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Amy Stanford, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology

Education

  • B.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • M.D., Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
  • Pediatric Residency, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Program Trainee, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Research Interests

  • Phenotypes of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in Extreme Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Co-research mentor of Melanie Morris with PJ McNamara.

Licenses & Certifications

  • Medical license, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics Certification
  • NRP Certification
  • BCLS Certification

Selected Publications

  • Chatmethakul T, Stanford AH, Rios DR, Bischoff AR, Czech T, McNamara PJ. Cardiac dysfunction associated with lacosamide in a premature infant with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: A case report. AJP Rep. 2024;14(4):e270-e273. doi: 10.1055/a-2447-8662. PMID: 39600378.
  • Aleem NA, Wren JT, Jr, Ruoss JL, Stanford AH, Hyland RM, Thomas B, Giesinger RE, McNamara PJ. Neonatal cardiac POCUS–A survey of academic neonatal centers in the United States. J Perinatol. 2024;44(10):1509-1514. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02108-w. Epub 2024 Sep 9. PMID: 3925174.
  • Sandgren JA, Tung ML, Berrebi KG, Saade DN, Bermick JR, Lee SS, Stanford AH. A Severe reaction after phototherapy in a neonate with X-linked protoporphyria. Pediatrics. 2024. 154(2):e2023064724. PMID: 390454943. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064724.
  • Ford A, Beauchene M, Stanford AH, Klein JM, Dagle JM, Rios DR, Larson SA, McNamara PJ, Giesinger RE. Exposure to persistently hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus is associated with retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2024. 28(3):103923. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2024.103923.
  • Stanford AH, Chatmethakul T, Rios DR, Giesinger RE, Thomas B, Bischoff AR, Weiner L, McNamara PJ. Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection and pulmonary vascular disease in extremely premature infants: A case series. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2024. 17(2):275-284. PMID: 38728205. doi: 10.3233/NPM-230078.
  • Lueschow-Guijosa SR, Stanford AH, Berger JN, Gong H, Boly TJ, Jensen BA, Nordkild P, Leegwatre AJ, Wehkamp J, Underwood MA, McElroy SJ. Host defense peptides human beta defensin 2 and LL-37 ameliorate murine necrotizing enterocolitis. iScience. 2024. 15;27(6)109993. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109993.
  • Ali SK, Stanford AH, McNamara PJ, Gupta S. Surfactant and neonatal hemodynamics during the postnatal transition. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med.  2023. 28(6):101498. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2023.101498.
  • Reyes ME, Bischoff AR, Giesinger RE, Rios DR, Stanford AH, McNamara PJ. Echocardiography assessment of left ventricular function in extremely preterm infants, born at less than 28 weeks’ gestation, with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and systemic hypertension. J Am Soc Echocardiogram 2023. 37(2):237-247. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.08.013.
  • Giesinger RE, Rios DR, Chatmethakul T, Bischoff AR, Sandgren JA, Cunningham A, Beauchene M, Stanford AH, Klein JM, Ten Eyck P, McNamara PJ. Impact of early hemodynamic screening on extremely preterm outcomes in a high-performance center. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023. 208(3):290-300. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202212-2291OC.
  • Stanford, AH; Zhu, F; Bussman, N; Hundscheid, R; Bischoff, AR. Perspectives as Trainees in Neonatal Hemodynamics. Echo Magazine – American Society of Echocardiography 2022. 11(10).