Dr. Jonathan Martin Whitfield MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
3500 Gaston Ave Dallas TX, 75246About
Dr. Jonathan Whitfield is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Dallas, TX. Dr. Whitfield cares for the critically ill newborn and premature infants. Neonatal-Perinatal Physicians treat conditions such as breathing disorders, birth defects, infections, and any other life-threatening medical problems. They coordinate with their young patients families and other physicians to determine appropriate treatment.
Education and Training
Univ of Glasgow, Fac of Med, Glasgow, Scotland 1970
Glascow University
University of Glasgow Faculty of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Glucagon infusion for treatment of hypoglycemia: efficacy and safety in sick, preterm infants.
- Gentamicin and tobramycin in neonates: comparison of a new extended dosing interval regimen with a traditional multiple daily dosing regimen.
- Evaluation and development of potentially better practices for the prevention of brain hemorrhage and ischemic brain injury in very low birth weight infants.
- Implementation of potentially better practices for the prevention of brain hemorrhage and ischemic brain injury in very low birth weight infants.
- Jonathan Martin Whitfield, MB ChB, FRCP(C): a conversation with the editor. Interview by William Clifford Roberts.
- Neonatal care at Baylor University Medical Center: you've come a long way, baby!
- The challenge of preventing neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy: a new nursing protocol in the well newborn nursery.
- Medical futility in the neonatal intensive care unit: hope for a resolution.
- Prevention of protein deprivation in the extremely low birth weight infant: a nutritional emergency.
- Prevention of meconium aspiration syndrome: an update and the Baylor experience.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
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