Neonatology Fellows

Pediatrics

Samantha Brunk, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow

1200 Everett Drive
ETNP 7504
Okc, Ok 73104

405-271-5215

Fun Fact about yourself
"My name was accidentally spelled wrong on my birth certificate, so I was legally named "Samamtha" until I filed for a name change when we found out when I was 15 years old. I still have childhood friends who jokingly call me Samamtha to this day."

Academic Section(s):

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Education:

Medical School: Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Residency:

University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Clinical/Research Interests:

Clinical/Research Interests: Nutrition & BPD, ECMO, POCUS

Select Honors & Accomplishments:

-Chief Resident 2023-2024

-Gold Humanism Honor Society

-Alpha Omega Alpha Scholar

Select Publications:

Olander, E.M., Brunk, S., Kesterson, J., An Infant with Failure to Thrive and Hypotonia. NeoReviews. August 2021.

-Washington, K. T., Craig, K. W., Parker Oliver, D., Ruggeri, J. S., Brunk, S. R., Goldstein, A. K., & Demiris, G. Family caregivers’ perspectives on communication with cancer care providers. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. May 2019.

-Ruck, EC, Linard (Brunk) SR, Nakov T, Theriot EC, Alverson AJ. Hoarding and horizontal transfer led to an expanded gene and intron repertoire in the plasmid genome of the diatom, Toxarium undulatum (Bacillariophyta). Current Genetics. September 2016.