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About Alla Kushnir

Alla Kushnir currently works at the Department of Pediatrics, Cooper University Hospital. Alla does research in Neonatology and Pediatrics.

Positions

Present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Rowan University ‐ Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2016 - Present OPTIMIST-A trial
OPTIMIST-A trial
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): J. Saslow, L. Slater-Myer, G. Stahl, V. Bhat, R. Sharma
$1,120,000
2016 - Present Torpido2 trial
Torpido2 trial
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): J. Saslow, L. Slater-Myer, G. Stahl, V. Bhat, R. Sharma
2009 - Present Comparison of Smart Blender and Standard Approach to Optimize Oxygenation of Preterm Infants
Columbia Life Systems, Inc.
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Judy Saslow, MD (PI) V. Bhat, E. Brandsma, R. Sharma, GE. Stahl
$6,000
2008 - Present Genome Wide Association for Bronchopulmonary
NHLBI Funding Pending
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Judy Saslow, M.D. (Site PI) V. Bhat, E. Brandsma, R.Sharma, G. P. Pearlman, G. Lawhon, GE. Stahl
$2,500,000
2016 - 2018 Improvement in acute respiratory parameters in preterm infants under 34 weeks gestation after initiation of iNO in the setting of hypoxemic respiratory failure.
Mallinckrodt, Inc
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): Nisha Agasthya, MD
$21,464.25
2013 - 2018 Oxygenation in Neonates with Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure After Switching from High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV) to High-Frequency Jet Ventilator (HFJV).
Bunnell, Inc.
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): J. Saslow, V. Bhat, R. Sharma, P. Durflinger, R. Lawrysh-Plunkett, E. Varughese
$306,735
2014 - 2016 Long Term Neuroprotective Effects of Human Adipose-derived Stem Cells (hASCs) and Hypothermia in Neonatal Rats post Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
The Cooper Foundation
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): Thomas Tulenko, PhD
$20,060
2008 - 2011 Comparison of ibuprofen and $60,000 indomethacin treatment of patent ductus arteriosus and its effects on outcomes at discharge and at long term neurodevelopmental follow up.
Ovation
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): J. Pinheiro, MD
$60,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Member, American Academy of Pediatrics
Present Member, American Medical Association
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Honors and Awards

  • AAP Perinatal Section Fellow District Representative 2009
  • ESPR Trainee Award 2010
  • PAS Young Investigator’s Award 2010
  • South Jersey Magazine Top Docs 2011
  • South Jersey Magazine Top Female Doc 2012
  • South Jersey Magazine Top Doc for Kids 2012
  • South Jersey Magazine Top Docs that Rock 2012
  • Excellence in Patient and Family Centered Care 2012
  • South Jersey Magazine Best Physicians of 2013
  • Certificate of Excellence (Above and Beyond) 2013
  • South Jersey Magazine Best Children’s Physicians: Peer-to-Peer 2013
  • 2014 Camden Scholars’ Forum Poster Contest 1st Place Winner, Senior author, Case Study Category
  • 2014 Camden Scholars’ Forum Poster Contest 1st Place Winner, Co-author, Clinical Research Category
  • 2014 South Jersey Magazine Top Children’s Physicians: Peer-to-Peer
  • 2015 SJ Magazine Top Doctors for Kids
  • 2016 Camden Scholars’ Forum Poster Contest 1st Place Winner, Senior author, Clinical Research Category and Overall
  • 2017 SJ Magazine Top Doctors for Kids: Patient Poll
  • 2017 SJ Magazine Top Female Doctors
  • 2017 Winner of Best oral presentation, Senior author, at Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America conference 2017, Orlando, FL
  • 2018 SJ Magazine Top Docs for Kids
  • 2018 11th annual NeoForum Best Poster

Education

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MD, Ponce School of Medicine
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Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Fellowship, Albany Medical Center
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Post-Baccalaureate Studies of Medical Sciences, Harvard University
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Pediatrics, Resident, Stony Brook University Hospital
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Links

ORCID

Recent Works (1)

Research Works (21)