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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Publications

Below are the 50 more recent publications by faculty members in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Visit PubMed to see all publications from within the department.

  1. Kukora SK, Ryan K, Yan H, Clarke R, Arslanian-Engoren C, Pituch K  Development and acceptability testing of a tracheostomy decision support video for parents.  PEC Innov  2025 Dec;7:100412. pii:100412
  2. Essner BS, Osgood PT, Perez ME, Fortunato JE  Autonomic Nervous System and Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: Pathology, Assessment, and Treatment Considerations for Pediatric Gastrointestinal Health Specialists.  Gastroenterol Clin North Am  2025 Sep;54(3):531-555. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2025.05.002
  3. Tubman A, Papadakis JL, Finlayson C, Duquette D, Goetsch Weisman A  Perspectives From Adolescents and Young Adults With Klinefelter Syndrome on Testosterone Supplementation and Fertility.  J Endocr Soc  2025 Sep;9(9):bvaf112. pii:bvaf112
  4. Maggs J, Sweeney L, Pucci A, McWilliams E, Yablon D, Ertman B, Butcher JL, Everhart RS, Siracusa C, Gifford AH  et al.  Developing a framework for clinical conversations using a qualitative analysis of the patient experience of SIMPLIFY.  Patient Educ Couns  2025 Sep;138:109183. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2025.109183
  5. Shimamura A, Maschan A, Bennett C, Samarasinghe S, Farrar JE, Li CK, Sirachainan N, Pongtanakul B, Komvilaisak P, Zubarovskaya L  et al.  Eltrombopag in combination with immunosuppressive therapy in pediatric severe aplastic anemia: phase 2 ESCALATE trial.  Blood Adv  2025 Aug 12;9(15):3728-3738. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015102
  6. Ruiz-Maldonado TM, Henry MK, Ro E, Prasad SS, Thomas AK  Imaging and clinical features of intra-abdominal injuries in children with suspected physical abuse.  Pediatr Radiol  2025 Aug 02;. doi:10.1007/s00247-025-06335-x
  7. Bhombal S, Singh Y, Marshall S, Mukthapuram S, Fraga MV,   Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound-steps for program development.  J Perinatol  2025 Aug 01;. doi:10.1038/s41372-025-02359-1
  8. Zapata JP, Rapoport A, Wescott A, Gandhi S, Bergstrom TC, Avila AA, Kuhns LM, Garofalo R, Schleider JL  Single-Session Interventions To Enhance HIV Outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review and Implications for Integrating HIV and Mental Health Services.  AIDS Behav  2025 Aug 01;. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-04834-4
  9. Hu W, Zhao C, Zheng W, Lin Y, Luo N, Liu H, Wang X, Qi X, Wang X, Li XN  et al.  Use of integrated spatial transcriptomics and histopathological analysis in adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas to identify stromal cells as a new cellular source of leukemia inhibitory factor.  J Neurosurg  2025 Aug 01;:1-14. doi:10.3171/2025.4.JNS243146
  10. Davick JJ, Renfro LA, Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Geller JI, Khanna G, Ehrlich PF, Fernandez CV, Dome JS, Perlman EJ  et al.  Clinical and Pathologic features of 535 Patients with Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Ann Surg  2025 Aug 01;. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006862
  11. Spittle AJ, Marschik PB, Adde L, Badawi N, Byrne R, Bos AF, Chatelin A, Coughlan J, Fedeli F, Guzzetta A  et al.  Towards universal early screening for cerebral palsy: a roadmap for automated General Movements Assessment.  EClinicalMedicine  2025 Aug;86:103379. pii:103379
  12. Mejia EJ, Kugler C, Blume E  Palliative care for the cardiothoracic transplant recipient.  JHLT Open  2025 Aug;9:100329. pii:100329
  13. Merrill KG, Silva J, Chu W, Romero G, Melgoza V, Gabino B, Mora C, Vargas S, Fuentes J, Kelleher-Montero C  et al.  Pilot optimization trial of a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: A study protocol.  Contemp Clin Trials Commun  2025 Aug;46:101512. pii:101512
  14. Choueiter NF, Jone PN, Harahsheh AS  Comparing the 2024 and 2017 Kawasaki Disease Statements From the American Heart Association.  Pediatrics  2025 Aug 01;156(2). pii:e2024069800
  15. Harries MD, Saper JK, Macy ML, Martin-Gill C, Ramgopal S  Emergency Medical Services Responses to School-Based Medical Emergencies.  Pediatrics  2025 Aug 01;156(2). pii:e2024068886
  16. Barrett NA, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Bacharier LB, Bansal P, Kabbash LG, Orange JS, Williams PV, Virant FS, Davis CM, Brandt R  et al.  The crucial impact of NIH funding on allergy/immunology patient care and research.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob  2025 Aug;4(3):100509. pii:100509
  17. Chiume M, Lawn JE, Salim N, Macharia W, Oden M, Ezeaka C, Palamountain KM, Estifanos AS, Richards-Kortum R  Neonatology's future: securing most impact where most newborn infants die.  Lancet Child Adolesc Health  2025 Aug;9(8):523-524. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00184-1
  18. Lee K, Abul-Husn NS, Amendola LM, Brothers KB, Chung WK, Gollob MH, Gordon AS, Harrison SM, Hershberger RE, Li M  et al.  ACMG SF v3.3 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing: A policy statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).  Genet Med  2025 Aug;27(8):101454. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2025.101454
  19. Melough MM, McGrath M, Palmore M, Collett BR, Kerver JM, Hockett CW, Schmidt RJ, Kelly RS, Lyall K, Zhao Q  et al.  Gestational vitamin D concentration and child cognitive development: a longitudinal cohort study in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program.  Am J Clin Nutr  2025 Aug;122(2):571-581. doi:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.017
  20. Ding Y, He B, Bogush D, Schramm J, Singh C, Dovat K, Randazzo J, Tukaramrao D, Hengst J, Annageldiyev C  et al.  Critical roles of IKAROS and HDAC1 in regulation of heterochromatin and tumor suppression in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Leukemia  2025 Aug;39(8):2010-2020. doi:10.1038/s41375-025-02651-1
  21. Walz AL, Kocherginsky M, Newmark M, Brooks E, Walterhouse D  Iohexol Clearance and Biomarker Analysis to Predict Toxicity in Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma Receiving High-dose Methotrexate.  J Pediatr Hematol Oncol  2025 Aug 01;47(6):e235-e240. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000003075
  22. Fisher E, Tartakovsky J, Bliss LA, Jaju A, Aw-Zoretic J, Vernon L, Mithal DS  Characterization of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Moderate-Late Preterm Infants Diagnosed With Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.  Pediatr Neurol  2025 Aug;169:148-155. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.05.021
  23. Banc-Husu AM, Smith R, Kelly B, Anand R, Anderson SG, Lobritto S, Chapin CA, Chartier ME, Ekong UD, Elisofon SA  et al.  The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT): 2023 Registry Status.  Pediatr Transplant  2025 Aug;29(5):e70111. doi:10.1111/petr.70111
  24. Hoffmann JA, Foster AA, Gable CJ, Carlin KE, Pergjika A, Burkhart K, Schultz TR, Mullins S, Edemba D, Saidinejad M  Pediatric Mental Health Boarding in US Emergency Departments, 2018-2022.  J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open  2025 Aug;6(4):100180. pii:100180
  25. Zhang R, Liu B, Yang M, Wu B, Hochstadt S, Lanfear DE, Witonsky J, Kumar R, Burchard EG, Ziv E  et al.  Socioenvironmental factors associated with shrimp allergy and shrimp sensitization in a large and diverse patient population and cohort study from metropolitan Detroit.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob  2025 Aug;4(3):100492. pii:100492
  26. Prill R, Ma CB, Wong SE, Beaufils P, Monllau JC, Arhos EK, Becker R, Villa FD, Goodloe JB, Irrgang JJ  et al.  The formal EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation 2024 Consensus: An ESSKA-AOSSM-AASPT initiative. Part II-Prevention, non-operative treatment and return to sport.  Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc  2025 Aug;33(8):3014-3024. doi:10.1002/ksa.12689
  27. Simon CD, James Parker J, Warner L, Bean K, Bendelow A, Garfield CF  Paternal Leave Practices Among a Representative Sample of Recent Fathers in Georgia: 2018-2019.  Pediatrics  2025 Aug 01;156(2). pii:e2024070355
  28. Wu B, Yang M, Hu D, Zhang R, Liu B, Hochstadt S, Lanfear DE, Witonsky J, Kumar R, Hollenbach JA  et al.  HLA variation associated with peanut allergy and anaphylaxis among non-Hispanic Black individuals.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob  2025 Aug;4(3):100485. pii:100485
  29. Kodoth SM, Dadha P, Sehgal S, Warren C, Nimmagadda SR, Bilaver LA, Gupta RS  Generational shifts in atopic disease among immigrant families to North America from Southern India.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob  2025 Aug;4(3):100472. pii:100472
  30. Roman KM, Dinasarapu AR, Cherian S, Fan X, Donsante Y, Aravind N, Chan CS, Jinnah HA, Hess EJ  Striatal cell-type-specific molecular signatures reveal potential therapeutic targets in a model of dystonia.  Neurobiol Dis  2025 Aug;212:106981. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2025.106981
  31. Agha E, Sutter C, Ojewuyi I, Abramsohn EM, Andriano M, Bell C, Calix AL, Cherry JL, Downing K, Flower T  et al.  The Grief Navigation Trial: A multi-site pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial of two interventions to support parents after their child's unexpected or traumatic death.  Contemp Clin Trials  2025 Aug;155:107962. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.107962
  32. Young JL, Tang C, Liang L, Ashley EA, Tabor HK, Halley MC  Sustainability in translational genomics research with undiagnosed patients: What is it, why do we need it, and how do we do it?  Genet Med  2025 Aug;27(8):101458. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2025.101458
  33. Dirajlal-Fargo S, Nyathi M, Sun S, Bonner LB, Kahts M, Asafu-Agyei NA, Jele N, Carkeek E, Legbedze J, McComsey GA  et al.  Metabolic syndrome and Pathobiological Determination of Atherosclerosis in Youth risk score in adolescents with and without perinatally acquired HIV in the Cape Town Adolescent and Antiretroviral Cohort (CTAAC)-Heart study.  HIV Med  2025 Aug;26(8):1239-1250. doi:10.1111/hiv.70049
  34. Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Bonini KE, Harr MH, Abbass MA, Bangash H, Bland HT, Boyd BM, Chung WK, Clayton EW, Cohen SJ  et al.  Covering medical care costs for participants in the eMERGE Network: Challenges for equity and implementation.  Genet Med  2025 Aug;27(8):101457. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2025.101457
  35. Dieguez AC, Kuang A, Josefson JL, Scholtens DM, Lowe WL, Hayes MG, Hivert MF  In Utero Exposure to Maternal Hyperglycemia and Offspring Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk Score Are Independently Associated With Risk of Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Youth.  Diabetes Care  2025 Aug 01;48(8):1356-1360. doi:10.2337/dc24-2891
  36. Sutton KS, Walz AL, Groenendijk A, Murphy AJ, Pater L, Janssens GO, Brzezinski J, Mullen EA, Spreafico F, Godzinski J  et al.  Remaining Challenges in the Treatment of Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Children's Oncology Group and International Society of Paediatric Oncology Perspectives.  Pediatr Blood Cancer  2025 Aug;72(8):e31790. doi:10.1002/pbc.31790
  37. Pujol N, Giordano AO, Wong SE, Beaufils P, Monllau JC, Arhos EK, Becker R, Della Villa F, Brett Goodloe J, Irrgang JJ  et al.  The formal EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation 2024 Consensus: An ESSKA-AOSSM-AASPT initiative. Part I-Rehabilitation management after meniscus surgery (meniscectomy, repair and reconstruction).  Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc  2025 Aug;33(8):3002-3013. doi:10.1002/ksa.12674
  38. Karalius MC, Ramachandran PS, Wapniarski A, Wang M, Zia M, Hills NK, Wintermark M, Grose C, Dowling MM, Wilson JL  et al.  Infection in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Results of the VIPS II Study.  Stroke  2025 Aug;56(8):2110-2121. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.050548
  39. Ramgopal S, Rosenman M, Alpern ER, Florin TA, Michelson KA  Patient Age and Antibiotic Formulation Administration in the Pediatric Emergency Department.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2025 Aug 01;41(8):628-634. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003395
  40. Rouse DJ, MacPherson C, Saade GR, Dinsmoor MJ, Reddy UM, Pass R, Allard D, Mallett G, Clifton RG, Gyamfi-Bannerman C  et al.  The association of cytomegalovirus hyperimmune globulin with adverse pregnancy outcomes.  Am J Obstet Gynecol  2025 Aug;233(2):e39-e42. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.04.014
  41. Monti D, Lantos E, Lancki N, Grobman WA, Jhaveri R, Yee LM  Optimizing Care for Reproductive-Age Women with Hepatitis C Virus.  J Womens Health (Larchmt)  2025 Aug;34(8):1043-1049. doi:10.1089/jwh.2024.1089
  42. Gorski J, Rudloff J, Ramgopal S  Parental, Patient, and Provider Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Care.  Acad Pediatr  2025 Aug;25(6):102819. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2025.102819
  43. Ezekian JE, Anderson CC, Aziz PF, Baluch S, Berger S, Lopez-Anderson M, Miller V, Mitani Y, Molossi S, Morrow V  et al.  The 2024 think tank on prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young: Pathway to survival. A report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium.  Am Heart J  2025 Aug;286:45-55. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2025.03.010
  44. Palmieri JM, Szafron V, Hearrell M, Anvari S, Chinn IK, Eubanks JD, Fernandez-Davila N, Gupta MR, Hajjar J, Lyter-Reed L  et al.  Accuracy of bead-based epitope assay testing for peanut allergy diagnosis: Real-world pediatric population study.  Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol  2025 Aug;135(2):197-202.e1. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2025.02.010
  45. Bosquet Enlow M, Blackwell CK, Sherlock P, Mansolf M, Bekelman TA, Blair C, Bush NR, Graff JC, Hockett C, Leve LD  et al.  The influence of early childhood education and care on the relation between early-life social adversity and children's mental health in the environmental influences for Child Health Outcomes Program.  Dev Psychopathol  2025 Aug;37(3):1628-1646. doi:10.1017/S0954579424001822
  46. Quadri NS, Martins SL, Sidebottom A, Mohamed S, Ha N, Nguyen D, Patel L, Kethireddy R  Association of Language Preference with Therapeutic Care for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.  J Racial Ethn Health Disparities  2025 Aug;12(4):2454-2462. doi:10.1007/s40615-024-02065-2
  47. Mahendran GN, Tey CS, Musso MF, Anand GS, Larson J, Mehta M, Reichert L, Prickett K, Raol NP  Measuring the Impact of a Delay in Care on Pediatric Otolaryngologic Surgery Completion.  Ear Nose Throat J  2025 Aug;104(8):NP558-NP564. doi:10.1177/01455613221134428
  48. Streeter L, Barrera E, Adler M, Redwood E, Boskey ER, Pollock N, Abbott J  Towards the inclusion of transgender and non-binary residents among Obstetrics and Gynecology residency programs across the nation: a needs assessment.  Am J Obstet Gynecol  2025 Jul 31;. pii:S0002-9378(25)00521-6
  49. Li Y, Chen J, Wang Y, Li D, Li J, Yi Y, Zhang L, Cao Q, Chen K  Protocol for mapping 2'-O-methylation using nanopore direct RNA-seq data with NanoNm.  STAR Protoc  2025 Jul 31;6(3):104003. doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104003
  50. Kozhumam AS, Frazier M, Landa MM, Ibrahim S, Macy ML  Characterizing suboptimal child passenger safety practices in crashes with fatalities: Child, driver, vehicle, neighborhood, and policy factors.  Traffic Inj Prev  2025 Jul 31;:1-7. doi:10.1080/15389588.2025.2526615

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