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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

Kathryn Burge, PhD
Pediatrics

Kathryn Burge, PhD

Assistant Professor


800 Research Parkway Ste. 449
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405-271-5215

Kathryn-Burge@ouhsc.edu


Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Neonatal Nutrition; Metabolism; Preclinical and Translational Studies; Developmental Programming


MyNCBI Publications

Languages Spoken: English

Fun Fact: "In the not-too distant past, I was a marine biologist."


Academic Section(s):

Neonatal-Perinatal


Education:

PhD: Baylor University, Department of Biology, Waco, TX
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL


Clinical/Research Interests:

The Burge laboratory is focused on nutritional and metabolic impacts on neonatal gastrointestinal development and intestinal inflammation/necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC, an inflammatory gastrointestinal emergency, predominately affects the distal ileum of preterm infants. The disease is multifactorial, incorporating extensive antibiotic use, formula feeding, dysbiosis, and developmental immaturity of the intestinal epithelium and immune system as etiological risk factors. Using cellular and molecular approaches in preclinical small intestinal enteroids and in vivo models of intestinal inflammation and NEC-like injury, we hope to identify nutritional strategies enhancing intestinal epithelial function during early preterm life. In addition, Dr. Burge is utilizing spatial ‘omics in a translational study investigating the role of congenital heart disease (CHD) in the pathogenesis of NEC in term or near-term infants.


Select Honors & Accomplishments:

2022 - 2023 - Guest Editor, Microorganisms, Special Issue "Neonatal Microbiome, Intestinal Inflammation and Necrotizing Enterocolitis" 
2013 - Great Lakes National Scholarship Award Winner
2012 - Great Lakes National Scholarship Award Winner
2011 - Baylor University Folmar Grant Award
2010 - Baylor University Folmar Grant Award
2009 - Baylor University Graduate Student Award Presentation
2006 - Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society
2002-2006 - Illinois Wesleyan University Merit Scholarship
2004 - NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)


Select Publications:

  • Burge, K.Y., Wilson, A.P., Chaaban, H. (2022) In Vitro Apical-Out Enteroid Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. J. Vis. Exp. 2022 Jun 8(184). PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process.
  • Burge, K.Y., Eckert, J.V., Wilson, A.P., Trammell, M., Lueschow, S.R., McElroy, S.J., Dyer, D.W., Chaaban, H. (2022). Hyaluronic Acid 35 kDa Protects Against a Hyperosmotic, Formula Feeding Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Nutrients 14(9):1779. PMCID: PMC9105773.
  • Burge, K.Y.*, Gunasekaran, A.*, Makoni, M.M., Mir, A., Burkhart, H.M., Chaaban, H. (2022). Clinical Characteristics and Potential Pathogenesis of Cardiac Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: A Narrative Review. J. Clin. Med. 11(14):3987. PMCID: PMC9320426.



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