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Section Leadership

Trent Tipple, MD

Trent E Tipple, MD

Professor and Section Chief, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Nutrition Physiology, Biochemistry& Molecular Biology
Children's Health Foundation Reba McEntire Endowed Chair in Neonatology

Medical and Operational Leadership

Benazir Drabu, MD
Pediatrics

Benazir Drabu, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Oklahoma Children's Hospital Mother-Baby Unit


1200 North Everett Drive; ETNP 7504
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405-271-5215

Benazir-Drabu@ouhsc.edu


Interests:
Medical students and resident education, Education on newborn medicine

Languages Spoken: English, Urdu, Kashmiri


Academic Section(s):

Neonatal-Perinatal


Education:

Medical School: Government Medical College and Associated Hospitals, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India - 1984
Anesthesiology Resident, Sher-i-Kashmir Intitue of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India - 1991
Sher-i-Kashmir Institure of Soura, Department of Anesthesiology, Medicial Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir, India - 1991
Family Medicine Resident, St. Anthony Hospital - 202
Pediatric Residency: The Univeristy of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - 2005


Clinical/Research Interests:

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine


Select Publications:

Non-invasive Measurement of Local Tissue Perfusion and its Correlation with Hemodynamic Indices during the transition in term Infants 2011. Shahab Noori, MD, Benazir Drabu, MD, Michael McCoy, MS, ARNP and K C Sekar, J Perinatol.

Continuous non-invasive cardiac output measurements in the neonate by electrical velocimetry: a comparison with echocardiography 2011. Shahab Noori, Benazir Drabu, Sadaf Soleymani, Istvan Seri Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed http://fn.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/archdischild-2011-301090v1?papetoc



Educational Leadership

Erynn Bergner, MD

Erynn Bergner, MD

Assistant Professor
Fellowship Program Director, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Assistant Medical Director of Neonatal Nutrition, Oklahoma Children's Hospital
Medical Director, Oklahoma Mother's Milk Bank

Douglas Dannaway, MD

Doug Dannaway, MD

Associate Fellowship Program Director
Director of Neonatal Education and Simulation
Associate Medical Director of Transport, Labor, Delivery, and Consultation
Associate Professor, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Netsanet Kassa, MD

Netsanet Kassa, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of Resident Education, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Research Leadership

Hala Chaaban, MD

​Hala Chaaban, MD

Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Director of Translational Research, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Peter Vitiello, PhD

Peter Vitiello, PhD

Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor of Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director of Laboratory Research, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Faculty

Tamara Alexander, MD

Tamara Alexander, MD

Assistant Professor

Lora Bailey-Downs, PhD

Lora Bailey-Downs, PhD

Assistant Professor

Faizah Bhatti, MD

Faizah Bhatti, MD

Associate Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Member, Oklahoma Center for Neurosciences

Sara Brewer, DO

Sara Brewer, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Kathryn Burge, PhD

Kathryn Burge, PhD

Assistant Professor

Trassanee "Pearl" Chatmethakul
Nalini Dasari, MD

Nalini Dasari, MD

Assistant Professor

Rose Doolittle, MD

Rose Doolittle, MD

Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Eckert, PhD

Jeffrey Eckert, PhD

Director of Lab Research
Assistant Professor of Research

Arlen Foulks, DO

Arlen Foulks, DO

Assistant Professor
Medical Director of NeoFlight Neonatal Transport Service
Assistant Medical Director, Level 2 NICU at St. Anthony Hospital
Chair of American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics (AOBP)
Chair of the Neonatal Exam Committee on the AOBP
Adjunct Clinical Assistance Professor in Pediatrics at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Center of Health Sciences

Abhrajit Ganguly, MD

Abhrajit Ganguly, MD

Assistant Professor

Vadim Ivanov, MD

Vadim Ivanov, MD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Medical Director of CCMH NICU
Neonatologist

Erin Jain, MD

Erin Jain, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatrician

Barbara Johnson, MD

Barbara Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Director of NICU Resident Education

Samuel Levin, MD

Samuel Levin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
 

Karman Low, MD

Karman Low, MD

Assistant Professor

Marjorie Makoni, MD

Marjorie Makoni, MD

Assistant Professor
Neonatologist

Erin Mamatov, MD

Erin Mamatov, MD

Assistant Professor

Maxwell Mathias, MD

Maxwell Mathias, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Alicia Ann Moise, MD
Raja Nandyal, MD

Raja Nandyal, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director Oklahoma Infant Transition Program (OITP)
Medical Director of Oklahoma Transition Clinic (OTC)
Chairman of OUHSC Neonatal Mortality Committee (NMC)

Gaston Ofman, MD

Gaston Ofman, MD

Assistant Professor

Azif Safarulla, MD

Azif Safarulla, MD

Pediatrician

Tavleen Sandhu, MD

Tavleen Sandhu, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director of NeoFlight Neonatal Transport Service

Kris Sekar, MD

Kris Sekar, MD

Professor
Neonatologist

Birju Shah, MD, MPH, MBA

Birju Shah, MD, MPH, MBA

Associate Professor
Neonatologist

Pratibha Thakkar, MD

Pratibha Thakkar, MD

Assistant Professor

Lauren White, DO

Lauren White, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Director of Transition and Labor Consults
Neonatologist

Anne Wlodaver, MD

Anne Wlodaver, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of SAH Level II NICU