Susan R. Hintz, M.D., M.S. Epi.

Clinical Focus

• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Neonatology

Administrative Appointments

• Medical Director, Center for Fetal and Maternal Health, LCPH (2009 - present)
• Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine (2007 - present)
• Director, Neonatal Clinical Consensus Conferences, LPCH and Stanford University (2000 - present)
• Director, Neonatal Prenatal Consultation Services, LPCH and Stanford University (2004 - present)
• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine (2000 - 2007)

Honors and Awards

• Harman Faculty Scholar, The Arline and Pete Faculty Scholar Fund (2009-present)
• Membership Secretary and Council Member, Society for Pediatric Research (2008-present)
• Council, District IX AAP Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, District IX, Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, AAP (2008-present)
• Principal Investigator for Neurodevelopmental Follow-up, Stanford University site,, NICHD Neonatal Research Network (2001-present)
• Specialized Clinical Investigator Development Award (MSCIDA), NICHD, National Institutes of Health (2004-2007)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Epidemiology
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Neonatology

Internet Links

• Center for Fetal and Maternal Health
• Stanford Neonatology

Current Research Interests

1) Early childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes, mortality and morbidities of ELBW, extremely premature, and high-risk infants; predictive clinical factors, evidence-based interventions
2) Use of advanced neuroimaging techniques in the premature and term infant; diagnostic findings, and predictors of neurodevelopmental outcomes
3) Advanced therapeutic modalities: HFOV, iNO, ECMO - implementation, indications, outcomes
4) Natural history and outcomes of complex fetal anomalies

Clinical Trials

• Necrotizing Enterocolitis Surgery Trial (NEST) Recruiting
• Optimizing Cooling for HIE Recruiting
• Sutureless vs Sutured Gastroschisis Closure Recruiting

Publications

• Are Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants Improving? Impact of Bayley Assessment on Outcomes. Vohr BR, Stephens BE, Higgins RD, Bann CM, Hintz SR, Das A, Newman JE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Yolton K, Dusick AM, Evans PW, Goldstein RF, Ehrenkranz RA, Pappas A, Adams-Chapman I, Wilson-Costello DE, Bauer CR, Bodnar A, Heyne RJ, Vaucher YE, Dillard RG, Acarregui MJ, McGowan EC, Myers GJ, Fuller J. J Pediatr. 2012
• Early-childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes are not improving for infants born at <25 weeks' gestational age. Hintz SR, Kendrick DE, Wilson-Costello DE, Das A, Bell EF, Vohr BR, Higgins RD. Pediatrics. 2011; 127 (1): 62-70
• Improved outcomes with a standardized feeding protocol for very low birth weight infants. McCallie KR, Lee HC, Mayer O, Cohen RS, Hintz SR, Rhine WD. J Perinatol. 2011: 31 Suppl 1 S61-7
• Is phototherapy exposure associated with better or worse outcomes in 501- to 1000-g-birth-weight infants? Hintz SR, Stevenson DK, Yao Q, Wong RJ, Das A, Van Meurs KP, Morris BH, Tyson JE, Oh W, Poole WK, Phelps DL, McDavid GE, Grisby C, Higgins RD. Acta Paediatr. 2011; 100 (7): 960-5
• A national survey of pediatric residents and delivery room training experience. Lee HC, Chitkara R, Halamek LP, Hintz SR. J Pediatr. 2010; 157 (1): 158-161.e3