Karen Marie Puopolo, MD, PhD
About me
- Chief, Section on Newborn Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital
- Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
My education and training
- Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency: Boston Children's Hospital
- Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2003
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Pediatric Society, National
- Center for Pediatric Clinical Excellence (now Clinical Futures), Local
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Vermont-Oxford Network, National
- Massachusetts Medical Society, Local
- Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract Reviewer, National
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, National
- Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative, Local
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Local
- Society for Pediatric Research, National
Treatments and Conditions
Research
Publications
Minor AA, Coggins SA, Sheffield JS, Puopolo KM, Milstone AM. A model for prevention: applying lessons from Group B Streptococcus to Staphylococcus aureus in very low birth weight neonates , J Perinatol, 46(5): 2026,689-691
May MF, Zevallos Barboza A, Garber SJ, Puopolo KM, Mukhopadhyay S, Flannery DD Long-term sustainability and safety of a delivery-based early-onset sepsis evaluation strategy for very low birth weight infants , J Perinatol, 46(5): 2026,865-867
Proaño A, Green M, Zevallos Barboza A, Greenberg RG, Puopolo KM, Flannery DD Anti-cytomegalovirus medications among very low birth weight infants in the United States from 2016 to 2023 , J Perinatol, 46(5): 2026,748-753
Zepeda F, Pulsifer A, Puopolo KM, Wade KC, Gabbert ML, Iannocone J, Hallman K, Anca R, Wheeler MN, Mukhopadhyay S Redefining Normal: Impact of Revised Glucose Thresholds on Neonatal Hypoglycemia , Pediatric Academic Societies: 2026
Flannery DD, Tan SM, Rysavy M, Greenberg RG, Sanchez PJ, Salas A, Mithal LB, Stoll BJ, Coggins SA, Puopolo, KM Sepsis Timing in Extreme Preterms (STEP) Study: A Cohort Study from the Neonatal Research Network , Pediatric Academic Societies: 2026
Flannery, DD, Edwards EM, Horbar JD, Schrag S, Coggins SA, Puopolo KM Pathogen-Specific Epidemiology of Neonatal Sepsis by Gestational Age in the Vermont-Oxford Network 2021-2024 , Pediatric Academic Societies: 2026
Devlin LA, Babineau DC, Merhar SL, DeMauro SB, Kraft WK, Lorch SA, Das A, McDonald SA, Rhodes E, Schmidt AF, Trochinski L, Crawford M, Sithisarn T, Leeman L, Kovatis KZ, Ambalavanan N, Smith RW, Telang S, Tioseco JA, McAllister JM, Wexelblatt SL, Muniyappa B, Williams PK, Adeniyi-Jones SC, Hill CD, Wright T, Sokol GM, Johnson L, Hall RW, Duncan SD, Puopolo K, Dummula K, Anderson-Berry A, Davis JM, Poindexter B, Young LW; HEAL Evaluation of Limited Pharmacotherapies for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (HELP for NOWS) Consortium Symptom-Based Dosing for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal: The OPTimize NOW Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA: 2026,e265782
Laughon MM, Thomas SM, Watterberg KL, Kennedy KA, Keszler M, Ambalavanan N, Davis AS, Slaughter JL, Guillet R, Colaizy TT, Cotten CM, Dhawan MA, Bose CL, Talbert J, Smucny S, Benitz WE, Rysavy MA, Ohls RK, Baserga MC, DeMauro SB, Jaleel M, Jackson WM, Carlo WA, Puopolo KM, Hibbs AM, Katheria A, Sánchez PJ, D'Angio CT, Patel RM, Johnson BA, Chock VY, Bhatt AJ, Merhar SL, Moore R, Laptook AR, Ghavam S, Fuller J, Vyas-Read S, Kicklighter SD, Steinbrekera B, Anderson K, Reynolds AM, Wyckoff MH, Montoya C, Das A, Do B, Chang S, Higgins RD, Walsh MC; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Expectant Management vs Medication for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: The PDA Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA, 335(15): 2026,1367
Eichenwald E, Corwin M, McEntire B, Knoblach S, Limperopoulos C, Kapse K, Kerr S, Heeren TC, Ikponmwonba C, Hunt CE; ICAF Study Group Intermittent hypoxia and caffeine in infants born preterm: the ICAF Randomized Clinical Trial , Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 111(3): 2026,F249-F255
Coggins SA, Flannery DD, Puopolo KM, Mukhopadhyay S Association of Female Sex with Refusal of Newborn Vitamin K and Hepatitis B Vaccine Administration , Pediatric Academic Societies: 2026