Dr. Edmund F Lagamma MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
95 Grasslands Rd Valhalla NY, 10595About
Dr. Edmund Lagamma is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Valhalla, NY. Dr. Lagamma 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of prenatal steroids on potassium balance in extremely low birth weight neonates.
- "Proactive" management of percutaneously inserted central catheters results in decreased incidence of infection in the ELBW population.
- Treatment of transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity: a survey of neonatal practice.
- Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on hyperoxia-induced lung injury in newborn piglets.
- Stereospecific regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase and proenkephalin genes by short-chain fatty acids in rat PC12 cells.
- Compliance with prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus infection in a home setting.
- Tissue- and treatment-specific usage of multiple preproenkephalin transcriptional start sites.
- Butyrate, a gut-derived environmental signal, regulates tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression via a novel promoter element.
- Astrocyte end-feet in germinal matrix, cerebral cortex, and white matter in developing infants.
- Association of necrotizing enterocolitis with elective packed red blood cell transfusions in stable, growing, premature neonates.
- Addressing the "New" NEC: Part I: rediscovering the basics.
- Toward improving mucosal barrier defenses: rhG-CSF plus IgG antibody.
- Maturational changes in laminin, fibronectin, collagen IV, and perlecan in germinal matrix, cortex, and white matter and effect of betamethasone.
- Characterization of acute brain injuries and neurobehavioral profiles in a rabbit model of germinal matrix hemorrhage.
- Postnatal betamethasone vs dexamethasone in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a pilot study.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 New York Super Doctors
Professional Memberships
- Member AMA
- Member AAAS
- Member MED SOC. STATE OF NEW YORK
- Member SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, EASTERN, SPR
- Member AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
- Member NEW YORK PERINATAL SOCIETY
Fellowships
- New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center (Perinatology Center) and University of California, Cardiovascular Research Institute
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