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Irfan Ahmad

Title(s)Health Sciences Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Health Sciences Road
Irvine CA 92697-3950
Phone(714) 509-4373
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    1. Reducing growth impairment in infants undergoing intestinal surgery: A quality improvement initiative. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2025 Jul; 49(5):580-588. Thai JD, Liu J, Toney-Noland C, Breault CC, Speziale MV, Burke SL, O'Toole GM, Chen PP, Tay CC, Profit J, Ahmad I. PMID: 40355905.
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    2. Long-term changes in lipid indices following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2025 Jul; 39(7):4109-4127. Jamialahamdi T, Mirhadi E, Abdalla MA, Gadde KM, Almahmeed W, Eid AH, Ahmad S, Ahmad I, Kroh M, Sahebkar A. PMID: 40325244.
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    3. Standardized Classification of Infants With Robin Sequence Using MicroNAPS: The Impact of Syndromes and Comorbidities. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2025 May; 13(5):e6734. Resnick CM, Heffernan JE, Jindal S, Mehra Z, Ahmad I, Chaudhari B, Cielo C, Deptula N, Ehsan Z, Evans KN, Gogcu S, Hickey SE, Marschall JS, Menezes M, Molter D, Padula MA, Peterson-Carmichael SL, Rottgers SA, Runyan CM, Swanson JW, Wenger TL, Deek A. PMID: 40321327; PMCID: PMC12047893.
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    4. Management and Outcomes of Neonates with Treacher Collins and Nager Syndromes. J Pediatr. 2025 Aug; 283:114614. Wenger TL, Wild KT, Zaniletti I, Zackai EH, Lioy J, Resnick CM, Chaudhari BP, Rottgers SA, Goldstein J, Vyas R, Ahmad I, Coghill CH, Gogcu S, Lai KC, Cielo CM, Padula MA, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Micrognathia Focus Group. PMID: 40280475.
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    5. Initial surgery for spontaneous intestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants is not associated with mortality or in-hospital morbidities. J Perinatol. 2024 Dec; 44(12):1746-1754. Hair AB, Sullivan KM, Ahmad I, Zaniletti I, Acker SN, Premkumar MH, Reber K, Huff KA, Nayak SP, DiGeronimo R, Kim J, Roberts J, Markel TA, Brozanski B, Sharma J, Piazza AJ, Yanowitz TD, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group. PMID: 38992239.
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    6. Spectrum of Disease in Hospitalized Newborns with Congenital Micrognathia: A Cohort of 3,236 Infants at North American Tertiary-Care Intensive Care Units. J Pediatr. 2024 02; 265:113799. Padula MA, Naing K, Wenger TL, Ahmad I, Coghill CH, Wild KT, Rottgers SA, Resnick CM, Goldstein J, Ehsan Z, Watkins D, Deptula N, Lai KC, Lioy J, Gogcu S, Cielo CM. PMID: 37879601; PMCID: PMC10872910.
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    7. Cholestasis is associated with a higher rate of complications in both medical and surgical necrotizing enterocolitis. J Perinatol. 2024 01; 44(1):100-107. Nayak SP, Huff KA, Zaniletti I, Ahmad I, DiGeronimo R, Hair A, Kim J, Markel TA, Piazza A, Reber K, Roberts J, Sharma J, Sullivan K, Premkumar MH, Yanowitz T, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group. PMID: 37805591.
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    8. Current Patterns of Probiotic Use in U.S. Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Multi-Institution Survey. Am J Perinatol. 2024 05; 41(S 01):e2658-e2665. Hanna M, Ahmad I, Yanowitz T, Kim J, Hunter C, DiGeronimo R, Ahmad KA, Sullivan K, Markel TA, Hair AB, Chaaban H, Pammi M, Huff KA, Jasani B, Fuchs L, Cuna A, Garg PM, Reber K, Premkumar MH, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group. PMID: 37494969.
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    9. Surgical Outcome and Treatment Trends in 1289 Infants with Micrognathia: A Multicenter Cohort. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 07 01; 154(1):155e-166e. Resnick CM, Rottgers SA, Wright JM, Vyas RM, Goldstein JA, Swanson JW, Padula MA, Coghill CH, Ahmad I, Molter DW, Menezes MD, Naing KW, Cielo CM, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Micrognathia Focus Group. PMID: 37184511.
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    10. Therapeutic Hypothermia Treatment for an Infant with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Gastroschisis: A Case Report. AJP Rep. 2023 Jan; 13(1):e17-e20. Flores-Fenlon N, Shafer G, Awan S, Ahmad I. PMID: 36936744; PMCID: PMC10017260.
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    11. Patterns of lipid-injectable emulsion use in neonatal intensive care units across the United States: A multi-institution survey. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2023 01; 47(1):51-58. Huff KA, Nayak SP, Ahmad I, DiGeronimo R, Hair A, Kim JH, Markel T, Piazza A, Reber K, Roberts J, Sharma J, Sullivan K, Ahmad KA, Yanowitz T, Premkumar MH. PMID: 35689505.
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    12. Variability in antibiotic duration for necrotizing enterocolitis and outcomes in a large multicenter cohort. J Perinatol. 2022 11; 42(11):1458-1464. Ahmad I, Premkumar MH, Hair AB, Sullivan KM, Zaniletti I, Sharma J, Nayak SP, Reber KM, Padula M, Brozanski B, DiGeronimo R, Yanowitz TD, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium NEC Focus Group. PMID: 35760891.
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    13. Gestational Age at Delivery and Neonatal Outcomes among Infants with Gastroschisis in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC). Am J Perinatol. 2024 04; 41(6):756-763. Riddle S, Acharya K, Agarwal N, Ahmad I, Bendel-Stenzel E, Shepherd J, Williams S, Zaniletti I, Jacobson E, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium's Gastroschisis Focus Group. PMID: 35553040.
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    14. Remote ischemic conditioning in necrotizing enterocolitis: study protocol of a multi-center phase II feasibility randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 May; 38(5):679-694. Ganji N, Li B, Ahmad I, Daneman A, Deshpande P, Dhar V, Eaton S, Faingold R, Gauda EB, Hall N, Helou SE, Kabeer MH, Kim JH, King A, Livingston MH, Ng E, Offringa M, Palleri E, Walton M, Wesson DE, Wester T, Wijnen RMH, Willan A, Yankanah R, Zozaya C, Shah PS, Pierro A. PMID: 35294595.
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    15. Normal Neonatal Sleep Defined: Refining Patient Selection and Interpreting Sleep Outcomes for Mandibular Distraction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Jan; 10(1):e4031. Kanack MD, Nakra N, Ahmad I, Vyas RM. PMID: 35070593; PMCID: PMC8769137.
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    16. Lessons Learned from a Collaborative to Develop a Sustainable Simulation-Based Training Program in Neonatal Resuscitation: Simulating Success. Children (Basel). 2021 Jan 12; 8(1). Arul N, Ahmad I, Hamilton J, Sey R, Tillson P, Hutson S, Narang R, Norgaard J, Lee HC, Bergin J, Quinn J, Halamek LP, Yamada NK, Fuerch J, Chitkara R. PMID: 33445638; PMCID: PMC7826853.
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    17. Body composition and neuromotor development in the year after NICU discharge in premature infants. Pediatr Res. 2020 09; 88(3):459-465. Cooper DM, Girolami GL, Kepes B, Stehli A, Lucas CT, Haddad F, Zalidvar F, Dror N, Ahmad I, Soliman A, Radom-Aizik S. PMID: 31926484; PMCID: PMC7351612.
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    18. Left ventricular cardiac output is a reliable predictor of extracorporeal life support in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2019 05; 39(5):648-653. Gaffar S, Ellini AR, Ahmad I, Chen Y, Ashrafi AH. PMID: 30837654.
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    19. Body composition and its components in preterm and term newborns: A cross-sectional, multimodal investigation. Am J Hum Biol. 2010 Jan-Feb; 22(1):69-75. Ahmad I, Nemet D, Eliakim A, Koeppel R, Grochow D, Coussens M, Gallitto S, Rich J, Pontello A, Leu SY, Cooper DM, Waffarn F. PMID: 19533616; PMCID: PMC2795003.
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    20. Growth factors, inflammatory cytokines and postnatal bone strength in preterm infants. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Aug; 22(8):733-40. Eliakim A, Nemet D, Ahmad I, Zaldivar F, Koppel R, Grochow D, Waffarn F, Cooper DM. PMID: 19845124.
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    21. Inflammatory and growth mediators in growing preterm infants. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Mar; 20(3):387-96. Ahmad I, Zaldivar F, Iwanaga K, Koeppel R, Grochow D, Nemet D, Waffarn F, Eliakim A, Leu SY, Cooper DM. PMID: 17451077.
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    22. Influence of a single course of antenatal betamethasone on the maternal-fetal insulin-IGF-GH axis in singleton pregnancies. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2006 Aug; 16(4):267-75. Ahmad I, Beharry KD, Valencia AM, Cho S, Guajardo L, Nageotte MP, Modanlou HD. PMID: 16920374.
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