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Heidi Harmon, MD, MS

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology

Introduction

Dr. Harmon studied Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University before going on to earn her Doctor of Medicine. After graduation, completed her Pediatrics residency (2007) at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH. From 2007 to 2011, she served as Pediatric Medical Officer for the Tséhootsooí Medical Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona. She returned to Case Western in 2011 for her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, finishing both in 2014.

Dr. Harmon joined Pediatrics faculty at University of Iowa in 2014. She has served as Director for the High Risk Infant Follow-Up Program since 2018 and Co-director of the NeuroNICU Program since 2019.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology
  • Director, Iowa High Risk Infant Follow up Program

Education

  • BA in Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • MD in Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • MS in Clinical Investigation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • Resident in Pediatrics, Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's, Columbus, Ohio, United States
  • Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University/UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Research Interests

  • Developmental outcomes after extreme prematurity and neuroimaging
  • Developmental outcomes of high risk neonates
  • Auditory environment of the NICU
  • Developmental consequences of maternal stress

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Medical License, Iowa, United States
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics

Selected Publications

  • Riley, K. L., Harmon, H. M., Brady, B. A., Bischoff, A. R., Giesinger, R. E. & McNamara, P. J. (2020). Impact of acute cardiovascular collapse on cerebral electrical activity: importance of heart-brain interaction. Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM) 9 (2) e090205. DOI: 10.7363/090205.
  • Brumbaugh, J. E., Bell, E. F., Grey, S. F., DeMauro, S. B., Vohr, B. R., Harmon, H. M., Bann, C. M., Rysavy, M. A., Logan, J. W., Colaizy, T. T., Peralta-Carcelen, M. A., McGowan, E. C., Duncan, A. F., Stoll, B. J., Das, A. & Hintz, S. R. (2020). Behavior Profiles at 2 Years for Children Born Extremely Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. The Journal of pediatrics 219 152-159.e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.028. PMID: 32008764.
  • Harmon, H. M., Jensen, E. A., Tan, S., Chaudhary, A. S., Slaughter, J. L., Bell, E. F., Wyckoff, M. H., Hensman, A. M., Sokol, G. M. & DeMauro, S. B. (2020). Timing of postnatal steroids for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: association with pulmonary and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-0594-4. PMID: 32020038.
  • Phelps, D. L., Watterberg, K. L., Nolen, T. L., Cole, C. A., Cotten, C. M., Oh, W., Poindexter, B. B., Zaterka-Baxter, K. M., Das, A., Lacy, C. B., Scorsone, A. M., Walsh, M. C., Bell, E. F., Kennedy, K. A., Schibler, K., Sokol, G. M., Laughon, M. M., Lakshminrusimha, S., Truog, W. E., Garg, M., Carlo, W. A., Laptook, A. R., Van Meurs, K. P., Carlton, D. P., Graf, A., DeMauro, S. B., Brion, L. P., Shankaran, S., Orge, F. H., Olson, R. J., Mintz-Hittner, H., Yang, M. B., Haider, K. M., Wallace, D. K., Chung, M., Hug, D., Tsui, I., Cogen, M. S., Donahue, J. P., Gaynon, M., Hutchinson, A. K., Bremer, D. L., Quinn, G., He, Y. G., Lucas, Jr, W. R., Winter, T. W., Kicklighter, S. D., Kumar, K., Chess, P. R., Colaizy, T. T., Hibbs, A. M., Ambalavanan, N., Harmon, H. M., McGowan, E. C. & Higgins, R. D. (2018). Effects of Myo-inositol on Type 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity Among Preterm Infants <28 Weeks' Gestational Age: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 320 (16) 1649-1658. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.14996. PMID: 30357297.
  • Hintz, S. R., Vohr, B. R., Bann, C. M., Taylor, H. G., Das, A., Gustafson, K. E., Yolton, K., Watson, V. E., Lowe, J., DeAnda, M. E., Ball, M. B., Finer, N. N., Van Meurs, K. P., Shankaran, S., Pappas, A., Barnes, P. D., Bulas, D., Newman, J. E., Wilson-Costello, D. E., Heyne, R. J., Harmon, H. M., Peralta-Carcelen, M., Adams-Chapman, I., Duncan, A. F., Fuller, J., Vaucher, Y. E., Colaizy, T. T., Winter, S., McGowan, E. C., Goldstein, R. F. & Higgins, R. D. (2018). Preterm Neuroimaging and School-Age Cognitive Outcomes. Pediatrics 142 (1). DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4058. PMID: 29945955. PMCID: PMC6128951.
  • Harmon, H. M. & Hannon, T. S. (2018). Maternal obesity: a serious pediatric health crisis. Pediatric research 83 (6) 1087-1089. DOI: 10.1038/pr.2018.50. PMID: 29584713.
  • Jalou, H., Bandyopadhyay, A., Chauhan, D., Slaven, J. E., Harmon, H. M., Matt, B. H. & Daftary, A S (2018). Outcomes Of Various Interventions For Sleep Disordered Breathing In Infants With Down Syndrome. (Vols. 41). (suppl_1), pp. A285. Sleep. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.766.
  • Bandyopadhyay, A., Harmon, H., Slaven, J. E. & Daftary, A. S. (2017). Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at Two Years of Age for Premature Infants Diagnosed With Neonatal Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 13 (11) 1311-1317. DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.6804. PMID: 29065963. PMCID: PMC5656480.
  • Laptook, A. R., Shankaran, S., Tyson, J. E., Munoz, B., Bell, E. F., Goldberg, R. N., Parikh, N. A., Ambalavanan, N., Pedroza, C., Pappas, A., Das, A., Chaudhary, A. S., Ehrenkranz, R. A., Hensman, A. M., Van Meurs, K. P., Chalak, L. F., Khan, A. M., Hamrick SEG, Sokol, G. M., Walsh, M. C., Poindexter, B. B., Faix, R. G., Watterberg, K. L., Frantz, 3rd, I. D., Guillet, R., Devaskar, U., Truog, W. E., Chock, V. Y., Wyckoff, M. H., McGowan, E. C., Carlton, D. P., Harmon, H. M., Brumbaugh, J. E., Cotten, C. M., Sánchez, P. J., Hibbs, A. M. & Higgins, R. D. (2017). Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia Initiated After 6 Hours of Age on Death or Disability Among Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 318 (16) 1550-1560. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.14972. PMID: 29067428. PMCID: PMC5783566.
  • Shankaran, S., Laptook, A. R., Pappas, A., McDonald, S. A., Das, A., Tyson, J. E., Poindexter, B. B., Schibler, K., Bell, E. F., Heyne, R. J., Pedroza, C., Bara, R., Van Meurs, K. P., Huitema CMP, Grisby, C., Devaskar, U., Ehrenkranz, R. A., Harmon, H. M., Chalak, L. F., DeMauro, S. B., Garg, M., Hartley-McAndrew, M. E., Khan, A. M., Walsh, M. C., Ambalavanan, N., Brumbaugh, J. E., Watterberg, K. L., Shepherd, E. G., Hamrick SEG, Barks, J., Cotten, C. M., Kilbride, H. W. & Higgins, R. D. (2017). Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 318 (1) 57-67. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.7218. PMID: 28672318. PMCID: PMC5793705.