About the Department of Pediatrics
About
The Department of Pediatrics is housed within the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the cornerstone of the children's academic health campus adjacent to the institute’s research facilities, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Children's Specialized Hospital, both of which are part of RWJBarnabas Health. Together, they form a unique partnership of world-class institutions representing an exciting opportunity for collaboration and improved pediatric care.
With more than 115 paid and 150 volunteer faculty members, the Department of Pediatrics is organized into 15 divisions covering the major medical subspecialties.
Our divisions:
- Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases;
- Cardiology;
- Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities;
- Critical Care Medicine;
- Emergency Medicine;
- Endocrinology;
- Gastroenterology and Nutrition;
- Hematology/Oncology;
- Medical Genetics;
- Neonatology;
- Nephrology and Hypertension;
- Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine;
- Population Health, Quality and Implementation Science (PopQuIS);
- Pulmonary Medicine; and
- Rheumatology
Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The Department’s mission is to protect and ensure the health and well-being of all children. We are dedicated to advancing the field of pediatrics through patient services, research, education, and advocacy. We are committed to providing multi-disciplinary family-centered care with respect, compassion and the highest standards of excellence. The faculty and staff in the Department of Pediatrics conduct clinical, research, educational and outreach activities which directly and indirectly impact the lives of children and their families in central New Jersey, throughout the state and regionally.
Our residents are the heart of our department. Their vitality, curiosity and dedication to our patients reminds the faculty daily why we chose this profession. Our residents are a diverse and ambitious group headed by our dedicated medical education leaders. As you embark on this journey of apprenticeship know that we will be there to help you succeed. Your success equates directly to ours! In fact, one of our goals is to create a program where you will want to come back and work alongside us.
Our program is unique in that we are centralized in a strong Children’s Health campus where you can explore your various interests. The partnerships between the Department of Pediatrics of RWJMS and Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital along with the many partners of Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health opens a door of exploration to many career paths.
Finally, I want to assure you that our team is focused on harmonizing your development as a pediatrician with a respectful work life balance. It won’t be perfect but working together WE will constantly innovate and make this an important focus of our mission.
OK, so let’s have fun… isn’t that why we chose peds?
Sincerely,
Simon Li, MD, MPH
Interim Chair and Professor
Peds R Us Quarterly Newsletter
Annual Reports
Department of Pediatrics Annual Reports
Each year the Department of Pediatrics produces an annual report which highlights the successes of the areas of specialty throughout the department.
Grand Rounds
Schedule
- May 22: Dept of Pediatrics Research Day
- May 29: Resident's Week
- June 5:
- June 12: Resident's Week
Pediatric System Grand Rounds is a virtual lecture series held from 8:00am-9:00am on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. All physicians and support staff in the greater Barnabas-Rutgers network are invited to attend.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Pediatric Grand Rounds is a hybrid lecture series held from 8:00am-9:00am on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th (if applicable) Wednesday of each month, provided by the Medical School and is held in the Clinical Academic Building located at 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ. 3rd Floor conference room 3403-3404. Coffee and light breakfast provided.
Claiming CME Credit for Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Pediatric Grand Rounds:
To receive credit for attending the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Pediatric Grand Rounds, you must have an active profile in CloudCME and your mobile phone must be saved in the mobile phone field of your profile. If you do not have a profile, please go to https://rutgers.cloud-cme.com and register by using your Rutgers NetID and password (Rutgers faculty/staff/students) or, primary email address for non-Rutgers participants. A CME code will be provided at 8 am the morning of Grand Rounds and your attendance will be recorded by texting the code to 888-816-4893 before 8 pm that evening. Please note, the CME code will automatically expire and credit cannot be provided after 8 pm.
For Questions or concerns, please email Maricel Quiñones, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Grand Rounds Coordinator at mq99@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
Claiming CME Credit for System Grand Rounds:
To receive CME credit for attending the Pediatric System Grand Rounds sessions, an evaluation form must be completed. A link will be provided on the day of System Grand Rounds and can be completed from a smartphone, tablet, or pc. CME certificates will be provided electronically. Credit is only received if you attend the virtual live session.
For Questions or concerns, please email Ashley Henriquez, Pediatric System Grand Rounds Coordinator at ashleyah@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
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Contact Us
Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Academic Building, 7th Floor, 7102
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-235-7900
Chair's Office
Neil Silver, MPA
Senior Director of Administration
Email: silvernj@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Vivian De Los Santos
Staff Assistant
Email: vivian.delossantos@rutgers.edu
Ashley Henriquez
Program Support Specialist/Chair's Office
Email: ashleyah@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Abdur Khan
Business Manager
Email: ark157@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Donna Weeks, BS, PHR
Program Administrator
Email: weeksdo@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Make a Clinical Appointment
New Brunswick: 732-235-8700
For further information related to The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital, please visit www.bmsch.org.
Residency
Pediatric Residency Program
The Pediatric Residency Program prepares residents for any specialty in pediatrics whether in private practice, academic medicine, or a sub-specialty, accomplished through a comprehensive educational experience and broad exposure to clinical pediatrics.
Life at Rutgers
Envision Yourself Here
Rutgers is located in central New Jersey in the city of New Brunswick and across the Raritan River in Piscataway. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon counties rank fourth in per capita income nationwide. It is a manufacturing center, agricultural center, high-tech corporate center, and small-town America rolled into one.
Leadership
The faculty provide residents with an understanding of general pediatrics as well as knowledge within each of the sub-specialties in which they practice.
Faculty and staff in the Department of Pediatrics conduct clinical, research, educational and outreach activities which directly and indirectly impact the lives of children and their families in central New Jersey, throughout the state and regionally.
Simon Li, MD, MPH
Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Interim Physician-In-Chief, Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital
Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care
Phone: 732-235-7900
M. Douglas Baker, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Vice Chair of Education
Phone: 732-235-7893
Lawrence C. Kleinman, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Academic Development
Director, Division of Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7906
Faculty
Faculty by Specialty Area
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Sari Bentsianov, MD
Section Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7896 -
Patricia Whitley-Williams, MD
Division Director, Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Inclusion and Diversity
Phone: 732-235-7894Aswine Bal, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894Barrie Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894Sunanda Gaur, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894Roseann Marone, RN, BS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894Amisha Malhotra, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894 -
Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhD
Executive Director, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9326Caroline Coffield, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9329Margaret Gilbride, JD, CT
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-2109Sharon Lohrmann, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Positive Behavior Support in School
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9306Philip Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9328 -
Joseph Gaffney, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905Monica Chugh, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905Benjamin Lentzner, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905Robert Manduley, MD
Director, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905 -
Simon Li, MD
Interim Chair
Division Director, Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Interim Physician-In-Chief, Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital
Phone: 732-235-7887Steven Horwitz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Daniel Kaplan, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7787Michael Kelly, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-3380Cassandra Louis, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Maureen Madden, MSN, PCCNP
Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Kalgi Mody, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Manette Ness-Cochinwala, MD
Rutgers Health Instructor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Jennifer Owensby, MD
Interim Associate Director, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric ECMO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Hariprem Rajasekhar, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Natalie Torres-Feliz, MD
Interim Associate Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887Sirisha Yalamanchi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887 -
Joann Carlson, MD
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Resident Education and Nephrology
Phone: 732-235-7893 -
Elizabeth Goodman, MD
Pediatric Student Education Director
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7883 -
Ernest Leva, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7893Uchechi Azubuine, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893M. Douglas Baker, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Richard Brodsky, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Minh-Tu Do, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Rachael Grieco, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Kathryn Kean, MD
Rutgers Health Instructor
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893James Luckey, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Niel Miele, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Matthew Pepper, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893Prerna Trivedy, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893 -
Ian Marshall, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Endocrinology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9378Mariam Gangat, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-9378Ahmed Khattab, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-9378Patrick Rizzuto, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9378 -
Soula Koniaris, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Kristin Capone, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Yen Ping Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Sherry Huang, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Diane Hsu, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Elizaveta Iofel, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885Melissa Weidner, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885 -
Peter Cole, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5437Christina Amaro, PhD
Rutgers Health Clinical Instructor
732-235-5437Marissa Botwinick, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5437Richard A. Drachtman, MD
Clinical Section Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5437Karen Long-Traynor, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437Advaitha Madireddy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437Margaret Masterson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437Scott Moerdler, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437Susan Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437Archana Sharma, DO
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437 -
Dalya Chefitz, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Dean, Clinical Learning Environment
Phone: 732-235-7044Susan Dibs, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7787Elizabeth Goodman, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Associate Program Director Residency Program
Phone: 732-235-7044Aazim Hussain, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Fahmida Islam, MD
Rutgers Health Instructor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Aimee Lariviere, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Paula Lucuara Revelo, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Estherline Thoby, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Alan Weller, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044Sarah Yavelberg, MD
Rutgers Health Instructor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044 -
Arnold Rabson, MD
Director, Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology; Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine; and Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9523Derek Sant'Angelo, PhD
Director, Immunology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9394Gaetan Barbet, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9523David Comoletti, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-9466Amale Laouar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-6014Chi Wei Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-2870Zhiping Pang, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-8074Yufang Shi, DVM, PhD
University Professor of Pharmacology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-4501Qi Yang, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
732-235-9523Lisa Denzin, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Immunobiology
Phone: 732-235-9604Kenneth Paradiso, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9523 -
Michael Lewis, PhD, Director
University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Institute for the Study of Child Development
Phone: 732-235-7700Jason Gold, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Institute for the Study of Child Development
Phone: 732-235-7903Barbie Zimmerman-Bier, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7700
Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey -
Milen Velinov, MD
Division Director, Medical Genetics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9386Christina Botti, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9386Christopher Simotas, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9386 -
Vadim Ten, MD
Division Director, Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699Mayoor Bhatt, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864Swapna Borole, MD
Medical Director of Somerset Neonatal Services
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864Sharath Chowdowarapu, MD
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864Alexander Feldman, DO
Medical Director of Toms River Neonatal Services
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7760Rajiv Goel, MD
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864Thomas Hegyi, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-8958Deepak Jain, MD
Medical Director of New Brunswick Neonatal Services
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7760Leela Josyula, MD
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-685-2864Arun Kashyap, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7334Rajeev Mehta, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7063Joseph Napolitano, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699Barbara Ostfeld, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-6974Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5691Jayshree Savla, MBBS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864Manan Shah, MD
Rutgers Health Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699Anatoly Starkov, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699Jeffrey Suell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699Anjali Verma, MD
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864 -
Joann Carlson, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology
Program Director Pediatric Residency Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology
Phone: 732-235-7880Valeriya Feygina, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7880 -
Vikram Bhise, MD
Division Director, Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875Anna Beckwith, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875Abdolreza Esfahanizadeh, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875Genevieve Gabriel, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875 Clinical ProfileKarishma Parikh, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875 Clinical ProfileAmanda Spinner, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875 -
Lawrence Kleinman, MD, MPH
Professor and Vice Chair Academic Development
Division Director for Pediatric Population Health, Quality and Implementation Sciences (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7906Susan Dibs, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7787Jacqueline Fleming, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-6729Daniel Horton, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone:732-235-4980Manuel Jimenez, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-6188Emanuel Lerner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-743-5437Mary O'Connor, MD
RBHS Instructor
Department of Medicine
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Department of PediatricsShilpa Pai, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-6700Anna Petrova, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7319Usha Ramachandran, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Eric B. Chandler Health Center
Phone: 732-235-9030Nancy Reichman, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7977Elsie Roca-Piccini, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-743-5437Kristine Schmitz, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437Esha Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437Michele Takyi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437Dawn Thompson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 908-743-5437Shoshanna Zitter, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437 -
Thomas Scanlin, MD
Division Director, Pulmonary Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899Maya Ramagopal, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899Lakshmi Uppaluri, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899 -
Nandini Moorthy, MD, MS, FAAP
Division Director, Pediatric Rheumatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-4980Daniel Horton, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone:732-235-4980Cynthia Salvant, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone:732-235-4980
Volunteer Faculty
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Carlos Alemany, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDenise Aloisio, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMitchel Alpert, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorElana Altzman, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorShoba Amara, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorElizabeth Assing, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDiane Attardi, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorKaren Babcock, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorKandy Bahadur, MD
Clinical InstructorCathleen Ballance, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorFrank Barrows, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSebika Basu, MD
Clinical InstructorEduardo Bautista, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAnna Beckwith, MD
Clinical InstructorKatherine Beckwith-Fickas, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRudrani Belnekar, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDavid Bennett, MD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorWilliam Bernstein, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorVishwanath Bhat, MD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorRobert Biener, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRobert Bierman, MD
Clinical ProfessorAlexis Boneparth, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorLarnie Booker, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorHoward Brauer, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorAlicia Brennan, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorSusan Brill, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorJacqueline Brunetto, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorGail Burack, PhD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAlan Cabasso, MD
Clinical ProfessorLisa Capizzi-Marain, MSW, LCSW
Adjunct InstructorMarissa Castellano, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorFrank Castello, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorElsa Castro, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorNeil Cederbaum, MD
Clinical InstructorShakuntala Chandra, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDeborah Chen, MD
Clinical InstructorDorothy Chu, MD
Clinical InstructorDaniela Correa, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorCharles Dadzie, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorLauren Daniel, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorNancy Deacon, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRichard DeGroote, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAnnegret Dettwiler-Danspeckgruber, Ed.D
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorSusan Dulczak, NP
Clinical InstructorSanthosh Eapen, MD
Clinical InstructorJeffrey Eng, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSandra England, PhD
Emeritus ProfessorAndy Eugene, MD
Adjunct InstructorMichelle Fantasia, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorKristina Feja, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorChristina Ferruci-Da Silva, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJacqueline Finch, MD
Adjunct InstructorShirley Fisch, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMargaret Fisher, MD
Clinical ProfessorMelissa Fox, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorThomas Genco, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRupinder Gill, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMarilyn Giorgi, MD
Clinical InstructorJean Goh, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMarvin Goldman, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorBrahm Goldstein, MD
Adjunct ProfessorAlla Gordina, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorMeenakshi Goyal-Khemka, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMichael Graff, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorGary Gross, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorBruce Grossman, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorKoel Guha, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorPamela Hargwood
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJeffrey Herman, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRashmon Hingrajia, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDonna Hoagland, BSN, CIP, CCRP, CHRC
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJerome Hric, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSusan Hudome, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorAnna Irizarry-Wood, MSW, LCSW
Adjuncy InstructorAnna-Lise Jacobsen, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorYvette Janvier, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorHeather Jeney, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorHarumi Jyonouchi, MD
Clinical ProfessorSteven Kairys, MD
Clinical ProfessorMeera Kale, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSabah Kalyoussef, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMeltem Karatas, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRoopal Karia, MD
Clinical InstructorCharles Katz, PhD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMelvin Katz, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorHarsohena Kaur, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorRanbir Kaur, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRoxanne Kendall, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMarwa Khalil, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorImteyaz Khan, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRegina Kim, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSamuel Knee, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMichael Knox, PhD
Emeritus ProfessorAnne Koons, MD
Clinical ProfessorAmy Kotler, MD
Clinical InstructorDavid Krol, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorValerie Kullman, MD
Clinical InstructorKalpana Kumari, MD
Clinical InstructorAlla Kushnir, MD
Adjuncy Assistant ProfessorGeorge Lambert, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorStanley Lane, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorCarlos Lastra, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorGretchen Lawhorn, PhD, RN, CBC, FAAN
Adjunct Associate ProfessorSamantha Leib, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorFrank Leu, PhD
Adjunct InstructorYan Li, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJanice Lichtenberger, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorGeethanjali Lingasubramanian, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMary Lotze, NP
Clinical Associate ProfessorBeth Loveridge Lenza, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMichael Lucas, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorMatthew MacCarrick, MD
Clinical InstructorMichael MacKenzie, PhD
Associate ProfessorDavid M. Mahalick, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorRajeshwari Mahalingam, Ph.D., ABPN
Clinical Assistant ProfessorZeenat Malik, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorNicole Mallory, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorBert Mandelbaum, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorKelly Marcoux, PNP, RN
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAudrey Mars, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorTodd Mastrovitch, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorThomas McBride, MD
Clinical InstructorNaveen Mehrotra, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorTejal Mehta, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorUday Mehta, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorNaureen Memon, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDante Mercurio, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorRose Merola, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorLisa Michaels, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDenis Miller, MD
Adjunct ProfessorShoreh Miller, DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorChandrabhaga Miskin, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRobert Morgan, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSrividya Naganathan
Clinical Associate ProfessorPriti Nagnur, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorNader Nakhleh, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDaniel Notterman, M.D.
Clinical ProfessorLaura Novello, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorGeraldine Oades Sese, PhD
Clinical Associate ProfessorShivani Paliwal, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSudhir Parikh, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorFrances Pellica, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDemetria Pennington, MD
Clinical InstructorPeta-Gaye Peterson, DO
Clinical InstructorMargarette Pierre, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJoseph Pierson, MD
Clinical InstructorJamie Pinto, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorVincenza Piscitelli, PsyD
Clinical InstructorSharadha Polam, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorErin Qualter, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorVijaya Radhakrishna, MD
Clinical ProfessorTina Rakitt, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDavid Glenn Ramos, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorNancy Razza, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorKirby Rekedal, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorStephen Rice, MD
Clinical ProfessorPaulina Rojas, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorBarbara Romito, MA, CCLS
Adjunct InstructorSusan Rosenthal, MD
Clinical ProfessorTomas Rotschild, MD
Clinical InstructorElliot Rubin, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorThomas Rugino, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorRobert Salston, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorAlissa Sandler, MSW
Adjunct InstructorJanet Saslow, MD
Adjunct ProfessorJanet Schairer, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorPaul Schwartzberg, DO
Clinical Associate ProfessorMichael Segarra, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorEduardo Sembrano, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSandeep Shah, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSanjna Shah, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJeffrey Shahidullah, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDavid Sharlin, DO
Clinical Associate ProfessorRakesh Sharma, MD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorMichael Shen, PhD
Adjunct ProfessorDavid Shernoff, PhD
Adjunct Associate ProfessorAnup Singh, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorArchana Singh, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAlison Smoller, MD
Clinical InstructorMargarita Smotkin-Tangorra, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAzam Soroush, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRose St. Fleur, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorGary Stahl, MD
Adjunct ProfessorLavinia Stoicesu, MD
Clinical InstructorRichard Strauss, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorMarc Sturgill, PharmD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorNancy Sun, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorVictoria Surgan, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSidney Sussman, MD
Emeritus ProfessorWarren Sweberg, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorRobert Sweeney, DO
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJonathan Teitelbaum, MD
Clinical ProfessorTiong The, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorLarry Tiefenbrunn, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJay Tischfield, PhD
ProfessorEveline Traeger-Polinsky, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorChristine Tricarico, PharmD, MBA
Clinical InstructorRobert Trivers, PhD
Adjunct ProfessorMichele Tuck, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDiana Vazquez
Adjunct ProfessorAnu Venkat, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorRenuka Verma, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAnna Vetrano, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorYiping Wang, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJames Warfield, PhD, JD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorLynne Weiss, MD
Emeritus ProfessorHoward Wiener, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorJohn Worobey, PhD
Adjunct Associate ProfessorMengqing Xiang, PhD
Clinical ProfessorEugenia Xu, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorWeizhen Xu, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorNibal Zaghloul, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorVincent Zales, MD
Clinical ProfessorJodi Zalewitz, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorRobert Zanni, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Affiliations and Collaborations
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
One Robert Wood Johnson Place • New Brunswick NJ, 08903 | (732) 828-3000 - The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Center for Advanced BioTechnology and Medicine
679 Hoes Lane • Piscataway NJ 08854 | (732) 235-5310 - Children's Specialized Hospital
150 New Providence Road • Mountainside NJ 07092 | (888) CHILDREN - Children's Health Institute of New Jersey
89 French Street • 4th floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | (732) 235-9523 - Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street • New Brunswick, NJ 08903-268 | (732) 235-CINJ - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
170 Frelinghuysen Road • Piscataway, NJ 08854 - Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33 • Neptune, NJ 07753 | (732) 775-5500 - Somerset Medical Center
110 Rehill Avenue • Somerville, NJ 08876 | (908) 685-2200 - St. Clare's Home for Children
2091 East Valley Parkway Blvd. • Escondido, CA, 92027 | (760) 741-0122
Research
In addition to teaching and clinical activities, faculty, fellows and residents are involved in basic clinical research. Some of the many research project opportunities include:
- pediatric HIV;
- nephrotic syndrome;
- developmental follow-up of premature infants;
- control of neonatal respiration;
- necrotizing enterocolitis;
- transdermal drug administration;
- autism;
- Tourette’s syndrome;
- childhood rheumatological diseases;
- learning and motivation in the infant;
- sexual abuse in children;
- new treatments of childhood cancer;
- respiratory mechanics in children with lung disease;
- molecular genetics;
- emergency room utilization;
- and screening for language delay.
Residents are required to complete a scholarly activity prior to graduation. Projects involving quality improvement and community advocacy have been completed to fulfill this requirement and opportunities in the Pediatric Clinical Research Center, located within the Child Health Institute, are available to residents.
Pediatric Clinical Research Center (PCRC)
The Pediatric Clinical Research Center (PCRC) offers direct connections to a wide array of experienced clinical and basic scientists at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Child Health Institute of New Jersey and the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University.
The mission of the center is to:
- Expand access to innovative clinical trials and novel treatments for New Jersey's children.
- Establish and support a state-of-the-art training environment for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students, residents and fellows.
- Logistical Assistance: We assist investigators in acquiring and launching new studies, and provide recruitment and data collection assistance if needed.
- Regulatory Assistance: We assist investigators in completion of regulatory documentation, IRB submission and oversight.
- Outreach: We assist investigators in developing agreements with pharmaceutical corporations, Clinical Research Organizations, and Site Management Organizations.
The PCRC is housed within the Child Health Institute of New Jersey (directly adjacent to the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital) and is a fully staffed and equipped clinical research facility capable of conducting both inpatient and outpatient pediatric clinical trials.)
The Pediatric Clinical Research Center (PCRC) is an academic clinical research center within the Department of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The PCRC offers direct connections to a wide array of experienced clinical and basic scientists at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Child Health Institute of New Jersey and the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University.
The PCRC provides the infrastructure and core services designed to facilitate clinical research throughout the entire children’s campus.
Active Studies
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This is a multi-center, randomized trial to compare the effectiveness of a treatment regimen including cyclosporine (CSA) to a regimen including mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and oral pulse steroids in inducing the remission of proteinuria in participants with steroid resistant FSGS. Both regimens contain an ACE inhibitor and alternate day low dose prednisone. In addition to this, another study will assess the safety and tolerability of two novel drugs, a TNF-a antagonist and a PPAR-g agonist, in patients with resistant FSGS. Participants must be between the ages of 2-40 years old at the onset of signs or symptoms of FSGS to join these studies.
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cKiD is an observational, epidemiological study of children ages 1-16 years old with mildly to moderately impaired kidney function. The primary goals of this study are to determine the risk factors for kidney function decline and define how this progressive decline impacts neurocognitive function and behavior; the risk factors for cardiovascular disease; and growth failure with its associated morbidities. Participation involves annual study visits where kidney function is measured through glomerular filtration rate-iohexol plasma disappearance. Neurocognitive and behavioral tests will also be administered and cardiovascular risk factors monitored through blood pressure and ECHO exams. Annual visits will last for up to four years.
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This is a 5-year study that aims to examine the role of genes in the development of autism. Children that are 4 years old or older and have been diagnosed as having autism and at least five family members will be enrolled. The child's mental health and development will be assessed through physical examinations and clinical assessments, which will be videotaped. Family members will receive scheduled home visits and will be asked to donate blood or cheek cell samples. A battery of intelligence, standard behavioral, language, and reading tests will also be administered to each member. Such tests will last 3-5 hours, while testing the entire family takes most of the day. All subject contact, from screening through testing, should be completed over the course of a month.
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This open-label, single-arm, multi-center, out patient study aims to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a combination tablet containing both sumatriptan succinate and naproxen sodium in the long term treatment of migraine in adolescents 12 to 17 years old. Subjects will use an e-diary to measure quality of life and treatment satisfaction. Treatment will last up to 12 months.
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The object of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ceftobiprole in patients three months old to eighteen years of age, who require therapeutic or prophylactic therapy with systemic antibiotics. Ceftobiprole is a broad spectrum IV cephalosporin, with activity against MRSA, currently in phase 3 clinical trials. It is also active against Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Morganella morganii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and various other bacteria. Total duration of the study is approximately 18 days with three separate phases: a 24-48 hour screening phase, a 2 day open label treatment phase, and a post treatment phase.
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This project is aimed at studying the association between a child's weight and asthma, and will occur in conjunction with "A New Weigh", a 12-week, multidisciplinary weight management program designed for overweight children between ages 3 to 18 years, being conducted by the Adolescent Division at the BMSCH at RWJUH. In addition to asthma screening, the children will also be screened for sleep problems and allergies.
Faculty
Sunanda Gaur, MD
Research Center Director
Professor of Pediatrics
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Phone: 732-235-8975
Email: gaursu@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Marc Sturgill, PharmD
Assistant Director
Associate Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
732-235-5957
marc.sturgill@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
Gail Burack, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Clinical Assistant Professor
732-235-9337
burackgd@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Nurse Manager
Lisa Cerracchio, BSN, RN-BC, CCRC
Nurse Manager
cerracli@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Clinical Services
Accordion Content
View our Pediatric Clinical Subspecialty Services brochure.
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Adolescent medicine-obstetrics-gynecology multidisciplinary gynecology program
- Adolescent medicine-endocrinology multidisciplinary transgender program
- Eating disorders program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Food allergy evaluation and management program
- Environmental allergen assessment and management program
- Drug allergy assessment and desensitization program
- Vaccine allergy assessment and management program
- Allergen immunotherapy & sublingual immunotherapy program
- Asthma, atopic dermatitis & chronic urticaria biological therapy program
- Immunodeficiency evaluation and management program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Cardiology-Obstetrics fetal congenital heart disease program
- Comprehensive echocardiology program
- Diagnostic cardiology network outreach program- Somerset, Jersey City, Lakewood (Chemed), Monmouth
- Preventative Cardiology Program
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- Comprehensive inpatient diagnostic and management program
- PICU staffed 24/7 solely by Board-eligible/Board-certified Pediatric Critical Care Medicine physicians
- Procedural sedation program
- ECMO program
- Neuro-intensive care program
- Clinical, translational, and large-data research program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Nationally recognized Cystic Fibrosis Center of excellence
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- NJ's only Comprehensive outpatient consultation program for children with diagnostic dilemmas
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- Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Medicine program
- Pediatric Emergency Department staffed 24/7 solely by Board-eligible/Board-certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine physicians
- NJ's only pediatric office preparedness consultation program
- Level 2 pediatric trauma center
- Pediatric emergency ultrasound (POCUS) program
- Telemedicine outreach (to network general emergency departments) program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Endocrinology-Adolescent Medicine multidisciplinary transgender program
- Diabetes evaluation & management program
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Center of Excellence
- Newborn screening for endocrine disorders program
- Hypopituitarism genetic diagnostic program
- NIH collaborative short-stature program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Inflammatory bowel disease program
- Gastroenterology-Surgery multidisciplinary obesity and weight-management program
- Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Inpatient Consult Service
- Gastroenterology-Pulmonary multidisciplinary aerodigestive program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Rare diseases program
- Newborn screening program
- Genetics-craniofacial surgery multidisciplinary evaluation and management program
- Genetics-MFM multidisciplinary congenital anomalies follow-up program
- Comprehensive Fragile-X clinical and research program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Leukemia and lymphoma program
- Neuro-oncology program
- Solid tumor program
- Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
- Thallasemia program
- Bone marrow failure program
- Hemophilia program
- Thrombosis program
- Vascular malformations program
- CART-T program
- LITE cancer survivors program
- PACCT advanced comprehensive care program
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- Comprehensive inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Newborn medicine program
- Inpatient service staffed solely by Board-eligible/Board-certified Hospital Medicine physicians
- Inpatient medical consultation program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- COVID-19 acute care and chronic follow-up program
- Comprehensive HIV program
- Antibiotic stewardship program
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- NJ's only international adoption medicine consultation service
- Comprehensive pre-adoption dossier and special needs assessment program
- Post-adoption clinical evaluation and management consultation program
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- Comprehensive inpatient diagnostic and management program
- NICU staffed 24/7 solely by Board-eligible/Board-certified neonatologists
- Neonatal resuscitation and simulation clinical and research program
- Brain-cooling and neuro-ICU clinical and research program
- Neonatal ECMO program
- Neonatal advanced chronic lung disease clinical and research program
- Micro-premie care program
- SIDS Center of New Jersey
- Infant apnea program
- CSH-BMSCH high-risk infant follow-up program
- Neonatal-Neurology program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring program
- Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis program
- Renal transplant program
- Telemedicine nutrition counseling program
- Nephrology-Urology-Rheumatology multidisciplinary program
- Prenatal kidney disease counseling program
- Pediatric end-stage renal disease program
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Neurology-neurosurgery multidisciplinary epilepsy program
- Neurology-CSH multidisciplinary concussion program
- Multiple sclerosis program
- Neuro-oncology program
- Developmental pediatrics program
- Pediatric epilepsy program
- Pediatric headache program
- Neonatal-Neurology program
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- Comprehensive outpatient primary care diagnostic and management program
- Embedded behavioral health assessment and management program
- Comprehensive patient education program
- Photo-screening & hearing screening program
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) programs- Chandler and Lakewood
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
- Nationally recognized Cystic Fibrosis Center of excellence
- Pulmonary function assessment and management program
- Children’s comprehensive sleep disorders program
- Asthma care program
- Home ventilator & tracheostomy management program
- Pulmonary-Gastroenterology multidisciplinary aerodigestive program
- Pediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy Service
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- Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient diagnostic and management program
Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways are tools that translate evidence-based guidelines into the local infrastructure and system to help guide and support the care team. They help to standardize care and minimize variation for a specific clinical problem, process, procedure, or episode in a defined population. Pathways identify an appropriate sequence of clinical interventions, time frames, milestones, and expected outcomes for a comparable patient group. These pathways are NOT hospital policies; they are meant to guide clinical care; however, clinicians should use their judgment to determine if the patient should be on the pathway or not.
All clinical pathways are based on the most recent national or international guidelines and are reviewed at regular intervals to appropriate use and clinical relevance.
The clinical pathways are based upon publicly available medical evidence and/or a consensus of medical practitioners at Robert Wood Johnson-Bristol Meyers Squibb Children's Hospital ("BMSCH") and are current at the time of publication. These clinical pathways are intended to be a guide for practitioners and may need to be adapted for each specific patient based on the practitioner’s professional judgment, consideration of any unique circumstances, the needs of each patient and their family, and/or the availability of various resources at the health care institution where the patient is located.
Accordingly, these clinical pathways are not intended to constitute medical advice or treatment, or to create a doctor-patient relationship between/among Robert Wood Johnson-Bristol Meyers Squibb Children's Hospital ("BMSCH"), its physicians, and the individual patients in question. BMSCH does not represent or warrant that the clinical pathways are in every respect accurate or complete, or that one or more of them apply to a particular patient or medical condition. BMSCH is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the clinical pathways, or for any outcomes a patient might experience where a clinician consulted one or more such pathways in connection with providing care for that patient.
Divisions
The Department of Pediatrics is made up of 15 divisions of pediatric sub-specialties.
Centers and Institutes
The department is proud of its pediatric programs and centers of excellence including:
- The Cystic Fibrosis Center
- The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
- The Institute for the Study of Child Development
- The SIDS Center of New Jersey
- Robert Wood Johnson AIDS Program
- Programs in neonatology, hematology/oncology at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, sickle cell, nephrology and renal transplant, diabetes, cardiology, neurology and epilepsy, asthma, pulmonary/pulmonary function and the sleep center, adolescent medicine, allergy, immunology and infectious disease, emergency medicine and clinical toxicology, critical care, gastroenterology and nutrition, general pediatrics, medical genetics and rheumatology
In the last five years, the department has opened three new Bristol-Myers Squibb Centers in Metabolism, Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Rheumatology providing the opportunity to expand our services with these new centers.
Our academic children’s health center which is the only one in New Jersey includes the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital (a regional inpatient rehabilitation hospital for children), The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Department of Pediatrics.
Directions
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Department of Pediatrics
89 French Street,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
For appointments: 732-235-6230
Somerset Office
Department of Pediatrics
1 Worlds Fair Drive
Somerset, NJ 08873
For appointments: 732-743-5437
Edison Office
Department of Pediatrics
760 Amboy Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837
For appointments: 732-235-6230