Academic Section(s):
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Education:
MD: Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Pediatric Residency: State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences Center
Neonatology Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Board Certification(s):
American Board of Pediatrics, General, 2021
Clinical/Research Interests:
I am interested in clinical and patient-centered research that improves the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of neonates with intestinal diseases. As a member of the Intestinal Malrotation Patient and Clinician Team, I engage in collaborative research to improve intestinal malrotation awareness and improve outcomes. Additionally, my clinical research priorities include improving the growth of infants who need intestinal rehabilitation and optimization of trace element nutrition.
Select Honors & Accomplishments:
2025-Children's Health Foundation & Gerber Research Foundation Novice Award
2024-UPMC Graduate Medical Education Travel Award
2023-Necrotizing Enterocolitis Society, Symposium Platform Award
2023-Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium, Symposium Platform Award
2022 –Magee Women’s Research Institute, Clinical Trainee Research Award
2020 – Alicia and Madu Rao Family Foundation for Pediatric Research, Award
Select Publications:
Huff KA, Mezoff EA, Azzuqa A, Bodkin D, Hightower H, Corkins MR, Rudolph JA, Strobel KM, Kim JH, Premkumar MH, Nayak SP; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Intestinal Failure Focus Group. Current state of neonatal intestinal rehabilitation care in North America: A descriptive survey-based study. Nutr Clin Pract. 2025 Oct 28. doi: 10.1002/ncp.70061. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41152692.
Corcoran KE, Martinez SA, Tsikis S, Al‐Mamun MA, Intestinal Malrotation Clinician Group. Long‐term gastrointestinal outcomes in pediatric intestinal malrotation patients following operative treatment. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025;1‐5. doi:10.1002/jpn3.70204
Johnson-Hence CB, Gopalakrishna KP, Bodkin D, Coffey KE, Burr AHP, Rahman S, Rai AT, Abbott DA, Sosa YA, Tometich JT, Das J, Hand TW. Stability and heterogeneity in the antimicrobiota reactivity of human milk-derived immunoglobulin A. J Exp Med. 2023 Aug 7;220(8):e20220839. doi: 10.1084/jem.20220839. Epub 2023 Jul 18. PMID: 37462916; PMCID: PMC10354535.
Bodkin D, Cai CL, Manlapaz-Mann A, Mustafa G, Aranda JV, Beharry KD. Neonatal intermittent hypoxia, fish oil, and/or antioxidant supplementation on gut microbiota in neonatal rats. Pediatr Res. 2022 Jul;92(1):109-117. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01707-z. Epub 2021 Aug 28. PMID: 34455420; PMCID: PMC8882692.