https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4406-2276
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Pediatrics
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2021 - Present
Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine,
Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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2019 - Present
Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine,
Pediatrics
Recent Scholarly Works
Postextubation Arterial Blood Gas to Predict Reintubation in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.
Journal article Respir Care · July 2026 BACKGROUND: Children with cardiac disease frequently receive mechanical ventilation. Drawing an arterial blood gas (ABG) 1-2 h postextubation is common practice. Limited data exist evaluating the utility of ABGs in this context. We hypothesized that postex ... Full text Link to item CiteAssessing the capability of large language models in answering pediatric critical care board-style questions.
Journal article Sci Rep · June 13, 2026 The potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in medicine is often linked to massive, resource-intensive models. However, their practical application in specialized fields like pediatric critical care requires exploring the capability of more efficient, lo ... Full text Link to item CiteThe Authors Reply: Ventilator Liberation after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Balancing the Competing Interests of the Lungs and the Heart.
Journal article Respir Care · June 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Philips FAST picoSAT Convenience Sampling for SpO2 Accuracy MA_PM_Mountain_2022_11496
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Philips Medizin-Systeme Boeblingen GmbH · 2024 - 2035Early life B cell responses and inflammation following SARS-CoV-2 infection
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2022 - 2026Personalized Immunomodulation in Pediatric Sepsis-Induced MODS (PRECISE) (CPCCRN)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Utah · 2021 - 2026View All Grants
Education
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul School of Medicine (Brazil) ·
1989
M.D.