Danielle R. Rios, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology
- Director of Neonatal Hemodynamics Program
- Program Director of Neonatal Hemodynamics Fellowship Program
Education
- BS in Child Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
- MD in Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tempe, Arizona, United States
- MS in Clinical Investigation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
- Pediatrics Residency in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Neonatology Fellowship in Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
- Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
- Clinical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
Research Interests
- Real-time predictive analytics
- Neonatal hemodynamics
Licenses & Certifications
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, Texas, United States
- Pediatrics Certification, American Board of Pediatrics
- Clinical Pharmacology Board Certification, American Board of Clinical Pharmacology
- Medical license, Iowa Board of Medicine
Selected Publications
- Hebert A, Rios DR, McNamara PJ. Commentary: Vasopressin and critically ill neonates: balancing treatment efficacy and unintended hyponatremia. Front Pediatr. 2025 Jan 20:12:1514079. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1514079.eCollection 2024. PMID: 39902227. PMCID: PMC11788387.
- 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.
- Reyes-Hernandez ME, Bischoff AR, Giesinger RE, Rios DR, Stanford AH, McNamara PJ. Echocardiography assessment of left ventricular function in extremely preterm infants, born less than 28 weeks gestation, with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and systemic hypertension. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024;37(2):237-247. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.08.013. PMID: 37619910.
- Ford A, Beauchene M, Stanford AH, Klein JM, Dagle JM, Rios DR, Larson SA, McNamara PJ, Giesinger RE. Exposure to persistent hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus is associated with retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2024;28(3):103923. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2024.103923. PMID: 38692561.
- Romero-Lopez M. Su S, Bravo R, Rios DR, Findley TO, Tibe CA, McNamara PJ. The effect of furosemide on extremely premature infants treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for persistent patent ductus arteriosus. J Perinatol. 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02148-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39379731. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02148-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39379731.
- Gowda S, Ball MK, Lakshminrusimha S, Rios DR, McNamara PJ. Hemodynamic instability in the transitional period after birth. Semin Perinatol. 2024; Oct 9:151986. doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2024.151986. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39438158.
- 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. PMCID: PMC11597592.
- Geisinger, Rios DR, McNamara PJ, Levy PT. Asphyxia, therapeutic hypothermia, and pulmonary hypertension. Clin Perinatol. 2024;51(1):127-149. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.007. PMID: 38325938.
- Beauchene MS, Cunningham AM, Stanford AH, Bischoff AR, Dagle JM, Rios DR, Klein JM, Giesinger RE, McNamara PJ. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and response to late surfactant treatment in premature infants. J Perinatol. 2023;43(10):1245-1251. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01689-2. PMID: 37160976.
- Stanford AH, Chatmethakul T, Rios DR, Giesinger RE, Thomas B, Bischoff AR, 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. doi: 10.3233/NPM-230078. PMID: 38728205.