Lina Fahed Chalak, MD
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,
Education and Training
- Medical School
- American University of Beirut (1995)
- Internship
- Children's Medical Center Dallas (2002), Pediatrics
American University of Beirut (1996), Pediatrics - Residency
- Children's Medical Center Dallas (2004), Pediatrics
American University of Beirut (1998), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (2001), 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
- 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
- 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)
- Newborn Tumors
- Noonan Syndrome
- Omphalocele
- Open Neural Tube Defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- 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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Research Interests
- Neonatal brain injury, asphyxia, hypothermia
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Publications
- Perinatal Acidosis and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Preterm Infants of 33 to 35 Weeks' Gestation., Chalak LF, Rollins N, Morriss MC, Brion LP, Heyne R, Sánchez PJ J. Pediatr. 2011 Oct
- Low-voltage aEEG as predictor of intracranial hemorrhage in preterm infants., Chalak LF, Sikes NC, Mason MJ, Kaiser JR Pediatr. Neurol. 2011 May 44 5 364-9
- End-tidal CO2 detection of an audible heart rate during neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation after asystole in asphyxiated piglets., Chalak LF, Barber CA, Hynan L, Garcia D, Christie L, Wyckoff MH Pediatr. Res. 2011 May 69 5 Pt 1 401-5
- A newborn with Poland anomaly and liver ectopy: an unusual association with important prognostic implications., Chalak LF, Parham DM Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. 2007 Mar-Apr 10 2 134-7
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Professional Activities
- International Perinatal Collegium (2015)
- Perinatal Research Society (2014)
- Society for Pediatric Research (2011)
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Awards and Honors
- Elected member, Society of Pediatric Research (2011)
- PRS Young Research Investigator Award (2010), Perinatal Research Society