AlfonsoVargasIIIMD

Practice Medical Director

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Office
3030 W Martin Luther King jr Blvd
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone+1 813-872-2924

I am a Board Certified Neonatologist and Practice Medical Director of Pediatrix Medical Group Tampa. I completed my undergraduate Bachelor of Sciences Degree at Loyola University New Orleans, Medical School at The Flinders University of South Australia, Residency in Pediatrics at Albany Medical Center and Fellowship in Neonatology at LSUHSC Children's Hospital New Orleans. I served 5 years of Active Duty Military Service with the United States Air Force prior to moving to Tampa for my current position.

Louisiana State University School of MedicineFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Albany Medical CenterInternship, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2004
Albany Medical Center2001 - 2003
The Flinders University of South Australia School of MedicineClass of 2000, MD
Loyola University New OrleansBSc, Biology, 1993 - 1996

Meritorious Service Medal United States Air Force, 2009, 2011
Student Wing Commander, COT Class 07/02 Student Wing Commander by Commissioned Officer Training Course Director, 2007
Editor-in-Chief and contributing author Placebo Magazine, 1998

PubMed

37 citations
Enteral Feeding as an Adjunct to Hypothermia in Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Lilly L Chang, James L. Wynn, Marisa J. Pacella, Candace Rossignol, Felix Banadera
Neonatology. 2018-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

Handbook of Neonatal Neurology
Chapter: Normal CNS Evaluation and Assessment
Page 13 - 28Alfonso Vargas, MDEditors: Bissinger, Fanning, Limjoco, Peeples.The National Certification Corporation, ChicagoEdition 1st,2024
Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology.
Chapter: (Authored all videos on accompanying DVD)
Alfonso Vargas, MDEditors: MacDonald, Ramasethu.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2007

Abstracts/Posters

Disseminated Group A Streptococcus in a Term Neonate.
Vargas A, Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Acute Gastric Outlet Obstruction and Subsequent Gastric Perforation in an Infant on Prostaglandin Infusion for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
Vargas A, SSPR Meeting, New Orleans, LA
The Virtual NICU: A Computer-Based Resource for Teaching Neonatology to Pediatric Residents.
Vargas A, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Pediatric Research Day, New Orleans, LA

Lectures

The Perinatal Period: Maternal Illness & Drugs, and Assessment of Fetal Well-Being.
New Orleans Pediatric Board Review, New Orleans, LA
Developing a Web-Based Neonatology Teaching Resource for Pediatric Residents.
Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA), San Antonio, TX