Dr. Kelley Z. Kovatis

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 Hypothermia. His top areas of expertise are Hypothermia, Cerebral Hypoxia, Apnea of Prematurity, and Infantile Apnea.

May Chen is the associate director of the neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship training program at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of expertise is diagnosing and treating premature babies and newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions. She specializes in neonatal-perinatal medicine and neonatology. Dr. Chen graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She later completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology, each at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She became a faculty member in the division of Neonatology in 2018. Dr. Chen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothermia. Her top areas of expertise are Hypothermia, Cerebral Hypoxia, Congenital Syphilis, and Asphyxia Neonatorum.

Estelle Gauda is a Neonatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gauda is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypothermia. Her top areas of expertise are Infantile Apnea, Premature Infant, Apnea of Prematurity, and Cerebral Hypoxia.