Jane Newburger

Jane Newburger, MD, MPH

Associate Cardiologist-in-Chief, Academic Affairs; Director, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program; Director, Kawasaki Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Commonwealth Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.

Research Focus

Kawasaki disease, neurologic outcomes of congenital heart disease.

Brief Research Description

Dr. Newburger's career has focused on leadership of clinical trials and prospective cohort studies investigating the neurological and developmental function in children with congenital heart disease. She is currently leading an NIH-funded multicenter project on genomic determinants of neurodevelopment and brain MRI measures in congenital heart disease, and she has led or been on the leadership team for clinical trials that assess risk factors for adverse outcomes in congenital heart disease.

Key Publications (PMCIDs)

Psychiatric disorders and function in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries.
DeMaso DR, Labella M, Taylor GA, Forbes PW, Stopp C, Bellinger DC, Rivkin MJ, Wypij D, Newburger JW.
J Pediatr. 2014 Oct;165(4):760-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.06.029. Epub 2014 Jul 22. PMID: 25063716; PMCID: PMC4177329

Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Factors associated with neurodevelopment for children with single ventricle lesions.
Goldberg CS, Lu M, Sleeper LA, Mahle WT, Gaynor JW, Williams IA, Mussatto KA, Ohye RG, Graham EM, Frank DU, Jacobs JP, Krawczeski C, Lambert L, Lewis A, Pemberton VL, Sananes R, Sood E, Wechsler SB, Bellinger DC, Newburger JW
J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;165(3):490-496.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.05.019. Epub 2014 Jun 19. PMID: 24952712; PMCID: PMC4356168

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