Howard J. Birenbaum, MD, MBA
Professional Experience 2003 – Present
Director, Division of Newborn Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD The NICU is a 30 bed level III+ unit, providing care to neonates of all gestational ages and birth weights.
2002 – 2003
Medical Officer, Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Drug Products, Rockville, MD.
1998 – 2002
NICU Medical Director, Pediatrix Medical Group of Maryland at St. Agnes HealthCare, Baltimore, MD.
1986 – 2002
Director, Division of Neonatology, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
2004 – Present
Reviewer, Pediatrics
2001 – Present
Reviewer, Journal of Perinatology
1988 - 1999
Consulting Editor, Respiratory Care.
1983 - 1986
Director of Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, St. Agnes Hospital
1983 - 1986
Staff Neonatologist, St. Agnes Hospital
Hospital Committees 2005—Present
Institutional Review Board, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2003—Present
Infection Control Committee, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2003—Present
Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Pediatrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Statewide Committees State of Maryland: 2004 – Present
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board Member, Baltimore County
2000 – Present
Perinatal Advisory Committee, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services
1997 – Present
Technical Advisory Committee on Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Health Resources Planning Commission
1995 – Present
Perinatal Clinical Advisory Committee, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Professional Organizations 2002-2004:
President, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
2000- 2002:
Vice President, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
1998 – 2000:
Secretary/Treasurer, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
1994 - 1998:
Chairman, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
1992 - Present:
Member, Executive Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
1986 - Present:
Member, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
Academic Appointments 1984 - Present:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine
1984 - 2010:
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2010 – Present
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Education 2
Postgraduate: 2001- 2003
University of Baltimore, Robert G. Merrick School of Business, Baltimore, MD, Master of Business Administration, December 2003
1981 - 1983
Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, The Perinatology Center, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021
1979 - 1981
Resident in Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021
1978 - 1979
Intern in Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021
Graduate: 1974 - 1978
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 Doctor of Medicine, 1978
College: 1970 - 1974
New York University, Washington Square College of Arts and Science, New York, NY 10003, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1974
Medical Licensure 1983 - Present:
Maryland (#D29475)
1979 - 1985:
New York (#138905)
Certifications 1989 - Present:
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (Regional Trainer, # 1227637)
1985 - Present:
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, sub-board in NeonatalPerinatal Medicine, 1985 (#1369)
1983 - Present:
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1983 (#27647)
Memberships Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Computers and Other Technologies, American Academy of Pediatrics 3
Maryland Perinatal Association National Perinatal Association Vermont-Oxford Neonatal Network Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics Publications Birenbaum, HJ; Dentry A; Cirelli J et. al; Reduction in the Incidence of Chronic Lung Disease in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Results of a Quality Improvement Process in a Tertiary Level NICU. Pediatrics 2009;123:44-50. Birenbaum HJ, Dentry A, Cirelli J, et. al: Incidence of Chronic Lung Disease (CLD) in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Retrospective Cohort Study of VLBW Infants Prior to and Following the Introduction of CPAP in the Delivery Room and Bubble CPAP in the NICU E-PAS 2007:7935.25.
Birenbaum HJ, Pane MA, Helou SM, Starr, KP: Comparison of a Restricted Transfusion Schedule with Erythropoietin Therapy versus a Restricted Transfusion Schedule Alone in Very Low Birth Weight Premature Infants. Southern Medical Journal 2006: 99:10591063.
Birenbaum HJ. Prophylactic Phototherapy in ABO Incompatiblity (Letter to the Editor). J Perinatol 2005: 25:805. Birenbaum HJ. Conservative Transfusion Schedule (CTS) with Erythropoietin Therapy (EPO) Versus CTS Alone in Premature Infants. PAS 2005: 57: 2218. Birenbaum HJ. Primum Non Nocere. Am J Perinatol 2003;20(8):503-5. The STOP-ROP Multicenter Study Group: Supplemental Oxygen for Prethreshold Retinopathy of Prematurity (STOP-ROP). A Randomized, Controlled Trial. I: Primary Outcomes. Pediatrics 2000;105:295. Vermont-Oxford Neonatal Network: A Multicenter, Randomized Trial Comparing Synthetic Surfactant with Modified Bovine Surfactant Extract in the Treatment of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatrics, 97:1, 1996. Birenbaum HJ and Armiger J: Neonatology Radiology Casebook, Massive Air Embolism in a Low Birth Wight Infant. J Perinatol 16:142, 1996. Horbar JD, for the Investigators of the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network: Antenatal Corticosteroid Treatment and Neonatal Outcomes for Infants 501-1500 gm in the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 173:275, 1995.
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Birenbaum HJ, Broderick KA, Santos AQ, et. al: Early Feeds, Umbilical Artery Catheters and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Is There Any Relationship? Pediatric Research, 33:203A, 1993. The Investigators of the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network Database Project: The Vermont-Oxford Trials Network-Very Low Birthweight Outcomes for 1990. Pediatrics, 91:540, 1993. Birenbaum HJ: Book Review of Infections in the Newborn, Perinatal Practice, Vol 6, Edited by John de Louvois and David Harvey. New York, John Wiley, 1990, in The New England Journal of Medicine, 325:1049, 1991. Birenbaum HJ, Glorioso L, Rosenberger C, et. al: Gowning on a Post-Partum Ward Fails to Decrease Colonization in the Newborn Infant. AJDC, 144:1031, 1990. Birenbaum HJ, Santos AQ: Candidal Infections in Neonates of Very Low Birth Weight. Southern Medical Journal, 82:77, 1989. LaGamma EF, Ostertag SG, Birenbaum H: Failure of Delayed Enteral Feedings to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis. AJDC, 139:385, 1985. Birenbaum HJ, Macaraeg AL, Silverman BM, Harris, MD: Splenic Rupture in a Very Low Birth Weight Infant. Maryland Medical Journal, 35:5, 399, 1985. Birenbaum H, Ostertag SG, LaGamma EF: Delayed Feedings Fail to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Pediatric Research, 18:331A, 1984. Presentations and Significant Conferences Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and Neuroprotection of the Brain. Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center. October 30, 2009. Reducing the Incidence of Chronic Lung Disease in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Invited Speaker, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland. February 24, 2009. Room Air versus Oxygen Resuscitation in the Delivery Room. What Should We Be Doing? Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, February 22, 2008. Birenbaum HJ, Helou S, Pane MA. Conservative Transfusion Schedule with Erythropoietin Therapy Versus a Conservative Transfusion Schedule Alone in Premature Infants. Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Washington, DC, May 2005 Group B Streptococcal Infections in Neonates: Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, October 18, 2003. 5
Update on Group B Streptococcus Infections: Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, St. Agnes HealthCare, January 19, 2001. Corticosteroids in Chronic Lung Disease in Neonates: Fellow Seminar, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, November 6, 2001. Workshop on Neonatal Resuscitation, 16th Annual Meeting of the Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, October 27-29, 1995. Panel Participant, Group B Streptococcus: Obstetric and Pediatric Issues, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, November 1994. Program Coordinator, Perinatal Day, "Critical Care of the Newborn in Community Hospitals," at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Sponsored by the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, March 23, 1991. Program Coordinator, Perinatal Day, "The New Technologies and Therapies in Neonatal Care," at St. Agnes Hospital. Sponsored by the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, March 23, 1990. Program Coordinator, Perinatal Day, "The NICU Graduate's First Year," at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Sponsored by the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, May 14, 1988. "The Role of Early Enteral Feedings in the Genesis of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis," The New York Perinatal Society, May 25, 1983.
Selected Awards and Honors 2010
Recognized as a “top Doctor” Baltimore Magazine, November 2010, in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2005
Recognized as a “Top Doctor” Baltimore Magazine, November 2005, in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2004
Pediatrician of the Year, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter
1997
Leadership Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter 6
1979
Residency Fellowship, American Academy of Pediatrics
1974 - 1978
New York State Regents Scholarship in Medicine
1975
Summer Fellowship, Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center
1970 - 1974
New York State Regents Scholarship
1973
Caducean Pre-Medical Honor Society, New York University
1973
Beta Lambda Sigma Biology Honor Society, New York University
1972
Coat of Arms Society for Scholarship, New York University
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