
Kikelomo Lateefat Babata, MD
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,

Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Ilorin (2004)
- Internship
- University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (2005), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (2011), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Tufts Medical Center (2018), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
Conditions
- Abdominal Masses
- Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)
- Ambiguous Genitalia
- Anencephaly
- Anorectal Malformation (Imperforate Anus)
- Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary Atresia
- Bladder Exstrophy
- Bladder Outlet Obstruction
- Bowel Atresia
- Brachydactyly (Symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic Lung Disease (CLD)
- Cloacal Exstrophy
- Colon Atresia
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Infections
- Congenital Lung Lesions
- Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Down Syndrome
- Duodenal Atresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Elastic Skin)
- Encephalocele
- Encephalopathy (Encephalitis)
- Enteroviruses
- Esophageal Atresia
- Feeding Disorder (PFD)
- First Unprovoked Seizure
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Goldenhar Syndrome (Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Dysplasia (OAV))
- Head and Neck Lumps
- Hemophilia
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia (Jaundice)
- Hypotonia (Floppy Muscle Syndrome)
- Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) (Intrapartum Asphyxia)
- Intestinal Disorders
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Stroke
- Isolated Craniosynostosis
- Jejunal and Ileal Atresia
- Laryngomalacia
- Lordosis
- Low Birth Weight
- Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Meconium Aspiration
- Mediastinal Masses
- Metabolic Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal Diabetes
- Newborn Tumors
- Noonan Syndrome
- Omphalocele
- Open Neural Tube Defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pierre Robin
- Pleural Effusions
- Poland Syndrome (Poland Sequence)
- Prematurity
- Prenatal Drug Exposure
- Pulmonary Sequestration
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Renal Malformation
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Sepsis/Meningitis
- Short Bowel Syndrome (Short Gut)
- Skeletal Dysplasias and Abnormalities
- Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)
- Syndromic Craniosynostosis
- Syphilis
- Tay-Sachs
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tracheoesophageal Fistula
- VATER Syndrome (VACTERL Association)
Departments and Programs
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Publications
- Are we ready to modify our definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) to improve prognostication? Babata K, McGuirl J Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2018 Mar 38 3 203-205
- Case 3: A Term Newborn with Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Severe Fetal Brain Anomalies Biobaku F, Babata K, Friedman H, Goddard A, Yen E NeoReviews 2018 19 10 e616-e619
- Socioemotional dysfunctions at age 10?years in extremely preterm newborns with late-onset bacteremia. Babata K, Bright HR, Allred EN, Erdei C, Kuban KCK, Joseph RM, O'Shea TM, Dammann O, Leviton A Early human development 2018 06 121 1-7
- Neurocognitive Outcomes at 10 Years of Age in Extremely Preterm Newborns with Late-Onset Bacteremia. Bright HR, Babata K, Allred EN, Erdei C, Kuban KCK, Joseph RM, O'Shea TM, Leviton A, Dammann O The Journal of pediatrics 2017 Aug 187 43-49.e1
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Professional Activities
- Member, AAP Section on International Child Health
- Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
- Member, AAP Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN)
- Member, AAP Section on International Medical Graduates
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics (2011)
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Awards and Honors
- Travel Award, Hot Topics in Neonatology (2017)
- Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Trainee Travel Award (2016)
- Tufts Susan Salonstall Foundation Research Travel Award (2016)
- Appreciation for Commitment to Teaching Physician Assistant Students (2014), Mayo School of Health Sciences
- Best Medical Student Teacher Award (2011), Department of Pediatrics Bronx Lebanon Hospital