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Aaron Hamvas, M.D.

James P. Keating Professor of Pediatrics, WUSM
Director of Clinical Affairs for Newborn Medicine
Medical Director, NICU, SLCH
 
 
Areas of Clinical Interest/Research
Genetic disorders of surfactant metabolism; genetic contribution to lung disease in newborns; influence of the intestinal microbiome on necrotizing enterocolitis

Aaron Hamvas, M.D.

James P. Keating Professor of Pediatrics, WUSM
Director of Clinical Affairs for Newborn Medicine
Medical Director, NICU, SLCH
 
 
Areas of Clinical Interest/Research
Genetic disorders of surfactant metabolism; genetic contribution to lung disease in newborns; influence of the intestinal microbiome on necrotizing enterocolitis
Education
  • BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1977
  • MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1981
  • BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1977
  • MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1981
Training
  • Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981 - 1984
  • Fellow in Newborn Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987 - 1990
  • Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981 - 1984
  • Fellow in Newborn Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987 - 1990
Licensure and Board Certification
  • Missouri, 1983
  • American Board of Pediatrics, 1989
  • Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1991, recertified 1998, 2006
  • Missouri, 1983
  • American Board of Pediatrics, 1989
  • Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1991, recertified 1998, 2006
Memberships
  • The Society for Pediatric Research
  • Midwest Society for Pediatric Research
  • European Society for Pediatric Research
  • American Pediatric Society
  • American Thoracic Society

 

  • The Society for Pediatric Research
  • Midwest Society for Pediatric Research
  • European Society for Pediatric Research
  • American Pediatric Society
  • American Thoracic Society

 
Selected Publications
  1. Hamvas A, Heins HB, Guttentag SH, Wegner DJ, Trusgnich MA, Bennet KW, Yang P, Carlson CS, An P, Cole FS. Developmental and Genetic Regulation of Human Surfactant Protein-B In Vivo. Neonatology 2009;95:117-124PMID: 18776725
     
  2. Palomar L, Nogee LM, Sweet SC, Huddleston CB, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Long-term Outcomes after Infant Lung Transplantation for Surfactant Protein B Deficiency related to Other Causes of Respiratory Failure; J Pediatr 2006; 149:548-553.
     
  3. Wegner DJ, Hertzberg T, Heins HB, Elmberger G, MacCoss MJ, Carlson CS, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A. A major deletion in the surfactant protein-B gene causing lethal respiratory distress. Acta Paediatr 2007; 96:516-520. 
     
  4. Hamvas A, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Bergmann KR, Trusgnich MA, Fulton L, Kasai Y, An P, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Cole FS. Comprehensive genetic variant discovery in the surfactant protein B gene. Pediatr Res 2007; 91:311-317.
     
  5. McBee AD, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Wambach JA, Yang P, Heins HB, Saugstad OD, Trusgnich MA, Watkins-Torry J, Nogee LM, Henderson H, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Recombination as a mechanism for sporadic mutation in the surfactant protein-C gene. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008; 43:443-450.
     
  6. Garmany TH, Wambach JA, Heins HB, Watkins-Torry J, Wegner DJ, Bennet K, An P, Land G, Saugstad OD, Henderson H, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Population and Disease-based Prevalence of the Common Mutations Associated with Surfactant Deficiency. Pediatr Res 2008; 63:645-649  

 

  1. Hamvas A, Heins HB, Guttentag SH, Wegner DJ, Trusgnich MA, Bennet KW, Yang P, Carlson CS, An P, Cole FS. Developmental and Genetic Regulation of Human Surfactant Protein-B In Vivo. Neonatology 2009;95:117-124PMID: 18776725
     
  2. Palomar L, Nogee LM, Sweet SC, Huddleston CB, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Long-term Outcomes after Infant Lung Transplantation for Surfactant Protein B Deficiency related to Other Causes of Respiratory Failure; J Pediatr 2006; 149:548-553.
     
  3. Wegner DJ, Hertzberg T, Heins HB, Elmberger G, MacCoss MJ, Carlson CS, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A. A major deletion in the surfactant protein-B gene causing lethal respiratory distress. Acta Paediatr 2007; 96:516-520. 
     
  4. Hamvas A, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Bergmann KR, Trusgnich MA, Fulton L, Kasai Y, An P, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Cole FS. Comprehensive genetic variant discovery in the surfactant protein B gene. Pediatr Res 2007; 91:311-317.
     
  5. McBee AD, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Wambach JA, Yang P, Heins HB, Saugstad OD, Trusgnich MA, Watkins-Torry J, Nogee LM, Henderson H, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Recombination as a mechanism for sporadic mutation in the surfactant protein-C gene. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008; 43:443-450.
     
  6. Garmany TH, Wambach JA, Heins HB, Watkins-Torry J, Wegner DJ, Bennet K, An P, Land G, Saugstad OD, Henderson H, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Population and Disease-based Prevalence of the Common Mutations Associated with Surfactant Deficiency. Pediatr Res 2008; 63:645-649  

 
 
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