Overview
Dr. W. Christopher Golden is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is neonatology. His research interests include congenital and neonatal infections, neonatal bilirubin metabolism, care of healthy newborns, and pediatric medical education (in particular, medical student education). Currently, he is the Director of the Pediatrics Core Clerkship in the School of Medicine. As Medical Director of the Newborn Nursery, he has been the site Principal Investigator (PI) or a collaborator on research involving improving safe sleep practices in newborns, screening babies for adrenoleukodystrophy and biliary atresia, employing functional MRI (fMRI) to study neonatal cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism, using investigational therapies to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, and studying acyclovir pharmacokinetics in neonates with confirmed or suspected herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Dr. Golden received his undergraduate degree in zoology from Duke University. He subsequently completed all of his medical training (medical degree, Pediatrics residency and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Nationally, Dr. Golden is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Pediatrics and Contemporary Pediatrics. He also served as Co-Leader of the Core Clerkship Collaborative of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP), the premier national organization for design, development, and formal academic study of methods in pediatric education in medical schools. Dr. Golden also is the Chair (2023-2025) of the Pediatric Section of the National Medical Association (NMA), the largest and oldest organization representing African American physicians (and their patients) in the United States. At Hopkins, he serves on the Department of Pediatrics Intern Selection Committee and as Core Faculty for the Department of Pediatrics for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Golden is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Syphilis, Transient Familial Hyperbilirubinemia, Polydactyly, and Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 59 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Infantile Neutropenia.
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Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Maureen M. Gilmore is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. At Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Dr. Gilmore serves as Medical director of the Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She previously was the NICU Medical Director at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and her early career was in Neonatology at Penn State University Dr. Gilmore earned her M.D. from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. She completed her Pediatrics residency at the University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital and performed a fellowship in Neonatal -Perinatal Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Her research interests include neuromonitoring and neonatal autoregulation, neonatal abstinenece syndrome, and patient safety. Dr. Gilmore serves on the Perinatal Advisory Committee for the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a member of the Maryland chapter of the AAP. Dr. Gilmore is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are High Blood Pressure in Infants, Hypothermia, Premature Infant, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Congenital SyphilisDr. Golden isDistinguished. Learn about Congenital Syphilis.
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- Transient Familial Hyperbilirubinemia
- Experienced
- HIV/AIDSDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
- Neonatal SepsisDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about Neonatal Sepsis.
- Newborn Low Blood SugarDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
- PolydactylyDr. Golden isExperienced. Learn about Polydactyly.