Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine 2017 - 2020
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine 2017 - 2020
  • M.H.S., Duke University School of Medicine 2020
  • Residency, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein Medical Center 2014 - 2017
  • M.B.B.S., Dow University of Health Sciences (Pakistan) 2011
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2020 - 2021
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal
  • Neonatal infections
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Pediatrics
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED, ACTIVE COMPARATOR STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF LACOSAMIDE IN NEONATES WITH REPEATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC NEONATAL SEIZURES awarded by UCB Biopharma SPRL 2020 - 2022
  • A Phase 1b, Randomized, Blinded, Dose-Determined Study Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of Intervention with AT-100 (rhSP-D) in Preterm Neonates at High Risk for the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) awarded by Airway Therapeutics 2021 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Aleem, S., and Z. A. Bhutta. Neonatology: A global perspective. Vol. 22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495429.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Aleem, Samia, LaShawndra S. Walker, Chi D. Hornik, Michael J. Smith, Chad A. Grotegut, and Kristin E. D. Weimer. “Severe Congenital Syphilis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Case Series.” Pediatr Infect Dis J 41, no. 4 (April 1, 2022): 335–39. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003370.
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    • Weimer, Kristin E. D., P Brian Smith, Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, and Samia Aleem. “Invasive fungal infections in neonates: a review.” Pediatr Res 91, no. 2 (January 2022): 404–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01842-7.
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    • Curtis, Samantha, Noelle Younge, Jennifer Peterson, C Michael Cotten, Samia Aleem, and Rachel G. Greenberg. “Which infants should receive indomethacin prophylaxis: moving closer to individualized medicine in the neonatal intensive care unit.” J Pediatr 237 (October 2021): 318–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.006.
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    • Aleem, Samia, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta. “Infection-related stillbirth: an update on current knowledge and strategies for prevention.” Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 19, no. 9 (September 2021): 1117–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2021.1882849.
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    • Miller, Laura E., Matthew M. Laughon, Reese H. Clark, Kanecia O. Zimmerman, Christoph P. Hornik, Samia Aleem, P. Brian Smith, and Rachel G. Greenberg. “Vasoactive medications in extremely low gestational age neonates during the first postnatal week.” J Perinatol 41, no. 9 (September 2021): 2330–36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01031-8.
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    • Aleem, Samia, Cliff Robbins, Brianna Murphy, Stephen Elliott, Christiana Akinyemi, Nicholas Paredes, Veeral N. Tolia, et al. “The use of supplemental hydrocortisone in the management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.” J Perinatol 41, no. 4 (April 2021): 794–800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00943-9.
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    • Hennelly, Marissa, Rachel G. Greenberg, and Samia Aleem. “An Update on the Prevention and Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.” Pediatric Health Med Ther 12 (2021): 405–19. https://doi.org/10.2147/PHMT.S287693.
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    • Aleem, Samia, Megan Wohlfarth, C Michael Cotten, and Rachel G. Greenberg. “Infection control and other stewardship strategies in late onset sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and localized infection in the neonatal intensive care unit.” Semin Perinatol 44, no. 8 (December 2020): 151326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semperi.2020.151326.
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    • Abuali, Mayssa, Andrea Zivot, Sandra Guerguis, Enrique Valladares, Samia Aleem, Francisco Gonzalez-Salazar, Brittany Rouchou, Nicolas Mottola, Leonard Braitman, and Andrew Paoletti. “Outpatient antibiotic prescribing patterns in pediatric academic and community practices.” Am J Infect Control 47, no. 9 (September 2019): 1151–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.025.
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    • Aleem, Samia, and Rachel G. Greenberg. “When to Include a Lumbar Puncture in the Evaluation for Neonatal Sepsis.” Neoreviews 20, no. 3 (March 2019): e124–34. https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.20-3-e124.
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  • Scholarly Editions

    • Aleem, Samia, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta. “A Review of External Assistance and Aid Effectiveness for Maternal and Child Health: Challenges and Opportunities,” 2013.

  • Conference Papers

    • Mosher, Christopher, Michael Nanna, Oliver Jawitz, Vignesh Raman, Norma Farrow, Samia Aleem, Neil MacIntyre, Scott Palmer, and Evan Myers. “COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN US ADULTS WITH COPD.” In Chest, 158:A2059–60. Elsevier BV, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.1781.
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