenstein Fellow Award 2015, University of Colorado
- LCHQI Fellow Recipient 2015, Levine Childrens Hospital
- AAP Fellowship Trainee Scholarship 2014-2015, American Academy of Pediatrics
- TeCAN AAP Perinatal Leadership Scholarship 2015
- Gold Humanism Honor Society 2014, University of Colorado