Dr. John L Stefano MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
4745 Ogletown-Stanton Road Suite 217 Medical Ar Newark DE, 19713About
Dr. John Stefano is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Newark, DE. Dr. Stefano 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
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1978
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1978
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1978
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cranial sonography in very-low-birth-weight infants: do all infants need to be screened?
- Preeclampsia does not increase the risk for culture proven sepsis in very low birth weight infants.
- Increased leukocytes in infants with intraventricular hemorrhage.
- Thyroid function in very-low-birth-weight infants with intraventricular hemorrhage.
- Thyroxine and illness severity in very low-birth-weight infants.
- Home delivery of palivizumab: outcomes and compliance in regional preterm infants.
- Prenatal consultation with a neonatologist prior to preterm delivery.
- Transfusion volume in infants with very low birth weight: a randomized trial of 10 versus 20 ml/kg.
- Caesarean delivery and outcome in very low birthweight infants.
- Maternal antibiotics and decreased periventricular leukomalacia in very low-birth-weight infants.
- Prolonged apnea and oxyhemoglobin desaturation in asymptomatic premature infants.
- Are perinatal risk factors helpful in predicting and optimizing treatment strategies for transient hypothyroxinemia in very-low-birth-weight infants?
- Factors influencing levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone in very low birth weight infants and the relationship to death and IVH.
- Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on markers of pulmonary inflammation and lung maturation in preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease.
- Is infant mortality in Delaware truly increasing? Evidence for increasing illness severity and shift to fetal deaths and previable births.
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