Kristen T. Leeman, MD
Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); Program Director, Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship; Director of Quality, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Kristen T. Leeman, MD
Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); Program Director, Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship; Director of Quality, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of North Carolina
2002
Chapel Hill
NC
Medical School
University of Virginia School of Medicine
2006
Charlottesille
VA
Internship
Pediatrics
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
2007
Chapel Hill
NC
Residency
Pediatrics
University of North Carolina Hospital
2009
Chapel Hill
NC
Fellowship
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Harvard Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Program
2012
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
Professional History
I received my MD from University of Virginia and completed my residency in Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I then completed my Neonatology Fellowship at the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and was honored to serve as Chief Fellow during my last year of training. I am the Associate Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. I lead a team focused on improving the safety and quality of care provided to critically ill newborns as the Director of Quality for Newborn Medicine.
I am also dedicated to trainee education and serve as the Program Director of the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program and Co-Director of the Harvard Newborn Medicine Summer Student Research Program. I serve as the Patient Safety and Quality Graduate Medical Education Lead at BCH and Neonatal Co-Chair of the MA Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network. My research focuses on neonatal lung disease and optimizing care for patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. My additional focus is on implementing evidence based practice into clinical care through quality improvement science.
Approach to Care
I work with the multidisciplinary team in the Neonatal-Intensive Care Unit to provide the best evidence-based, family-focused clinical care to each patient to achieve the best possible outcomes. I focus on clinical excellence and innovation and translating scientific discoveries into quality care at the bedside.
Publications
A novel national women in neonatology mentorship program leads to significant benefits in career development, networking, and wellness. View Abstract
Increasing length board use in a neonatal intensive care unit: a quality improvement initiative. View Abstract
Advancing Women Physicians in Academic Medicine: A Scoping Review. View Abstract
Structured pre-delivery huddles enhance confidence in managing newborns with critical congenital heart disease in the delivery room. View Abstract
Liberation from Respiratory Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. View Abstract
A survey on transparency in clinical work expectations and compensation factors: empowering women in neonatology. View Abstract
Neonatal respiratory care practice among level III and IV NICUs in New England. View Abstract
Transpyloric feeding is associated with adverse in-hospital outcomes in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. View Abstract
Significant deficiency in mentorship amongst female neonatologists in the United States: a descriptive national survey by women in neonatology. View Abstract
Tracheostomy in a Preterm Infant with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. View Abstract
The 21st Century Cures Act: Perspectives of Clinicians in a Level-IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. View Abstract
A mixed methods study of perceptions of bias among neonatal intensive care unit staff. View Abstract
Ethical implications of early genetic diagnosis in an infant with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. View Abstract
Pathologic Assessment of the Placenta: Evidence Compared With Tradition. View Abstract
Diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. View Abstract
Development and use of an infant resuscitation performance tool (Infa-RePT) to improve team performance. View Abstract
Pediatric Advanced Life Support in a Neonatal Context. View Abstract
Neonatal platelet transfusions: New evidence and the challenges of translating evidence-based recommendations into clinical practice. View Abstract
Correction: Essentials of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship: an overview. View Abstract
Reducing Benzodiazepine Exposure by Instituting a Guideline for Dexmedetomidine Usage in the NICU. View Abstract
Reducing Benzodiazepine Exposure by Instituting a Guideline for Dexmedetomidine Usage in the NICU. View Abstract
Ventilatory Strategies in Infants with Established Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study. View Abstract
Reducing Benzodiazepine Exposure by Instituting a Guideline for Dexmedetomidine Usage in the NICU. View Abstract
Mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit: improving the accuracy of death reporting. View Abstract
Premedication for nonemergent intubations linked to fewer adverse events. View Abstract
Implementation of a neonatal platelet transfusion guideline to reduce non-indicated transfusions using a quality improvement framework. View Abstract
Essentials of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship: an overview. View Abstract
COVID-19: neonatal-perinatal perspectives. View Abstract
Prematurity negatively affects regenerative properties of human amniotic epithelial cells in the context of lung repair. View Abstract
Association of nucleated red blood cell count with mortality among neonatal intensive care unit patients. View Abstract
Screening With Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Increased Iron Sufficiency Among NICU Patients. View Abstract
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Increase Alveolar Differentiation in Lung Progenitor Organoid Cultures. View Abstract
Improving Access to Lactation Consultation and Early Breast Milk Use in an Outborn NICU. View Abstract
Imaging of Temporal Bone Trauma: A Clinicoradiologic Perspective. View Abstract
A Device for the Quantification of Oxygen Consumption and Caloric Expenditure in the Neonatal Range. View Abstract
Utility of rapid whole-exome sequencing in the diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C presenting with fetal hydrops and acute liver failure. View Abstract
Human amnion cells reverse acute and chronic pulmonary damage in experimental neonatal lung injury. View Abstract
Percutaneous CT-guided facet joint synovial cyst rupture: Success with refractory cases and technical considerations. View Abstract
Emergency Radiology "Boot Camp": Educating Emergency Medicine Residents Using E-learning Radiology Modules. View Abstract
Sustaining careers of physician-scientists in neonatology and pediatric critical care medicine: formulating supportive departmental policies. View Abstract
Bone marrow-derived multipotent stromal cells attenuate inflammation in obliterative airway disease in mouse tracheal allografts. View Abstract
Evaluation of a web-based portal to improve resident education by neonatology fellows. View Abstract
Neurotrophin receptor TrkB promotes lung adenocarcinoma metastasis. View Abstract
NPHP3 mutations are associated with neonatal onset multiorgan polycystic disease in two siblings. View Abstract
Lung stem and progenitor cells in tissue homeostasis and disease. View Abstract
Evaluation of a web-based portal to improve resident education by neonatology fellows. View Abstract
An update on pharmacologic approaches to bronchopulmonary dysplasia. View Abstract
Bronchioalveolar stem cells increase after mesenchymal stromal cell treatment in a mouse model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. View Abstract
Current pharmacologic approaches for prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. View Abstract
Frameshifts and deletions during in vitro translesion synthesis past Pt-DNA adducts by DNA polymerases beta and eta. View Abstract
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