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Darshan Shah is a Neonatologist practicing medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Shah is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Omphalocele. Dr. Shah is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.
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Dr. Lauren Melissa Jansson is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include drug abuse research, drug-exposed infants and children, and pediatrics. Dr. Jansson earned her M.D. from the State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center. She completed her residency at the Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center and performed a fellowship in developmental pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research interests include fetal neurobehavioral development in drug-exposed pregnancies, lactation in opioid-dependent women on medication assisted treatment, and neonatal abstinence syndrome resulting from in utero opiate and other substance exposures. Dr. Jansson is a member of several professional organizations, including the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Academic Pediatric Association, and the Society for Pediatric Research. Dr. Jansson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Dr. Jansson is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.
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Jennifer Hudson is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Hudson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Polydactyly, Newborn Low Blood Sugar, and Neonatal Sepsis. Dr. Hudson is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.
Summary: Drug overdose is a leading cause of death among postpartum women and opioid-related mortality is 4 times higher in the postpartum period when compared to the third trimester of pregnancy. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; e.g., methadone or buprenorphine) are the recommended standard of care for perinatal women with OUD. Studies indicate that 50-60% of perinatal women with OUD initiate me...
Summary: Infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) experience prolonged hospital stays and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes, in-part because of the lack of accurate, individualized, biologic assessments available to manage this increasingly common medical condition. The proposed study will define the molecular mechanisms that regulate the response to opioid withdrawal in the developing brain by focus...