DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Stanford University
1978
Stanford
CA
Graduate School
MPH
Harvard University School of Public Health
1983
Boston
MA
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
1983
Boston
MA
Internship
Boston Children's Hospital
1984
Boston
MA
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
1987
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Joint Program in Neonatology
Boston Children's Hospital
1990
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
Professional History
DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH, is chief of the Department of Neonatology and director of the Klarman Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (HMS). An elected member of the American Pediatric Society, Dr. Pursley’s interests include NICU resource allocation and utilization, and racial and social disparities in infant outcomes. He is a member of the NIH Advisory Council for Child Health and Human Development and the board of directors of both the American Board of Pediatrics, where he was the past chair of its Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Sub-board, and the National Perinatal Information Center. He is a founding member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) NICU Verification Program, and in the past has served as chair of the AAP Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Section, co-chair of the AAP Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, and president of the AAP Massachusetts Chapter. He also recently led an AAP project to examine resource overuse in newborn medicine and serves on the steering committee for the Vermont-Oxford Network Newborn Intensive Collaborative for Quality project on antibiotic stewardship. A recipient of the HMS Dean’s Community Service Award, Dr. Pursley has also been recognized with the March of Dimes Massachusetts Chapter Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award, the Excellence in Mentoring Award from the HMS Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs, and the HMS Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award.
Approach to Care
In the Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) our philosophy is to ensure that every patient receives the best care for the best possible outcomes. We consider our “patient” to be the baby and the family; we are constantly striving to serve the needs of both. This requires a team based approach with all members being essential. Newborns are the smallest and, at times, among the sickest patients receiving health care. Safe, high quality, family-centered care for these vulnerable patients requires collaboration among knowledgeable, highly skilled clinicians. I’m very privileged to be a member of the team, providing this care while training a promising generation of future physician leaders and contributing to research that will benefit future patients and populations.
Publications
Measuring practice preference variation for quality improvement: development of the Neonatology Survey of Interdisciplinary Groups in Healthcare Tool (NSIGHT). View Abstract
Standards for Levels of Neonatal Care: II, III, and IV. View Abstract
Getting to health equity in NICU care in the USA and beyond. View Abstract
Using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Wisely: A National Survey of Clinicians Regarding Practices for Lower-Acuity Care. View Abstract
Correction: The impact of antenatal cannabis use on the neonate: time for open engagement? View Abstract
Infant Outcomes among Teenage and Young Mothers: Racial Inequities and the Role of Educational Attainment. View Abstract
Antiracism in the Field of Neonatology: A Foundation and Concrete Approaches. View Abstract
The importance of trustworthiness: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. View Abstract
The impact of antenatal cannabis use on the neonate: Time for open engagement? View Abstract
Racial and ethnic disparities in adult COVID-19 and the future impact on child health. View Abstract
Economics at the frontline: Tools and tips for busy clinicians. View Abstract
Choosing wisely for the other 80%: What we need to know about the more mature newborn and NICU care. View Abstract
"Organizational solutions: calling the question" APS racism series: at the intersection of equity, science, and social justice. View Abstract
Glucose concentrations in enterally fed preterm infants. View Abstract
Quantifying the Where and How Long of Newborn Care. View Abstract
Using Neonatal Intensive Care Units More Wisely for At-Risk Newborns and Their Families. View Abstract
Caring for Newborns Born to Mothers With COVID-19: More Questions Than Answers. View Abstract
Health Equity and the Social Determinants: Putting Newborn Health in Context. View Abstract
Preventing long-term respiratory morbidity in preterm neonates: is there a path forward? View Abstract
A Collaborative Multicenter QI Initiative to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Newborns. View Abstract
The color of health: how racism, segregation, and inequality affect the health and well-being of preterm infants and their families. View Abstract
Cell-based therapies in neonates: the emerging role of regulatory science. View Abstract
Preparing for Discharge From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. View Abstract
Racial disparities in preterm birth in USA: a biosensor of physical and social environmental exposures. View Abstract
Adherence of Newborn-Specific Antibiotic Stewardship Programs to CDC Recommendations. View Abstract
NICU Admissions After a Policy to Eliminate Elective Early Term Deliveries Before 39 Weeks' Gestation. View Abstract
New Resources and Strategies to Advance the AAP's Values of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity. View Abstract
Value-based care: the preference of outcome over prediction. View Abstract
Bending the arc for the extremely low gestational age newborn. View Abstract
Development of a verification program for NICU levels of care View Abstract
Improving Value in Neonatal Intensive Care. View Abstract
Evidence, Quality, and Waste: Solving the Value Equation in Neonatology. View Abstract
Choosing Wisely in Newborn Medicine: Five Opportunities to Increase Value. View Abstract
Improvement in Perinatal HIV Status Documentation in a Massachusetts Birth Hospital, 2009-2013. View Abstract
The OHRP and SUPPORT. View Abstract
Neonatal intensive care unit discharge preparation, family readiness and infant outcomes: connecting the dots. View Abstract
Building collaborative teams in neonatal intensive care. View Abstract
Neonatal intensive care unit discharge preparedness: primary care implications. View Abstract
The impact of maternal characteristics on the moderately premature infant: an antenatal maternal transport clinical prediction rule. View Abstract
A survey of infection control practices for influenza in mother and newborn units in US hospitals. View Abstract
Preparing for influenza after 2009 H1N1: special considerations for pregnant women and newborns. View Abstract
NIH Consensus Development Conference statement: inhaled nitric-oxide therapy for premature infants. View Abstract
NIH consensus development conference: Inhaled nitric oxide therapy for premature infants. View Abstract
Network analysis of team structure in the neonatal intensive care unit. View Abstract
Are families prepared for discharge from the NICU? View Abstract
Manual of Neonatal Surgical Care View Abstract
Developmental characteristics of preterm infants. View Abstract
Incidence of hypertriglyceridemia in critically ill neonates receiving lipid injectable emulsions in glass versus plastic containers: a retrospective analysis. View Abstract
Resuscitation and ventilation strategies for extremely preterm infants: a comparison study between two neonatal centers in Boston and Stockholm. View Abstract
Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Gleason CA, Avery ME, eds. Avery's Diseases of the Newborn View Abstract
Manual of Neonatal Surgical Care View Abstract
Yearbook of Medical Informatics View Abstract
Journal of Perinatology View Abstract
Variations in prevalence of hypotension, hypertension, and vasopressor use in NICUs. View Abstract
Relationship of race and severity of neonatal illness. View Abstract
A critical review of cost reduction in neonatal intensive care. I. The structure of costs. View Abstract
A critical review of cost reduction in neonatal intensive care. II. Strategies for reduction. View Abstract
Baby CareLink: using the internet and telemedicine to improve care for high-risk infants. View Abstract
Declining severity adjusted mortality: evidence of improving neonatal intensive care. View Abstract
Variation among neonatal intensive care units in narcotic administration. View Abstract
Infertility and Reproductive Clinics of North America View Abstract
Early deaths in Chicago and New England. View Abstract
Variability in transfer practices among NICUs: Implications for health services research View Abstract
Lower illness severity among black infants reflects physiological advantage among moderately low-birth-weight infants View Abstract
Guidelines for neonatal coombs testing - low compliance and clinical utility View Abstract
Graef JW, ed. Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics View Abstract
Graef JW, ed. Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics View Abstract
Clinical determinants of the racial disparity in very low birth weight. View Abstract
Infant mortality as a social mirror. View Abstract
Cloherty JP, Start AR, eds. Manual of Neonatal Care View Abstract
Cloherty JP, Stark AR, eds. Manual of Neonatal Care View Abstract
The etiology of elevated black normal birth-weight (NBW) neonatal mortality in a total population with high access to tertiary care View Abstract
Multiple causation of racial disparities in VLBW- a 2-site population-based study View Abstract
Unsuspected hepatic injury in the neonate--diagnosis by ultrasonography. View Abstract
Buka SL, Peck MG, Gardner JD, eds. Better Health for Children: Action for the Eighties View Abstract
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