Faculty
Ann R. Stark, M.D.
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Pediatrics—Neonatology
- Head, Section of Neonatology
- Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
- Associate Vice-Chair for Research, Texas Children's Hospital
- Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Center
Clinical Titles
- Chief, Neonatology Service, Texas Children's Hospital
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Current Positions in Professional Organizations
- Chair, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Associate Editor, Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Medical Editor, Subboard of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
Professional History
- M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, 1971
- Pediatric Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis MO, 1972–1973
- Clinical Fellow in Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, 1974–1975
- Fellow in the Joint Program in Neonatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, 1975–1977
Academic Interests
- Prevention of chronic lung disease
- Management of respiratory failure
- Prevention of severe hyperbilirubinemia
Recent Publications
- Eichenwald EC, Stark AR. Management and outcomes of very low birth weight. N Engl J Med 2008; 358:1700-11.
- Eichenwald EC, Stark AR. Are postnatal steroids ever justified to treat severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2007; 92(5):F334–F337.
- Fanaroff AA, Stoll BJ, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Stark AR, Bauer CR, Donovan EF, Korones SB, Laptook AR, Lemons JA, Oh W, Papile LA, Shankaran S, Stevenson DK, Tyson JE, Poole WK; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birthweight infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 196(2):147.e1–147e8.
- Stark AR. Inhaled NO for preterm infants—getting to yes? N Engl J Med 2006; 355(4):404–406.
- Raju TNK, Higgins RD, Stark AR, Leveno KJ. Optimizing care and outcome for late-preterm (near-term) infants: a summary of the workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Pediatrics 2006; 118(3):1207–1214.
