Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine Expert Witnesses in Michigan

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - NICU, Neonatology, prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, birth trauma, birth injuries, birth defects, sepsis, hypoglycemia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, bilirubin encephalopathy, newborn resuscitation

-Board certified neonatologist who has practiced for 29 years in both private and academic practices. -Has worked in all levels of care from normal newborn nurseries to Level IV NICUs -Experience as a Medical Director of a Level IV NICU for 18 years -On faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine for 28 years -Has worked with Advanced Practice Nurses, Residents and medical students at the bedside and in the classroom -Over 10 years of experience as Medical Expert Witness for both plaintiff and defense -Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals

Canton, Michigan

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Neonatal Intensive Care, Premature Infant Care, Birth Asphyxia, Neonatal Respiratory Distress, Neonatal Sepsis, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Perinatal Complications, Neonatal Resuscitation, Congenital Anomalies, Neonatal Jaundice, High-risk newborn care, ECMO, Genetic Disorders in Newborns, Trisomy complications

Dr. Paris Ekeke currently serves as the Associate Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University of Michigan. Dr. Ekeke earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University, completed her pediatric residency at Northwestern University and Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and her neonatal-perinatal fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She also holds a master's degree in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Prior to her leadership position at the University of Michigan, Dr. Ekeke practiced as a neonatologist at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio and was affiliated with the UPMC Newborn Medicine Program. In her current role, she oversees NICU operations, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical protocols. Her clinical and research expertise encompasses comprehensive neonatal intensive care with particular focus on health care disparities, social determinants of health, and the effects of pr...

Flint, Michigan

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Transport, Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), IV Injuries, Delivery room resuscitation, Hypoglycemia, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Jaundice, Micropreemie, Newborn infection (sepsis), Persistant pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), Birth injury

Dr. Rebecca Steckroth, DNP, NNP-BC, is a board-certified neonatal nurse practitioner with over 20 years of neonatal intensive care experience, including 13 years as a registered nurse and 7 years as a neonatal nurse practitioner in Level II and Level III NICUs. She has led delivery room resuscitations, managed critical neonatal transports, and overseen the comprehensive care of fragile newborns throughout their hospital course. Her work spans both underserved urban hospitals in Michigan and community hospital settings, giving her broad clinical expertise. Dr. Steckroth is recognized for her leadership in neonatal quality improvement, including a doctoral project that improved provider education and device utilization across multiple hospitals. She has served on infection control committees which contributed to policy development to reduce bloodstream infections. She also serves as a preceptor for nurse practitioner students and orientees, medical students, and pediatric residents, ...

Northville, Michigan

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - Neonatology, NICU, ELBW, Critical care, Jaundice, Hyoglycemia, Sepsis, Congenital infections, Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, Developmental delay, Neonatal resuscitation, Prematurity, Pulmonary hypertension, Meconium aspiration, Birth injury, Newborn nursery, Necrotizing enterocolitis, NRP, Exchange transfusions, Pneumothorax

Stephanie Gallagher, MD, FAAP is an Attending Neonatologist with over 13 years experience in urban academic and community level Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) since graduating medical school. Dr. Gallagher is double board certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She currently practices in a semi-academic level III NICU and level II special care nursery where she oversees and teaches medical students, residents, and neonatal nurse practitioners. Dr. Gallagher attends high risk and extremely preterm deliveries, manages complex patients, performs NICU-specific procedures, and provides prenatal consultations. She also rounds on well, less complex, newborns in the nursery. Dr. Gallagher received her bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Detroit Mercy, College of Science and Engineering. Her medical degree was obtained from Wayne State University, one month of which was spent in a Law & Medicine elective. Dr. Gallagher completed her residency ...