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Dr. Frances Northington is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is neonatal and perinatal medicine. Dr. Northington is one of the founders and co-directors of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Nursery at Johns Hopkins, which brings together experts from neonatology, pediatric neuroradiology, pediatric neurology, maternal fetal medicine, developmental medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Institute to care for newborns who have developmental brain abnormalities or are at high risk of neurological injuries. She received her medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. She went on to complete a residency at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and a fellowship at the University of Virginia. Dr. Northington is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Asphyxia Neonatorum. Her top areas of expertise are Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, Premature Infant, Asphyxia Neonatorum, and Cerebral Hypoxia.

Haresh Kirpalani is a Neonatologist and a Pediatrics provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kirpalani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Asphyxia Neonatorum. His top areas of expertise are Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Premature Infant, Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and High Blood Pressure in Infants.

Dr. Raul Chavez-Valdez is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is Neonatology. Dr. Chavez Valdez completed Medical School in Lima Peru, Pediatric residency at University of Illinois at Chicago, and post-doctoral Fellowship in Neonatology-Perinatology and Community Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University-School of Medicine where he was awarded the 2007 Eudowood Board Bauernschmidt Fellowship Award. Since 2005 his research has been focused in mechanisms of neurotrophism with particular interest in the neurological disorders evolving during the perinatal period. His work has been reported in many national and international meetings and many publications in prestigious journals. He received the Johns Hopkins SOM Clinician Scientist Award and funding from the NINDS/NIH in 2017. Dr. Valdez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Asphyxia Neonatorum. His top areas of expertise are Hypothermia, Cerebral Hypoxia, Apnea of Prematurity, and Infantile Apnea.