Investigator Bio

Aaron Hamvas, M.D.   

Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director St. Louis Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Newborn Medicine
Pathobiology

 

 

 

 

Education

• B.S. (cum laude), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1977
• M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., 1981 

Training

• Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., 1981-84
• Fellow in Newborn Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., 1987-90

Licensure and Board Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1982
• Missouri Medical License, 1983
• American Board of Pediatrics, 1989
• Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1991

 

Selected Publications

1. Yusen R.D., Cohen AH, Hamvas A: Normal lung function in subjects heterozygous for surfactant protein B deficiency. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1999; 159:411-414.

2. Nama V, Koslowski J, Hamvas A: Measurement of protein flux with positron emission tomography in neonates. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonat Ed 1999; 80:F26-F29.

3. Hamvas A: Surfactant protein B deficiency: insights into inherited disorders of lung cell metabolism. Curr Prob Pediatr 1997; 27:325-345.

4. Hamvas A, Nogee LM, Mallory GB, Spray TL, Huddleston CB, August A, Dehner LP, deMello DE, Moxley M, Nelson R, Cole FS, Colten HR: Lung transplantation for treatment of infants with Surfactant Protein B Deficiency. J Pediat 1997; 130:231-9.

5. Hamvas A, Wise PH, Yang RK, Wampler NS, Noguchi A, Maurer MM, Walentik CK, Schramm WF, Cole FS: The influence of the wider use of surfactant therapy on neonatal mortality among blacks and whites. N Engl J Med 1996; 334:1635-1640.