Faculty Biography

Eric Eichenwald, MD

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Education:

MD: Harvard Medical School

Residency (Pediatrics): Children's Hospital, Boston

Fellowship (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine): Joint Program in Neonatology and Harvard Medical School, Boston

Clinical and Research Interests:

Quality Improvement in the NICU

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Treatment

Selected Publications:

Manuscripts:

• Eichenwald EC, Abimbola A, Stark AR. Apnea frequently persists beyond term gestation in infants delivered at 24 to 28 weeks. Pediatrics, 1997; 100:354-359.
• Chen KT, Tuomala RE, Cohen AP, Eichenwald EC, Lieberman E. No Increase Rates of Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis by Non-Group B Streptococcus or Ampicillin Resistant Organisms. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2001; 185: 854-8.
• Eichenwald EC, Blackwell M, Lloyd JS, Tran T, Wilker R, Richardson DK. Inter-NICU Variation in Discharge Timing: Influence of Apnea and Feeding Management. Pediatrics, 2001; 108:928-33.
• Zupancic JAF, Richardson DK, O'Brien BJ, Eichenwald EC, Weinstein MC. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Predischarge Monitoring for Apnea of Prematurity. Pediatrics 2003; 111:146-152.
• Soul JS, Eichenwald EC, Walter G, Volpe JJ, du Plessis AJ. CSF Removal in Infantile Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus Results in Significant Improvement in Cerebral Hemodynamics. Pediatr Res. 2004 55:872-6.
• Puopolo K, Madoff L, Eichenwald EC. Early-Onset GBS Disease in the Era of Maternal Screening. Pediatrics 2005 115: 1240 - 1246.
• Chen K, Puopolo K, Eichenwald EC, Onderdonk A, Lieberman E. No Increase in Rates of Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis by Antibiotic-Resistant group B Streptococcus in the Era of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005 192: 1167-1171
• Blackwell MT, Eichenwald EC, McAlmon K, Petit K, Linton PT, McCormick MC, Richardson DK. Interneonatal Intensive Care Unit Variation in Growth Rates and Feeding Practices in Healthy Moderately Premature Infants. J Perinatol. 2005 25: 478-485
• Escobar GJ, McCormick MC, Zupancic JAF, Armstrong MA, Greene JD, Eichenwald EC, Richardson DK. Unstudied Infants: Outcomes of Moderately Premature Infants in the NICU. Arch Dis Child 2006 91: 238-244
• Ballard RA, Truog WE, Cnaan A, Martin RJ, Ballard PL, Merrill JD, Walsh MC, Durand DJ, Mayock DE, Eichenwald EC, Null DR, Hudack ML, Puri AR, Golombek SG, Courtney SE, Stewart SE, Phibbs RH, Hibbs AM, Luan X, Wadlinger SR, Asselin JM, Coburn CE for the NO CLD Study Group. Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation. N Engl J Med 2006 355: 343-353
• Eichenwald EC High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation: Is Equivalence with Conventional Mechanical Ventilation Enough? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006 91: F315-317
• VanderVeen DK, Mansfield TA, Eichenwald EC. Lower Oxygen Saturation Alarm Limits Decrease the Severity of Retinopathy of Prematurity. J AAPOS 2006 10: 445-448
• Limperopoulos C, Bassan, H; Kalish L, Ringer S, Eichenwald EC, Walter, G, Moore, M, Vanasse M, DiSalvo, D Soul J, Volpe, J du Plessis A. Current definitions of hypotension do not predict cranial ultrasound abnormalities in premature infants. Pediatrics, 2007;120:966-77.
• Eichenwald EC, Stark AR. Are postnatal steroids ever justified to treat severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonat, 2007 Sep;92(5):F334-7
• Di Fiore JM, Hibbs AM, Zadell AE, Merrill JD, Eichenwald EC, Puri AR, Mayock DE, Courtney SE, Ballard RA, Martin RJ. The effect of inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary function in preterm infants. J Perinatal, 2007 27: 766-71
• Eichenwald EC, Stark AR. Management and outcomes of very low birth weight. N Engl J Med, 2008 358: 1700-11
• Gregory ML, Eichenwald EC, Puopolo KM. Seven Year Experience with a Surveillance Program to Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics, 2009; 123:e790-796
• Puopolo KM, Eichenwald EC. No change in ampicillin-resistant neonatal early-onset sepsis over 18 years. Pediatrics, 2010; 125: e1031-1038
• Eichenwald EC, Zupancic JAF, Mao WY, McCormick MC, Escobar GE. Variation in diagnosis of apnea in moderately preterm infants predicts length of stay. Pediatrics, 2011; 127: e53-58.

Chapters:

• Eichenwald EC. Early Discharge of the Premature Infant. In Polin RA, Yoder MC (eds.) Workbook in Practical Neonatology 4th Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2007.
• Eichenwald EC. Apnea of Prematurity. In Brodsky D and Ouellette MA (eds.) Primary Care of the Premature Infant. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2008.
• Eichenwald EC. Care of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant. In Devaskar S and Gleason CW (eds.) Avery's Diseases of the Newborn 9th Edition Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, (in press).

Books:

• Cloherty J, Eichenwald EC, Hansen A, Stark AR (eds): Manual of Neonatal Care, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (in press).