KristenTropea(Tropea)LeemanMD

Attending Physician, Boston Children's Hospital; Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Program Director, Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Newborn Medicine Enders 9
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-8076

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2006 - 2009
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Clinical Trials

Hypercapnia and Its Association With Long-term Respiratory Morbidities in Premature Infants With Chronic Lung Disease Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 01
Withdrawn

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

63 citations
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Increase Alveolar Differentiation in Lung Progenitor Organoid Cultures.
Kristen T. Leeman, Patrizia Pessina, Joo-Hyeon Lee, Carla F. Kim
Scientific Reports. 2019-04-23
1 citations
Tracheostomy in a Preterm Infant with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Jonathan C Levin, Christina Cavanaugh, Kathryn Malpocher, Kristen T Leeman
Neoreviews. 2022-10-01
11 citations
Association of nucleated red blood cell count with mortality among neonatal intensive care unit patients.
Sarah U. Morton, Kaitlyn Brettin, Henry A. Feldman, Kristen T. Leeman
Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2020-07-25

Journal Articles

Bronchioalveolar stem cells increase after mesenchymal stromal cell treatment in a mouse model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Tropea KA, Leder E, Aslam M, Lau AN, Raiser DM, Lee JH, Balasubramaniam V, Fredenburgh LE, Mitsialis SA, Kourembanas S, Kim CF, Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 2012

Books/Book Chapters

Neonatology Review: Q & A 2nd Edition
Lakshmanan A, Ghanta S, Leeman KT, Litt JS, Mukhopadhyay S, Sparger KA, Sajti EEditors: Brodsky D and Martin C.Lulu2013
Neonatology Review: Q & A
Lakshmanan A, Parker M, Litt JS, Hwang, SS, Dukhovny D, Tropea KAEditors: Brodsky D and Martin C.LuluEdition 1,2012