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Research Interests
Why do some premature infants experience adverse outcomes, while others do not? Dr. Mestan is an attending neonatologist at Lurie Children's Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, whose research focuses on identifying biochemical, environmental, and genetic markers for preterm birth and its complications. Understanding these markers and the scientific mechanisms behind them can lead to new approaches and therapies to prevent complications of preterm birth, such as chronic lung and heart problems, poor growth, and neurodevelopmental delays in early childhood.
Translational research in identifying biomarkers and mechanisms by which placental vascular dysfunction leads to neonatal lung disease and its long-term health sequelae.
Management and prevention of neonatal chronic lung diseases, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neonatal pulmonary hypertension. Clinical care coordination for medically complex infants.
Certifications and Licenses
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine |
Training Experience
| 1999 | Residency, University of Chicago |
| 2002 | Fellowship, University of Chicago |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Chicago Medical School
… → 1996
Research interests
- Clinical Research
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Genomics
- Lungs / Breathing Problems
- Maternal-Child Health
- Neonatology
- Pediatrics
- Stem Cells
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Grants
The Role of Placental Maternal Vascular Underperfusion in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
2/15/18 → 1/31/23
Project: Research project
The Role of Placental Maternal Vascular Underperfusion in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
2/15/18 → 1/31/23
Project: Research project
Evaluation of Stem and Progenitor Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood and Tissues for Therapeutic Use in Premature Infants
Chaudhury, S. & Mestan, K. K. L.
6/29/16 → 6/1/20
Project: Research project
The Role of Placental Maternal Vascular Underperfusion in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension
Farrow, K. N., Grobman, W. A., Mestan, K. K. L., Misharin, A. & Swaminathan, S.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
2/15/18 → 6/1/19
Project: Research project
Research Output
Cord blood alpha klotho is decreased in small for gestational age preterm infants with placental lesions of accelerated aging
Franklin, A. D., Saqibuddin, J., Stephens, K., Birkett, R., Marsden, L., Ernst, L. & Mestan, K. K., Nov 2019, In : Placenta. 87, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Racial differences in placental pathology among very preterm births
Matoba, N., Yallapragada, S., Davis, M. M., Ernst, L. M., Collins, J. W. & Mestan, K. K., Aug 2019, In : Placenta. 83, p. 37-42 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Variations in Umbilical Cord Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Chaudhury, S., Saqibuddin, J., Birkett, R., Falcon-Girard, K., Kraus, M., Ernst, L. M., Grobman, W. & Mestan, K. K., Nov 14 2019, In : Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7, 475.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Scopus
citations
An update on the diagnoses and management of bronchopulmonary dyplasia (BPD)- associated pulmonary hypertension
Berkelhamer, SK., Mestan, KK. & Steinhorn, R., Oct 2018, In : Seminars in Perinatology (in press).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An update on the diagnosis and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)-associated pulmonary hypertension
Berkelhamer, S. K., Mestan, K. K. & Steinhorn, R., Nov 2018, In : Seminars in Perinatology. 42, 7, p. 432-443 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
5
Scopus
citations