Eric C. Eichenwald, MD

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Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chief, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology
3401 Civic Center Blvd, Suite 2NW28
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Swarthmore College, 1980.
MD
Harvard Medical School , 1984.
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Selected Publications

Parker MG, Stellwagen L, Miller ER, Noble L, Corkins MR, Hudak ML; and the Committee on Fetus and Newborn; Section on Breastfeeding; and Committee on Nutrition.: Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Clinical Report. Pediatrics Jan 2026.

Rub DM, Eichenwald EC, Martin RJ.: Defining apnea of prematurity is messy. Pediatr Res Dec 2025.

Bamat N, Huber M, Morris H, Nelin T, Downes K, O'Brien A, Laskin B, Jensen E, DeMauro S, Eichenwald E, Lorch S.: Association between route of furosemide administration and diuretic response in very preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Res Sq Dec 2025.

DeMauro SB, Kirpalani H, Hintz S, Watterberg KL, Watson V, Lowe J, Shankaran S, Chawla S, Vohr B, Msall ME, D'Angio CT, Yoder BA, Lai K, Winter S, Colaizy TT, Merhar SL, Ziolkowski K, Bann CM, Trotta M, Newman JE, Walsh MC, Higgins RD, Cahill TE, Duncan AF, Wilson-Costello DE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Arnold H, Mosquera RA, Heyne RJ, Fuller J, McGowan EC, Cavanaugh B, Harmon HM, Maitre NL, Neel ML, Van Meurs KP, Richards LA, Kilbride HW, Hines AC, Natarajan G, Trembath A, Benninger KL, Kesavan K, Malcolm WF, Zanger D, Reynolds AM, Carlson M, Das A; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.: Hydrocortisone in Preterm Infants and School-Age Functional Outcomes: Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr Dec 2025.

Laughon MM, Thomas SM, Watterberg KL, Kennedy KA, Keszler M, Ambalavanan N, Davis AS, Slaughter JL, Guillet R, Colaizy TT, Cotten CM, Dhawan MA, Bose CL, Talbert J, Smucny S, Benitz WE, Rysavy MA, Ohls RK, Baserga MC, DeMauro SB, Jaleel M, Jackson WM, Carlo WA, Puopolo KM, Hibbs AM, Katheria A, Sánchez PJ, D'Angio CT, Patel RM, Johnson BA, Chock VY, Bhatt AJ, Merhar SL, Moore R, Laptook AR, Ghavam S, Fuller J, Vyas-Read S, Kicklighter SD, Steinbrekera B, Anderson K, Reynolds AM, Wyckoff MH, Montoya C, Das A, Do B, Chang S, Higgins RD, Walsh MC; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.: Expectant Management vs Medication for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: The PDA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dec 2025.

Eichenwald E, Corwin M, McEntire B, Knoblach S, Limperopoulos C, Kapse K, Kerr S, Heeren TC, Ikponmwonba C, Hunt CE; ICAF Study Group.: Intermittent hypoxia and caffeine in infants born preterm: the ICAF Randomized Clinical Trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Nov 2025.

Salas AA, Wiener LE, Trotta M, Valcarce V, Romero-Lopez M, Ortigoza EB, Fu TT, McNelis K, Poindexter B, Carlo WA; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.: Time to Full Enteral Feeds and Late-Onset Sepsis in Extremely Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2543940, Nov 2025.

Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Nowak KJ, Wiener LE, Cosby SS, Bhatt AJ, Watterberg KL, Poindexter BB, Keszler M, D'Angio CT, Brion LP, Narendran V, Rau CA, Cotten CM, Laughon MM, Das A, Rysavy MA, Hibbs AM, Fuller J, Puopolo KM, Katheria A, Patel RM, Bermick JR, Laptook AR, Prelipcean I, Wyckoff MH, Moore R, Merhar SL, Ohls RK, Yoder BA, Perez M, Ghavam S, Meyer LR, Chock VY, DeMauro SB, Jackson WM, Handa D, Walsh MC; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.: Early Intratracheal Budesonide to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants: The Budesonide in Babies (BiB) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Sep 2025.

Hsiao CH, Foster AN, McDonald SA, Vyas R, Ashraf A, Bao R, Tran L, Kesri A, Darzidehkalani E, Soldatelli MD, Auman JO, Soul JS, Chalak LF, Cotten CM, Shankaran S, Laptook AR, Grant PE, Ou Y; Consortium Of MRI Biomarkers In Neonatal Encephalopathy (COMBINE).: Data harmonization framework for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy studies. JAMA Open 8: ooaf086, Sep 2025.

Eichenwald EC.: Gastroesophageal reflux and apnea in the preterm infant. Semin Perinatol Sep 2025.

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