Dr. Walter Clark Boutwell MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
207 Hunter Trl Pike Road AL, 36064About
Dr. Walter Boutwell is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Pike Road, AL. Dr. Boutwell cares for the critically ill newborn and premature infants. Neonatal-Perinatal Physicians treat conditions such as breathing disorders, birth defects, infections, and any other life-threatening medical problems. They coordinate with their young patients families and other physicians to determine appropriate treatment.
Education and Training
Northwestern Uniiversity 1972
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Successful direct extubation of very low birth weight infants from low intermittent mandatory ventilation rate.
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome associated with Hirschsprung disease, 46,XY female karyotype, and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
- Pharmacokinetics of paraldehyde disposition in the neonate.
- II: the abcde of neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Evidence for a role of arachidonic acid in glucocorticoid-induced cleft palate in rats.
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