Faculty

Course Directors

Mohamed A. Mohamed, MD, NS, MPH, FAAP

Vice Chair, Department of Neonatology

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Dr. Mohamed will discuss clinical scenarios: Managing infants of different gestational age, clinical acuity, and potential complication with bubble CPAP. 

Exchange ideas on when to start with bubble CPAP; How to escalate intervention; When and how to wean off CPAP; How to manage challenges like PDA, feeding intolerance, or PPHN while on bubble CPAP.

Hany Aly, MD, FAAP

Chairman, Department of Neonatology

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Hany Aly, MD, FAAP, is the chairman of the Department of Neonatology at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Aly is completed his postdoctoral fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. 

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and has published and reviewed for many journals and written several book chapters. 

Faculty

Guilherme Sant'Anna, MD, PhD

McGill University

Montreal, Canada

Dr. Sant'Anna focuses on understanding and optimizing the respiratory assistance that some preterm infants require after birth, as well as the pathophysiology, management and outcomes of asphyxiated neonates. His respiratory research program is the EXPERT Project, Extremely Preterm Infants on Respiratory Therapy. This project investigates ways to optimize invasive and non-invasive respiratory therapy and therefore promote a continuous and timely transition toward no respiratory support. 

Kyonna Coulibaly, RN, MPH

Staff Nurse, Division of Newborn Services

The George Washington University Medical Center Washington, DC

Kyonna Coulibaly, RN, has been a staff nurse in the NICU at the George Washington University Hospital since 2007.

Kyonna received her MPH from the George Washington University where her focus was in Maternal and Child Health.

Shantanu Rastogi, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health.

Dr. Rastogi completed his neonatal fellowship at Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, at Columbia University in New York City. Over the past twenty-five years, he has been managing his patients using bubble CPAP, and has played a key role in training nurses, residents and neonatal fellows on its use. He presently serves as the Medical Director of Newborn Services at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC.

Kari Roberts, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Kari Roberts earned her medical degree at the University of Minnesota and completed her pediatric residency and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. In addition to attending in the NICU at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and Special Care Nurseries at Fairview Ridges and Southdale hospitals, Dr. Roberts is involved in research regarding pre-medication for elective intubations. Her other research include newborn resuscitation, pain and physiologic responses during invasive procedures, and resident competency and training.

Christopher Thornton, RRT Respiratory Therapist

Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis, MD

Christopher Thornton, RRT, is currently working at Anne Arundel Medical Center as a Respiratory Care Practitioner working in ICU, ER and NICU.

The former Respiratory Manager at George Washington University Hospital when Dr. Hany Aly introduced the Bubble CPAP Program.

Jen Wung, MD, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Children's Hospital of New York New York, NY

A pioneer in Bubble Nasal CPAP therapy, Dr. Wung is a neonatal intensivist who has directed respiratory care at the Columbia NICU since 1974. Dr. Wung is a professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, New York. He received his medical degree from Taipei Medical University in 1966. His post­ graduate trainings include: Residencies in obstetrics­ gynecology and anesthesiology, and fellowship in combined pediatrics and neonatal intensive care medicine at Columbia in 1973. Dr. Wung has served as a World Health Organization consultant in China in 1987, and has participated in several National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute sponsored committees.