Section of Neonatal Neurology

Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology

neonatal neurology, pediatric neurology, newborn, neonate, infant, fetal, development delays, neonatal stroke, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, congenital, neonatal neurocritical care, prematurity, intraventricular hemorrhage, ventriculomegaly, hypotonia, hypertonia, neonatal encephalopathy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, congenital brain malformation, cardiac neurodevelopment, autism, leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, Krabbe disease

Education

Fellowship in Neonatal Neurology

Our Team

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Sarah  Bauer Huang, MD, PhD

Sarah Bauer Huang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Pediatric, Neonatal Neurology

 
Top areas of pediatric care: Neonatal / infant / pediatric neurology
Nico  Dosenbach, MD, PhD

Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurology/Pediatric Neurology

  Dosenbach lab

Rafael  Galindo, MD, PhD

Rafael Galindo, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Pediatric, Neonatal Neurology

 
Top areas of pediatric care: intensive care of newborns, epilepsy, congenital neurological conditions
Jeffrey  J. Neil, MD, PhD

Jeffrey J. Neil, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Section Chief, Section of Pediatric Movement/Cerebral Palsy
Professor of Pediatrics

  Neil lab

Lindsay  Peglar Marsala, MD

Lindsay Peglar Marsala, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Pediatric, Neonatal Neurology

 
Top areas of pediatric care: spina bifida/myelomeningocele, developmental delays, congenital neurologic conditions
Christopher  Smyser, MD

Christopher Smyser, MD

Professor of Neurology, Neonatal
Section Chief, Neonatal Neurology
Associate Director, Pediatric and Developmental Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Radiology


  WUNDER lab

 
Top areas of pediatric care: stroke, cerebral palsy, CNS malformations

Research

Recent publications

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal disadvantage-related inflammatory biomarkers: associations with neonatal white matter microstructureSanders, A. F. P., Tirado, B., Seider, N. A., Triplett, R. L., Lean, R. E., Neil, J. J., Miller, J. P., Tillman, R., Smyser, T. A., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L., Rogers, C. E., Smyser, C. D., Warner, B. B., Chen, E. & Miller, G. E., Dec 2024, In: Translational psychiatry. 14, 1, 72.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Pro-inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid profile of neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage: clinical relevance and contrast with CNS infectionGarcia Bonilla, M., Yahanda, A. T., Isaacs, A. M., Baksh, B., Akbari, S. H. A., Botteron, H., Morales, D. M., Han, R. H., McAllister, J. P., Mathur, A. M., Strahle, J. M., Smyser, C. D. & Limbrick, D., Dec 2024, In: Fluids and barriers of the CNS. 21, 1, 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Sleep and circadian rhythms during pregnancy, social disadvantage, and alterations in brain development in neonatesHoyniak, C. P., Whalen, D. J., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Miller, J. P., Zhao, P., Triplett, R. L., Ju, Y. E., Smyser, C. D., Warner, B., Rogers, C. E., Herzog, E. D. & England, S. K., May 2024, In: Developmental Science. 27, 3, e13456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Newborn Brain Function and Early Emerging Callous-Unemotional TraitsBrady, R. G., Donohue, M. R., Waller, R., Latham, A., Ayala, M., Smyser, T. A., Warner, B. B., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L., Rogers, C. E. & Smyser, C. D., Mar 6 2024, In: JAMA psychiatry. 81, 3, p. 303-311 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Functional parcellation of the neonatal cortical surfaceMyers, M. J., Labonte, A. K., Gordon, E., Laumann, T. O., Tu, J. C., Wheelock, M. D., Nielsen, A. N., Schwarzlose, R. F., Camacho, M. C., Alexopoulos, D., Warner, B., Raghuraman, N., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Fair, D. A., Petersen, S. E., Rogers, C., Smyser, C. D. & Sylvester, C. M., Feb 1 2024, In: Cerebral Cortex. 34, 2, bhae047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Contact Us

Leadership

Chris Smyser, MD
Chief, Section of Neonatal Neurology
Professor of Neurology

Patient Appointments

Voice: 314-454-6120