Faculty

Jennifer Pynn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Fellowship Program Director

Medical School: Downstate Medical Center
Pediatric Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
Fellowship: Columbia University - Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Interests: Medical Education, Non-Invasive Ventilation Strategies, Chronic Lung Disease Prevention

Shanthy Sridhar, MD, FAAP
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Neonatal Services
Medical Director NICU, Associate Program Director

Medical School: Coimbatore Medical College
Pediatric Residency: New York Methodist Hospital
Fellowship: State University of New York at Brooklyn Down State Medical Center

Interests: Neonatal Transport, Newborn Resuscitation, Antibiotic Stewardship

Core Faculty

Surabhi Aggarwal, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
Pediatric Residency: Flushing Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship: Stony Brook Medicine

Interests: Neonatal Nutrition, Medical Education, Simulation

Carly Gomes, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Stanford School of Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Interests: Neonatal Pain, Brain Development

Echezona Maduekwe, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
 
Medical School: College of Medicine and Surgery, University of Nigeria
Pediatric Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Fellowship: Golisano Children's Hospital University of Rochester

Interests: General Newborn Care, Prematurity, Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality Related to Hypoxic Injury in Newborns

Hormuz Nicolwala, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Medical School: Texas A&M  University Health Science Center
Pediatric Residency: West Virginia University Pediatric Residency
Fellowship: Stony Brook Medicine

Interests: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Improving Neonatal Care with Technology

Aruna Parekh, MD 
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of NICU High Risk Follow-Up Clinic

Medical School: Bombay University, India
Pediatric Residency: Long Island College Hospital
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital

Interests: High Risk Follow-Up of NICU Graduates, Developmental Interventions, IVH Prevention Strategies, Simulation/Procedures, Professionalism in the Workplace

Margaret Pearce, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Pediatric Residency: Richmond University Medical Center
Fellowship: Stony Brook Medicine

Interests: Neonatal Nutrition, Quality Improvement, High Risk Follow-up of NICU Graduates

Esther Speer, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Interests: Dr. Speers’ Laboratory, an NIH-funded laboratory in the Division of Neonatology of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, focuses on the mechanisms of the neonatal sepsis-induced inflammatory response and central nervous system inflammation. Utilizing in vitro blood and tissue culture models and in vivo murine models of neonatal sepsis, Dr. Speers’ Lab aims to develop anti-inflammatory pharmacological therapies designed for use in neonates that can improve survival and developmental outcome and mitigate organ injury of infected term and preterm newborns.