Michael Padula, MD
Neonatology and Newborn Services
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP
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About me

  • Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Padula is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Katz JA, Levy PT, Zaniletti I, Ball MK, Seabrook R, Bhombal S, Murthy K, Padula MA, Gowda SH, Grover TR, Keene SD; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium’s (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group. Congenital heart disease and congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the role of intracardiac shunts , Journal of Perinatology: 2026


Thompson WS, Bendel-Stenzel EM, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Murthy K, Padula MA, Tan QKG, Suhrie KR. A multicenter descriptive study of neonatal-onset urea cycle disorder patients hospitalized in level IV NICUs , Journal of Perinatology: 2026


Huff KA, Zaniletti I, McNelis K, Ladd A, Azzuqa A, Coghill CH, Robinson DT, Premkumar MH, Denning PW, Kim J, Corkins MR, Adler A, Bodkin D, Rudolph J, Moore A, Strobel KM, Padula MA, Grover TR, Murthy K, Nayak SP; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Intestinal Failure Focus Group. Inter-center variations in length of hospitalization for infants with congenital jejunal or ileal atresia , Journal of Perinatology: 2025


Beard LA, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Padula MA, Murthy K. Inter-center variation in non-elective removal of central catheters amongst level 4 NICUs , Journal of Perinatology: 2025


Datta A, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Guner Y, Padula MA, Grover TR, Zendejas B, St Peter SD, Diaz-Miron J, Speziale M, Evans JR, Berman L. Anastomotic Leak and its Implications: A Multicenter Analysis of "Type C" Esophageal Atresia / Tracheo-esophageal fistula (EA/TEF) , Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 60(2): 2025,62015


Weems MF, Ball MK, Zaniletti I, Habib S, Hamrick S, Grover TR, Keene S, Murthy K, Padula M, Philip R, Rao R, Sen S, Levy PT, Gowda SH; CHNC Cardiac Focus Group. Management of the patent ductus arteriosus among infants born at 23 to 32 weeks' gestation between 2011 to 2022: a report from in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium , Journal of Perinatology: 2025,doi: 10.1038


Guner YS, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Gowda SH, Porta NFM, Padula MA, Keene S, Mahmood B, Evans JR, Hedrick HL, Murthy K; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia outcomes: navigating center-to-center variability in level 4 NICUs in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium , Pediatric Research: 2025,doi: 10.1038


Ling CY, Zaniletti I, Riddle S, Elizabeth J, Korff SG, Chandler AL, Downey LC, Padula MA, Evans JR, Grover TR, Murthy K; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Gastroschisis Focus Group. Inter-center variations in inpatient outcomes for infants with gastroschisis from the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium , Journal of Perinatology, 45(8): 2025,1105-1113


Kielt MJ, Zaniletti I, Lagatta JM, Padula MA, Grover TR, Porta NFM, Wymore EM, Jensen EA, Leeman KT, Levin JC, Evans JR, Yallapragada S, Nelin LD, Vyas-Read S, Murthy K and the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Severe BPD Focus Group. Liberation from Respiratory Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia , Journal of Pediatrics, 282: 2025,114390


Nishihara Y, Zaniletti I, Zenge J, Weikel B, Parker S, Murthy K, Padula MA, Grover T. Epidemiology of bacterial and fungal infections among level IV neonatal units in North America , Journal of Perinatology, 7(45): 2025,997-1004


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