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Park J. White, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology; Medical Director of Pediatrics for the BJC Health System; Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Acting Director The David Goldring Division of Pediatric Cardiology; Director Division of Pediatric Newborn Medicine

• Newborn Medicine
• Cardiology
• Pathobiology
• F. Sessions Cole Research Lab

Education

• B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1969
• M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Ct., 1973

Training

• Intern in Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Ma., 1973-74
• General Medical Officer, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Brighton, Ma., 1974-76
• Junior Assistant Resident, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Ma., 1976-77
• Senior Assistant Resident, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Ma., 1977-78
• Research Fellow in Neonatology and Cell Biology, the Joint Program in Neonatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Ma., 1978-81

Licensure and Board Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1973
• Massachusetts License Registration, 1975-86
• American Board of Pediatrics, 1980
• American Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1983
• Missouri Medical License, 1986

Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1973
• M.D., cum laude, 1973
• 37th Annual Alpha Omega Alpha Lecturer, Washington University School of Medicine, 1990
• Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University School of Medicine, 1993
• Invited plenary session speaker, 14th European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, 1994
• FDR Leadership Award from the March of Dimes (co-winner with Senator Christopher Bond, Senior Senator from Missouri), 1997
• Distinguished Faculty Award-Founder's Day, Washington University, 1997
• Named the Park J. White, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, 1998

Selected Publications

1. Cole FS, Hamvas A, Rubinstein P, King E, Trusgnich M, Nogee L, deMello D, Colten HR: Population-based estimates of a rare genetic disease of infancy: Surfactant protein B deficiency. Pediatrics 2000; 105:538-541.

2. Cole FS: Extremely preterm birth: defining the limits of hope. New Engl J Med 2000; 343(6):429-430.

3. Merchak A, Lueder GT, White FV, Cole FS: Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins and anterior segment dysgenesis of the eye: a report of a new association and review of the literature. J Perinatol 2001; 21:327-330.

4. Cole FS, Hamvas A, Nogee LM: Genetic disorders of neonatal respiratory function. Pediatr Res 2001; 50:157-162.

5. Hamvas A, Trusgnich M, Brice H, Baumgartner J, Hong Y, Nogee LM, Cole FS: Population-based screening for rare mutations: High throughput DNA extraction and molecular amplification from Guthrie cards. Pediatr Res 2001; 50:666-668.

6. Cole FS: Surfactant protein B: unambiguously necessary for adult pulmonary function. Amer J Physiol – Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 285:L540-L542.