Education:   American University of Beirut BS 1988; M.D, 1991. UT Southwestern Medical Center MSCS 2005.  

House Staff and Fellowship Training: Internship and Residency, Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center Dallas 2001-2005; Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center 1998-2001.

Faculty Positions:  Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas College of Medicine 2005-2008; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center 2008-2020.

Current Position: Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, UT Southwestern MC

Director, Neurological Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NeuroNICU) Program and Co- Director, Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Fellowship Program. Associate Chief Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Society Memberships:

American Pediatric Society (APS); Society of Pediatric Research (SPR); Perinatal Research Society (PRS); International Perinatal Collegium (IPC); Newborn brain Society (NBS)

SPR Activities: 1999 SPR Young Investigator Award. Active member since 2005.  Yearly Presentations at SPR Annual Meetings. Abstract reviewer, Moderator and Session Chair for Annual Meeting.

Research Interests: Neonatal brain injury prevention, biomarkers of asphyxia, mild HIE. Wavelet assessment of neurovascular unit functions in real time

Other Information: NIH funding trajectory started with a KL2 (2008-2011) followed by K23 (2012-2015) awards, and R01 from NINDS (2017-2022). Chartered Study Reviewer NIH Clinician Scientist Training NST 1.Editorial Board Experience Pediatric research; Early human Development;