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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

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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

Associate 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

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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
Professor, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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Mary Robbins

Mary Robbins, MD

Associate Fellowship Program Director

Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics 

Director,  Oklahoma Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program

Interim Medical Director, Oklahoma Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Research Leadership

Ulana Pogribna, MD, MPH

Ulana Pogribna, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Neonatal Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Oklahoma Children's Hospital NICU

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Birju Shah, MD, MPH, MBA

Birju Shah, MD, MPH, MBA

Associate Professor

Director of Clinical & Translational Research

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Faculty

Tamara Alexander, MD

Tamara Alexander, MD

Assistant Professor

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Hilal Atar, MD

Hilal Atar, MD

Assistant Professor

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Faizah Bhatti, MD

Faizah Bhatti, MD

Associate Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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Darren Bodkin, M.B, B.S

Darren Bodkin, M.B, B.S

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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Sara Brewer, DO

Sara Brewer, DO

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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Kathryn Burge, PhD

Kathryn Burge, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Hala Chaaban, MD

​Hala Chaaban, MD

Professor
Adjunct Professor of Nutrition Sciences

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Merve Denizli, MD

Merve Denizli, MD

Assistant Professor

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Christa DeVette, MD, PhD

Christa DeVette, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Rose Doolittle, MD

Rose Doolittle, MD

Assistant Professor

Assistant Director of Neonatal Resident Education

Co-Director of Neonatal Follow-up Program

Director of Neonatal Palliative Care

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Jeffrey Eckert, PhD

Jeffrey Eckert, PhD

Director of Lab Research
Assistant Professor of Research

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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)

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Abhrajit Ganguly, MD

Abhrajit Ganguly, MD

Assistant Professor

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Sibel Guzel, MD

Sibel Guzel, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 

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Vadim Ivanov, MD

Vadim Ivanov, MD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Medical Director of CCMH NICU
Neonatologist

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Erin Jain, MD

Erin Jain, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatrician

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Barbara Johnson, MD

Barbara Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Director of NICU Resident Education

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Samuel Levin, MD

Samuel Levin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
 

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Karman Low, MD

Karman Low, MD

Assistant Professor

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Marjorie Makoni, MD

Marjorie Makoni, MD

Assistant Professor
Neonatologist

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Erin Mamatov, MD

Erin Mamatov, MD

Assistant Professor

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Maxwell Mathias, MD

Maxwell Mathias, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Alicia Ann Moise, MD

Alicia Ann Moise, MD

Professor

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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)

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Azif Safarulla, MD

Azif Safarulla, MD

Assistant Professor 

Neonatal Perinatal Medicine

Medical Director, St. Anthony Hospital

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Kris Sekar, MD

Kris Sekar, MD

Professor
Neonatologist

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Pratibha Thakkar, MD

Pratibha Thakkar, MD

Assistant Professor

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Anne Wlodaver, MD

Anne Wlodaver, MD

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

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