Our History
In 2012 representatives (neonatologists and pulmonologists) from the seven founding Centers (Brown, CHOP, Colorado, Johns Hopkins, Children's Mercy, Nationwide Children's, and Texas Children's) met for lunch at the PAS meeting in Boston to discuss how to improve outcomes for patients with established severe BPD.
We agreed that despite abundant research and novel strategies in preventing BPD, there was a paucity of research or evidence regarding the clinical course and management of established BPD and particularly its severest forms. This is in part because severe BPD is relatively uncommon, and no single center has a large enough population to conduct sufficiently powered clinical studies. So, we agreed to work together as the BPD Collaborative to address the multitude of gaps in our knowledge related to severe BPD.
Collaborative Highlights
Executive Board
Leif Nelin, MD Chair
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Steve Abman, MD Vice Chair Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Denver, CO
Paul Moore, MD Treasurer
Vanderbilt University Medical
Nashville, TN
Milenka Cuevas Guaman, MD Secretary
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Huayan Zhang, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Laurie Eldredge, MD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, Wa
Winston Manimtim, MD
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City MO
Martin Keszler, MD
Brown University
Providence, RI
Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Standing Committees
Ad Hoc Working Groups:
Epidemiology and Definitions
Pharmacology
Nutrition
Pulmonary Hypertension
Ventilator Strategies
Nursing Bedside Team
Outpatient Transition
Neuro Developmental