Faculty Biography

Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH

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Education:

MD: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

Residency (Pediatrics): University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

Fellowship (Neonatology): McMaster University School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

MPH: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

Clinical and Research Interests:

• High Risk infants
• Multicenter Clinical Trials
• Training of Clinical Investigators

Publications (selected):

• Tyson JE, Parikh NA, Langer J, Green C, Higgins RD for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  Intensive care for extreme prematurity - Moving beyond gestational age.  N Eng J Med 358:1672-81, 2008.
• Morris B, Oh W, Tyson JE et al. Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for extremely low birth weight infants: A multicenter randomized trial. New Engl J Med 359:1885, 2008.
• Saigal S, Tyson J.  Measurement of Quality of Life of survivors of neonatal intensive care:  critique and implications.  Sem Perinatol 32:59-66, 2008.
• Stevenson D, Tyson J. Beware of the Weaker Sex: don’t get too close to your twin brother. Pediatrics 120:638-9, 2007.
• Blakely M, Tyson J.  Laparotomy vs peritoneal drainage for NEC. Pediatrics117:e680, 2006.
• Kennedy KA, Tyson JE.  Trophic feedings for parenterally fed infants.  In:  Sinclair J, Bracken M. Soll RF, Horbar JD (eds). The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews, 2005, Issue 2, BMJ Pub, London.
• Tyson J, Saigal S. The outcome of ELBW infants: Disappointing News. Commentary, JAMA 294:371, 2005.
• Van Meurs K, et al.  Inhaled nitric oxide for premature infants with resp. failure. N Eng J Med 353:13, 2005.
• Ambalavanan N, Tyson JE, Kennedy KA, et al.  Vitamin A supplementation for ELBW infants:  Outcome  at 18-22 months.  Pediatrics 115(3), 2005

  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/future/115.3shtml.

• Shankaran S, et al.  Whole body hypothermia reduces death or disability with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.  N Engl J Med 353:2574,2005.
• Ambalavanan N, et al. Comparison of 3 vitamin A regimens in ELBW infants. J Pediatr 142:656, 2003.
• Kennedy KA, Tyson JE (eds).  Evidence-Based Medicine.  Clin Perinatol, Saunders, Philadelphia, June 2003.
• Tyson J, Gilstrap L. Hope for perinatal prevention of cerebral palsy.  JAMA 290:2730, 2003.
• Tyson JE and Stoll BJ.  Evidence-Based Ethics.  In: Clinics in Perinatology, 30:363, 2003.
• Stoll BJ, et al. Pathogens causing early-onset sepsis in VLBW infants. New Engl J Med 347:240, 2002.
• Stark A, et al.  Adverse effects of early dexamethasone in ELBW infants. N Engl J Med 344:95, 2001.
• Schmidt B et al.  Indomethacin prophylaxis in ELBW infants.  N Engl J Med 344:1966, 2001.
• Tyson J, Knudson P. Views of neonatologists & parents on consent for clinical trials. Lancet 356:2026, 2000.
• Broyles R, Tyson J. Comprehensive care & life-threatening illness. JAMA 284:2070, 2000.
• Papile L, Tyson J, et al.  A multicenter trial of two dexamethasone regimens.  N Engl J Med 338:1112, 1998.
• Tyson J, Broyles R. Progress in assessing the long-term outcome of  ELBW infants.  JAMA 276:492, 1996.
• Tyson JE, et al.  Viability, morbidity, & resource use among newborns 501-800g BW. JAMA 276:1645, 1996.

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH
  Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
• Director, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.106
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5651
  fax: (713) 500-0519
  e-mail: Jon.E.Tyson@ uth.tmc.edu
• Executive Assistant:
  Alice Reardon | (713) 500-5651