FrancisAkitaMD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Phys & Surg

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St Margarets Hospital For WomenFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
Harlem Hospital CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1981 - 1984
University of Ghana Medical SchoolClass of 1978

PubMed

157 citations
Outcomes of Neonates Born to Mothers With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection at a Large Medical Center in New York City.
Dani Dumitriu, Ukachi N. Emeruwa, Erin Hanft, Grace V. Liao, Elizabeth Ludwig
JAMA Pediatrics. 2021-02-01
45 citations
A review of newborn outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Margaret H. Kyle, Melissa E. Glassman, Adrita Khan, Cristina R. Fernández, Erin Hanft
Seminars in Perinatology. 2020-07-23

Journal Articles

Outcomes of Neonates Born to Mothers with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection at a Large Medical Center in New York City
Dani Dumitriu, Ukachi N Emeruwa, Erin Hanft, Minna Saslaw, Maria Andrikopoulou, Tessa Scripps, Caitlin Baptiste, Adrita Khan, Noelle Breslin, Karin M Fuchs, Melissa E ..., JAMA Pediatrics

She Worked Tirelessly to Help Contain One Viral Outbreak. She Lost Her Life to AnotherJuly 28th, 2020