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Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology

Introduction

My area of academic focus relates to the physiology following definitive patent ductus arteriosus closure, neonatal hemodynamics and the use of targeted neonatal echocardiography in different disease states that impact morbidity in preterm and critically ill neonates. I am a member of the PanAmerican Hemodynamics Collaborative (PAHC), an academic consortium of neonatologists with hemodynamic expertise, which promotes educational initiatives in the field of neonatal hemodynamics/TnECHO and cultivates multicenter clinical research, and a council member of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MWSPR).

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology

Education

  • MD, Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
  • Pediatric Residency, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Clinical Fellowship, University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Neonatology Fellowship, University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Neonatal Hemodynamics Fellowship, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Research Interests

  • Cardiorespiratory parameters after percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus – Multicenter retrospective study [accepted for publication as of April 2024, J Peds].
  • Blood pressure patterns in preterm neonates according to patent ductus arteriosus shunt – Prospective and retrospective study.
  • Does inhaled epoprostenol improve pulmonary vascular disease in neonates? – Prospective study.
  • Aortic distensibility in stable late preterm and term neonates – Retrospective study.
  • Burden of PDA shunt exposure does not correlate with post-percutaneous closure respiratory instability in preterm infants – Retrospective study.
  • Lessons learned from the implementation of a percutaneous PDA closure program for preterm infants in a neonatal hemodynamics center – retrospective study.

Licenses & Certifications

  • MD, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • ECFMG
  • Licentiate of Medical Council of Canada
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Selected Publications

  • Bischoff AR, Hobson AA, McNamara PJ, Rios DR. Impact of a patent ductus arteriosus on non-invasive pre- and post-ductal blood pressures in extremely preterm infants during the first two postnatal weeks. J Perinatol. 2025 Mar;45(3):326-333. doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02223-2. Epub 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39929990.
  • Khallaf M, Aldoss O, Bischoff AR, Windsor J, Stopak J, Mukundan C, McNamara PJ, Mohammad Nijres B. The effect of anti-scatter grids on radiation exposure during transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure in premature infants. Cardiol Young. 2025 Feb;35(2):361-367. doi: 10.1017/S1047951124036382. Epub 2024 Dec 13. PMID: 39670666.
  • Stanford AH, Zhu F, Bussman N, Hundscheid R, Bischoff AR. Perspectives as Trainees in Neonatal Hemodynamics. Echo Magazine – American Society of Echocardiography. Volume 11, Issue 10. October 2022.
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; McNamara, Patrick J. Fetal Physiology. Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia, Principles and Practice 7th edition.
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; Backes, Carl; Weisz, Dany; Mohammad Nijres, Bassel; McNamara, Patrick J. Interventional Management of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Neonatal Hemodynamics, 4th edition of the “Neonatology: Questions and Controversies” book series by Rich Polin.
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; McNamara, Patrick J. Invited Book Chapter: Neonatal Functional Echocardiography: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – Point of Care Ultrasound for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care. Oxford Clinical Imaging Guides. [under production in 2024].
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; Zhu, Faith; Jain, Amish; McNamara, Patrick J. Invited Book Chapter: Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – Neonatal Cases – Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in the Newborn – From Origins to Clinical Management. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group, 2021.
  • Giesinger, Regan E; Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; Boyd, Stephanie; Stanford, Amy H; McNamara, Patrick J. Invited Book Chapter: Neonatal Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Textbook of Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology (5th Ed), Chapter 48, Section VIII. Aranda J, van den Anker J. Eds. Wolters Kluwer Publishers, 2021.
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde; Dalle Molle, Roberta; Pelufo, Patrícia Silveira. Chapter 33: Fetal Programming of Food Preferences and Feeding Behavior. Diet, Nutrition and Fetal Programming. Editors: V B Patel, V R Preedy and R Rajendram, Kings College London. Publishing House: Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
  • Bischoff, Adrianne Rahde, Belik, Jaques. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Pulmonary Hypertension. In: Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria; Procianoy RS, Leone CR, organizadores. PRORN Programa de Atualização em Neonatologia: Ciclo 15. Porto Alegre: Artmed Panamericana; 2017. p. 9–58. (Sistema de Educação Continuada a Distância, v. 1).