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Neonatal Lung and Airway Specialty Care

The Neonatal Lung and Airway Specialty Care Program was developed to serve the needs of newborns and young infants with lung and airway problems requiring interdisciplinary care. IU School of Medicine faculty are dedicated to preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), providing interdisciplinary inpatient and outpatient care for patients with severe BPD and caring for patients with airway issues requiring supplemental oxygen or procedures to be safely discharged from the hospital. We provide exceptional, team-based, coordinated care for babies in a supportive, culturally responsive environment while fostering familial partnership.


Population served are patients with:

  • BPD
  • BPD associated pulmonary hypertension
  • BPD associated pulmonary venous stenosis
  • Pulmonary hypoplasia
  • Tracheomalacia
  • Tongue-based airway obstruction
  • Micrognathia


Services:

  • Expert team-based care for infants at risk for BPD, with BPD, and with airway disease
  • Structured ventilator assessments to optimize respiratory support
  • Full range of non-invasive respiratory support devices to minimize use of invasive mechanical ventilation
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy
  • Collaboration with ENT for comprehensive airway evaluation
  • Virtual Consultations for inpatients at other institutions

Program Faculty and Providers

Neonatal Lung and Airway Specialty Care Program, Program Director
14920-Rose, Rebecca

Rebecca S. Rose, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Interdisciplinary BPD Program, Co-Director
19502-Cristea, A. Ioana

Ioana Cristea, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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BPD Prevention, Co-Lead
38185-Welch, Blair

Blair Welch, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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BPD Prevention, Co-Lead
15747-Barbato, Alana

Alana Barbato

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Aerodigestive and Bronchoscopy Programs, Director
16499-Muston, Heather

Heather N. Muston, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Neonatologist
62412-Sammour, Ibrahim

Ibrahim Sammour, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Neonatologist
60756-Conlon, Steven

Steven Conlon, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Pulmonologist
11113-Montgomery, Gregory

Gregory S. Montgomery, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Pulmonologist
42325-Bauer, Sarah

Sarah E. Bauer, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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APP Clinical Liaison
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Joanna Mitchell, MSN, NNP-BC