Edward Bell, MD

Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology

Introduction

I am involved in clinical trials and other studies designed to improve the care and outcomes of extremely preterm and other critically ill newborn infants. Current or recent research has involved improving decisions about transfusing anemic preterm infants, reducing the need for transfusion, and identifying safer techniques of transfusion. I have also been involved in research exploring hospital differences in outcome and approaches to care of extremely preterm infants. One of my favorite projects has been the Tiniest Babies Registry, a web-based registry of infants who survived to discharge after being born with birth weight below 400 grams.

Current Positions

Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology
Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

Education

BA in Mathematics, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
MD in Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States
Resident in Pediatrics, Babies Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Fellow in Neonatology, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Fellow in Neonatology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Licenses & Certifications

Iowa Medical License
Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Iowa Permanent Medical License
American Board of Pediatrics
Ontario Permanent Medical License
National Board of Medical Examiners
New York Permanent Medical License

Selected Publications

Kaluarachchi DC, Rysavy MA, Do B, Chock VY, Laughon MM, Backes CH, Colaizy TT, Bell EF, McNamara PJ. Changes in Patent Ductus Arteriosus Management and Outcomes in Infants Born at 26 to 28 Weeks' Gestation. J Pediatr. 2024 Dec 26:114456. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114456. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39732160.
Kaluarachchi DC, Rysavy MA, Carper BA, Chock VY, Laughon MM, Backes CH, Colaizy TT, Bell EF, McNamara PJ. Secular trends in patent ductus arteriosus management in infants born preterm in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. J Pediatr. 2024 Mar:266:113877. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113877. Epub 2023 Dec 20. PMID: 38135028. PMCID: PMC10922632.
Boghossian NS, Mack NA, Bell EF, Tan S, Stoll BJ, Rysavy MA, Ambalavanan N, Tyson JE, Das A, Hintz SR; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Trends in sex differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2024 Sep 20:fetalneonatal-2024-327239. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327239. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39288987.
Mostek AMB, Bell EF, Feldman HA, Josephson CD, Georgieff MK, Nopoulos P, Patel RM, Stowell SR, Sola-Visner M, Conrad AL. Sex differences in the association of pretransfusion haemoglobin and cognition in preterm infants. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jun 8;8(1):e002541. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002541. PMID: 38851221. PMCID: PMC11163603.
Salas AA, Carlo WA, Bann CM, Bell EF, Colaizy TT, Younge N, Peralta M, Ambalavanan N, Poindexter BB; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Risk assessment of cognitive impairment at 2 years of age in infants born extremely preterm using the INTERGROWTH-21st growth standards. J Pediatr. 2024 Dec:275:114239. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114239. PMID: 3916817. PMCID: PMC11560614.
Brumbaugh JE, Bann CM, Bell EF, Travers CP, Vohr BR, McGowan EC, Harmon HM, Carlo WA, Hintz SR, Duncan AF; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Social determinants of health and redirection of care for infants born extremely preterm. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 May 1;178(5):454-464. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0125. PMID: 38466268. PMCID: PMC10928542.
Shukla VV, Carper BA, Ambalavanan N, Rysavy MA, Bell EF, Das A, Patel RM, D'Angio CT, Watterberg KL, Cotten CM, Merhar SL, Wyckoff MH, Sánchez PJ, Kumbhat N, Carlo WA; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Social distancing and extremely preterm births in the initial COVID-19 pandemic period. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul;44(7):1050-1057. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01898-3. Epub 2024 Feb 22. PMID: 38388715. PMCID: PMC11226398.
Chawla S, Laptook AR, Smith EA, Tan S, Natarajan G, Wyckoff MH, Greenberg RG, Ambalavanan N, Bell EF, Van Meurs KP, Hintz SR, Vohr BR, Werner EF, Das A, Shankaran S; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Association of maternal pre-pregnancy or first trimester body mass index with neurodevelopmental impairment or death in extremely low gestational age neonates. J Perinatol. 2024 Jun;44(6):802-810. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01905-7. Epub 2024 Feb 23. PMID: 38396053.
Colaizy TT, Poindexter BB, McDonald SA, Bell EF, Carlo WA, Carlson SJ, DeMauro SB, Kennedy KA, Nelin LD, Sánchez PJ, Vohr BR, Johnson KJ, Herron DE, Das A, Crawford MM, Walsh MC, Higgins RD, Stoll BJ; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network; MILK Trial Investigators; Ambalavanan N, Wyckoff MH, D'Angio CT, Bugg GW, Ohls RK, Reynolds AM, Sokol GM, Laptook AR, Olsen SL, White JR, Jadcherla SR, Bajaj M, Parimi PS, Schmidt B, Laughon MM, Barks J, Fisher KA, Hibbs AM, Peralta-Carcelen M, Cook N, Heyne RJ, Cavanaugh B, Adams-Chapman I, Fuller J, Hartley-McAndrew ME, Harmon HM, Duncan AF, Hines AC, Kilbride HW, Richards LA, Maitre NL, Natarajan G, Trembath AN, Carlson MD, Malcolm WF, Wilson-Costello DE; MILK Trial Investigators; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants fed donor milk or preterm infant formula: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2024 Feb 20;331(7):582-591. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.27693. PMID: 38497706. PMCID: PMC10828950.
Chock VY, Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Tan S, Hintz SR, Ball MB, Smith E, Das A, Loggins YC, Sood BG, Chalak LF, Wyckoff MH, Kicklighter SD, Kennedy KA, Patel RM, Carlo WA, Johnson KJ, Watterberg KL, Sánchez PJ, Laptook AR, Seabrook RB, Cotten CM, Mancini T, Sokol GM, Ohls RK, Hibbs AM, Poindexter BB, Reynolds AM, DeMauro SB, Chawla S, Baserga M, Walsh MC, Higgins RD, Van Meurs KP; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Tissue oxygenation changes after transfusion and outcomes in preterm infants: A secondary near-infrared spectroscopy study of the transfusion of prematures randomized clinical trial (TOP NIRS). JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2334889. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34889. PMID: 37733345. PMCID: PMC10514737.