Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD

Associate Professor

732-235-5699
Department(s) Pediatrics

Publications

1). Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD, Amrryn Halari, MBBS, Jenny Choi, Sutharsanam Balaji, MD, Su Young Park, MD, Rajeev Mehta, MD. A Term Neonate With 1p36 Deletion Syndrome and 16p12 Deletion: A Case Report and Literature Review

neonatal INTENSIVE CARE Vol. 38 No. 2 n Spring 2025 https://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://nicmag.ca/pdf/NIC-38-2-Spring-2025-R14-web.pdf

2)  Puvabanditsin S, Burjonrappa S, Cordero N, Park SY, Choi J, Halari A, Arumemi D, Mehta R. Persistent Ompahalomesenteric Duct in a Newborn With 16p11.2 Deletion: Report of New Findings. Clin Case Rep. 2025 Oct 15;13(10):e70923. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70923. PMID: 41103600

3) Puvabanditsin S, Saad AG, Sangam A, Poltronetti A, Park SY, Halari A, Mehta R. Congenital Nasal Choristoma (Hairy Polyp) in a Term Neonate: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Clin Case Rep. 2025 Oct 15;13(10):e70988. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70988. eCollection 2025 Oct. PMID: 41103593

4)  Puvabanditsin S, Sandouk A, Lee I, Shah M, Halari A, Park SY, Mehta R. Purpura Fulminans and Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Premature Infant.Case Rep Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 22;2025:2925403. doi: 10.1155/crdi/2925403. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41446432 

5) Puvabanditsin S, Lee I, Cordero N, Target K, Park SY, Mehta R. A Fatal Case of 3Hydroxyisobutyryl- CoA Hydrolase Deficiency in a Term Infant with Severe High Anion Gap Acidosis and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Genet. 2024 Jun 30;2024:8099373. doi: 10.1155/2024/8099373.

eCollection 2024. PMID: 38975013

6) Su Young Park, MD, Amrryn Halari, MBBS, Nikhitha Kotha, DO, Sameera Chaudhry, MD, Mona Khan, DO Milen Velinov, MD, Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD. A Second Case of Spondylocostal Dysplasia Including Urogenital Anomalies, Associated With Homozygous Variant c.699 G>C in Gene TBX6  neonatal INTENSIVE CARE Vol. 37 No. 3 n Summer 2024

https://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://nicmag.ca/pdf/NIC-37-3-Summer-2024-R14B-web.pdf

Ongoing projects:

  • Inhaled Nitric Oxide For The Prevention Of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) In Preterm Infants Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Or Positive Pressure Support On Days 5-14 After Birth (IK-3001-BPD-301

Future projects:

  • Randomizes, Double-Blind, Multi-Center Study to Compare the efficacy and Safety of Micafungin Versus Amphotericin B Deoxycholate for the Treatment of Neonatal Candidiasis

Principal Investigator

1) Principal Investigator Clinical Protocol No. SHP607-202 “A Phase 2b/3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open- label, Controlled, 3-Arm Study to Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of SHP607 in Preventing Chronic Lung Disease Through 12 Months Corrected Age (CA) Compared to Standard Neonatal Care in Extremely  Premature Infants”   
July 2019 – December 2022   

2) Principal Investigator Clinical Protocol No.C3591025: A phase 2a, 2-part, open-label, non-randomized,    
multicenter, single and multiple dose trial to evaluate pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of ceftazidime and avibactam in neonates and infants from birth to less than 3 months of age with suspected or confirmed infection due to gram-negative pathogens requiring intravenous antibiotic treatment 
May 2020- December 2021

3) Principal Investigator Clinical Protocol No. MK-1654-004: A Phase 2b/3 Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-1654 in Healthy Pre-Term and Full-Term Infants 
December 2021-2025

4) Principal Investigator Clinical Protocol No. MK1654-007A Phase 3, Palivizumab-Controlled Evaluation of Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of MK-1654 in Infants and Children at Increased Risk for Severe RSV Disease 
August 2022- December 2025

5) Principal Investigator Clinical Protocol No.  C3601010: A Phase 2a, 2-part, Open-Label, Non-randomized, Multicenter, Single and Multiple Dose Trial to Evaluate Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Aztreonam and Avibactam ± Metronidazole in Neonates and Infants From Birth to Less Than 9 Months of Age with Suspected or Confirmed Infections Due to Gram-Negative Pathogens Requiring Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment 
July 2024 – December 2026

 

Education & Training

Undergraduate Education:
Mahidol University
Degree: B.Sc. 
Date: 4/1975


Graduate Education:
Ramathibodi Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
Degree: M.D. 
Date:     4/1977

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
         
Fellow in Neonatology
Division of Neonatology
UMDNJ Newark, NJ

Undergraduate Education:
Mahidol University  
Degree: B.Sc. 
Date: 4/1975

Graduate Education:

Ramathibodi Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
Degree: M.D. 
Date:     4/1977

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:      

Fellow in Neonatology Division of Neonatology
UMDNJ Newark, NJ
6/1983 - 7/1985

Resident in Pediatrics
Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY
6/80-7/83  


Public Health Student
Tulane Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
9/1979 - 5/1980

Resident in General Practitioner
Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital
Bangkok, THAILAND
4/1978 - 4/1979

 Internship
Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital
Bangkok, THAILAND
4/1977 - 4/1978

Honors & Awards


Pediatric Attending of the Year, Jersey City Medical Center:
  1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005