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Judy Aschner, MD |
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Dr. Aschner is Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Chief of Neonatology at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in the summer of 2004 to assume the role of Division Director of Neonatology. She was recruited from Wake Forest University where she served on the pediatric faculty for 10 years, most recently as Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine training program.
Dr. Aschner completed her medical training, including pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY. Her laboratory research focus is the regulation of the neonatal pulmonary circulation and the factors contributing to pulmonary hypertension in infants with lung and heart disease. Her clinical research interests include optimizing ventilator management of infants to prevent chronic lung disease, treatment of infants with pulmonary hypertension and the nutritional management of premature infants.
Dr. Aschner has a long-standing interest in fellowship education, serving as Chair of the Organization of Neonatology Training Program Directors since 2003 and to international teaching and sharing of medical knowledge in third world countries. As Division Director, she has the overall responsibility for its patient care, research, and educational mission. |
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