Robert Alan Sinkin MD MPH

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  Major cardiorespiratory events do not increase after immunizations, eye exams, and other stressors in most very low birth weight infants.
  Brynne A. Sullivan, S M Ahmad, C C Slevin, Robert A. Sinkin, V P Nagraj
  Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 2021-08-24
• Achievement of maturational milestones among very low birth weight infants.
  Brynne A. Sullivan, C C Slevin, S M Ahmad, Robert A. Sinkin, Karen D. Fairchild
  Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 2021-04-30
• Correction: Recovery from bradycardia and desaturation events at 32 weeks corrected age and NICU length of stay: an indicator of physiologic resilience?
  V Peter Nagraj, Robert A Sinkin, Douglas E Lake, J Randall Moorman, Karen D Fairchild
  Pediatric Research. 2020-11-01

Journal Articles

• Factors Associated With Neonatal Intensive Care Follow-up Appointment Compliance  
  Harmon SL,Conaway M,Sinkin RA and Blackman JA, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2013
• Surfactant replacement in infants with respiratory distress syndrome: guidelines and management.  
  Swanson JR, Sinkin RA, Respiratory Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Reply to letter: Antenatal indomethacin is more likely associatedwith spontaneous intestinal perforation rather than NEC.  
  Amin SB, Sinkin RA, Glantz JC, Am J Obstet Gynecol, 1/1/2008
• Frequency of Elevations in Markers of Cardiomyocyte Damage inOtherwise Healthy Newborns.  
  Lipshultz SE, SimbreV, Hart S, Rifai N, Lipsitz S, Reubens L, Sinkin RA, Amer J Cardiol, 1/1/2008
• Quality Indicators in Newborn Intensive Care: Venturing into Pay for Performance? (Invited review)  
  Hoke TR, Young JS, Sinkin RA, eNeonatal Review, 1/1/2007
• Challenges of Pediatric Medical Transport in the 21st Century Healthcare Landscape.  
  Kunkel S, Sinkin RA, Chest, 1/1/2007
• Meta-analysis of the effect of antenatal indomethacin on neonatal outcomes.  
  Amin SB,Sinkin RA, Glantz JC, Am J Obstet Gynecol, 1/1/2007
• Surfactant Replacement Therapy (Topics in Practice Management)  
  Stevens TP, Sinkin RA, Chest, 1/1/2007
• Reducing Premature Infants' Length of Stay and Improving Parents' Mental Health Outcomes with the COPE NICU Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  
  Melnyk BM,Feinstein,NF, Alpert-Gillis L, Fairbanks E, Crean HF,Sinkin RA, Stone PW,Small L, Tu X, Gross SJ, Pediatrics, 1/1/2006
• Pressure-regulated volume control ventilation vs. synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation for very low birth weight infants: a randomized controlled trial.  
  D'Angio CT, Chess PR, Kovacs SJ, Sinkin RA, Phelps DL, Kendig JW, Myers GJ, Reubens L, Ryan RM, Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 1/1/2005
• Effect of Managed Care on Perinatal Transports for the Publicly Funded in Upstate New York.  
  Sinkin RA, Fisher SG, Dozier A, Dye TD, J Perinatol, 1/1/2005
• Alternative strategies for dispensing exogenous surfactant: Drug cost implications and in vitro feasibility studies.  
  Stevens TP, Sinkin RA, Notter RH, Wang ZD, DelMonte K, Consenstein L, Maniscalco, WM, Hospital Pharmacy, 1/1/2004
• Vancomycin usage in central venous catheters in a neonatal intensive care unit.  
  ElHassan N, Stevens TP, Gigliotti F, Hardy DJ, Cole CA, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Infect Dis J, 1/1/2004
• Effect of dexamethasone therapy on serum vitamin E concentrations in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.  
  Amin SB, Laroia N, Sinkin RA, Kendig JW, J Perinatol, 1/1/2003
• Can IV dexamethasone reduce the risk of chronic lung disease in an infant with respiratory distress? (Invited commentary)  
  Sinkin RA, 1/1/2002
• Comparison of tracheal aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from premature infants.  
  D'Angio CT, Basawegowda K, Avissar NE, Finkelstein JN, Sinkin RA, Biol Neonate, 1/1/2002
• Survival in Early and Late Term Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with ECMO.  
  Stevens TP, Chess PR, McConnochie KM, Sinkin RA, Guillet R, Maniscalco WM, Fisher SG, Pediatrics, 1/1/2002
• Longitudinal, Fifteen-Year Follow-up of Children Born Below 29 Weeks' Gestation Following Introduction of Surfactant Therapy into a Region: Neurological, Cognitive and...  
  D'Angio CT, MD, Sinkin RA, Stevens TP, Landfish NK, Merzbach JL, Ryan RM, Phelps DL, Palumbo DR, Myers GJ, Pediatrics, 1/1/2002
• Epidemiology of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Population-Based Study.  
  Llanos AR, Moss ME, Pinzon MC, Dye T, Sinkin RA, Kendig JW, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 1/1/2002
• Improving Cognitive Development of Low-Birth-Weight Premature Infants with the COPE Program: A Pilot Study of the Benefit of Early NICU Intervention with Mothers.  
  Melnyk BM, Alpert-Gillis L, Feinstein NF, Fairbanks E, Schultz-Czarniak J, Hust D, Sherman L, LeMoine C, Moldenhauer Z, Small L, Bender N, Sinkin RA, Research in Nursing & Health, 1/1/2001
• Risk of RSV-associated hospitalization and economic impact of RSV prophylaxis for premature infants born (plus/minus)32 weeks gestation.  
  Stevens TP, Hall CB, Maniscalco WM, Sinkin RA, Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 1/1/2000
• Supplemental Therapeutic Oxygen for Prethreshold Retinopathy of Prematurity (STOP-ROP), A Randomized, Controlled Trial. I: Primary Outcomes.  
  The STOP-ROP Multicenter Study Group, Pediatrics, 1/1/2000
• Early dexamethasone - attempting to prevent chronic lung disease.  
  Sinkin RA, Dweck HS, Horgan MJ, Gallaher KJ, Cox C, Maniscalco WM, Chess PR, D'Angio CT, Guillet R, Kendig JW, Ryan RM, Phelps DL, Pediatrics, 1/1/2000
• Disseminated coagulopathy associated with transtorcular embolization of vein of Galen aneurysm in a neonate.  
  Charafeddine L, Numaguchi Y, Sinkin RA, J Perinatol, 1/1/1999
• Lipid intolerance in neonates receiving dexamethasone for bronchopulmonary dysplasia.  
  Amin SB, Sinkin RA, McDermott MP, Kendig JW, Arch Pediatr Adol Med, 1/1/1999
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Books/Book Chapters

• The Intensive Care Unit Manual 
  Chapter: Transporting the Intensive Care Unit Patient 
  Paget-Brown A, Sinkin RAEditors: Lanken, PN, Hansom W III, Manaker S.Edition 2nd ,2013
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 
  Chapter: Surfactant replacement therapy. 
  Page 345 - 355Sinkin RA, Shapiro DLEditors: E. Bancalari, JT. Stocker.Hemisphere Publishing Corp, Washington, DC1988

Abstracts/Posters

• Videoconferencing in the NICU to support provider-parent relationships: A pilot study.
  Epstein E, Sinkin RA, Blackman A, Ottinger D, Kutsch J, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 10/24/2013
• Cost Analysis of Fluconazole Prophylaxis (FP) for the Prevention of Neonatal Invasive Candidal Infection (ICI) .
  Swanson JR, Vergales J, Gurka M, Kaufman DA, Sinkin RA, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Washington, DC, 5/5/2013
• Kaufman DA, Blackman A, Sinkin RA, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Boston, MA, 4/29/2012
• "Monitoring the Electrical Activity of the Diaphragm Using Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) Technology in Premature Babies"
  Bowman TA, Kaufman DA, Sinkin RA, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Vancouver, CAN, 5/4/2010
• A Laboratory Cost Containment Trial in a Tertiary NICU.
  Mytinger J, Swanson J, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/5/2009
• Cost-Effectiveness of Prophylactic Indomethacin (PIND) in Infants Born at <28 Weeks' Gestation.
  Thingvoll ES, Sinkin RA, Stevens TP, Noyes KK, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 5/8/2007
• Postnatal Care of Infants of Medication-Dependent Diabetic Mothers (IMDDM): Predictive Factors and Cost Analysis of Three Different Models.
  Haidar-Ahmad Z,Sinkin RA, Stevens TP, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 5/5/2007
• Neonatal Public Health (Co-moderator)
  Robert A. Sinkin, Poster Symposium, Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA, 4/30/2006
• Neurodevelop-mental Outcome of Premature Infants in a Clinical Trial of Mechanical Ventilation Strategies.
  D'Angio CT, Myers GJ, Ryan RM, Sinkin RA, Phelps DL, Kendig JW, Reubens L, Chess PR, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5/3/2004
• Assist-Control Ventilation in Infants 500-1249 Grams' Birthweight Does Not Decrease Time to Extubation When Compared to Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation...
  D'Angio CT, Chess PR, Kovack SJ, Sinkin RA, Phelps DL, Kendig JW, Reubens L, Ryan RM, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Seattle, WA, 5/4/2003
• Occult Myocardial Injury in Otherwise Healthy Newborns.
  Simbre VC, Sinkin RA, Hart S, Rifai N, Lipsitz SR, Reubens L, Lipinczyk TM, Wilk DB, Lipshultz SE, J Amer Acad Card, American College of Cardiology Meeting, Chicago, IL, 3/31/2003
• Survival in Early and Late Term Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with ECMO.
  Stevens TP, Chess PR, McConnochie KM, Sinkin RA, Maniscalco WM, Fisher SG, Amer J Resp Crit Care Med, Atlanta, GA, 5/21/2002
• Unsuspected myocardial injury in otherwise healthy newborns.
  Simbre VC, Sinkin RA, Hart S, Rifai N, Reubens L, Lipincyzk TM, Wilk DB, Lipshultz SE, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/7/2002
• Changes over time in the survival of term infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated with ECMO.
  Stevens TP, Chess PR, McConnochie KM, Sinkin RA, Maniscalco WM, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/6/2002
• Economic implications of surfactant dispensing strategies.
  Stevens TP, Sinkin RA, Notter RH, Consenstein L, Maniscalco WM, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/1/2001
• Comparison of serum bicarbonate vs. echocardiography to assess adequacy of home ventilation.
  Hjort MR, Sinkin RA, Connolly HV, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 4/30/2001
• Vancomycin usage and peripheral silastic catheter-related infection in the NICU.
  El Hassan NO, Sinkin RA, Hardy DJ, Stevens TP, Cole CA, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 4/29/2001
• Comparison of tracheal and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from premature infants.
  D'Angio CT, Basavegowda K, Avissar N, Finkelstein JN, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 5/1/2000
• Cost-effectiveness ratios for treating premature infants born at 23 to 28 weeks gestation.
  Llanos AR, Sorbero M, Sinkin RA, Mushlin A, Phelps DL, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 5/1/2000
• Cytokines Therapy: Rationale and Risks (Session Chair)
  Robert A. Sinkin, Pediatrics Academic Societies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 5/1/1998
• Early intravenous dexamethasone (dex) for the prevention of BPD in surfactant treated babies with RDS.
  Sinkin RA, Dweck HS, Horgan MJ, Gallaher KJ, Cox C, Phelps DL, and the Rochester Clinical Trials Study Group, Pediatr Res, Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 5/1/1998
• School age neurodevelopmental outcome in surfactant-treated premature infants with and without chronic lung disease.
  Ryan RM, Myers GJ, Kendig JW, Cox C, Merzbach JL, Kramer BM, Palumbo DR, Phelps DL, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Res, Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC, 5/1/1997
• Lipid intolerance in neonates receiving dexamethasone for BPD.
  Amin S, Sinkin RA, Kendig JW, Pediatr Res, Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC, 5/1/1997
• Effect of early postnatal dexamethasone on IL-8 in human tracheal aspirate and deep pulmonary lavage.
  Basavegowda K, D'Angio CT, Finkelstein JN, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Res, Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC, 5/1/1997
• Risk of RSV-associated hospitalization and economic impact of RSV prophylaxis for premature infants born (plus/minus)32 weeks gestation.
  Stevens TP, Hall CB, Maniscalco WM, Sinkin RA, Pediatr Res, Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC, 5/1/1997
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Lectures

• Perinatal Research (Course Director and Session Moderator) 
  Charlottesville, VA - 9/22/2013
• Perinatal Research (Co-Course Director and Session Moderator) 
  Hershey, PA - 9/23/2012
• Baltimore-Washington-Virginia Perinatal Club Faculty Moderator 
  Airlie Convention Center, Warrenton, VA, April 2012 - 4/1/2011
• Perinatal Research (Co-Course Director) 
  Hershey, PA - 9/19/2010
• Neonatal Patient Oriented Research: Lung/Respiration (Co-moderator) 
  Baltimore, MD - 5/3/2009
• Perinatal Research (Course Director) 
  Charlottesville, VA - 9/21/2008
• "Thermoregulation in the Newborn or Hot Topics in Neonatology: What's Cool?" (Course Faculty) 
  San Jose, Costa Rica - 4/2/2008
• "What's New in 2008? Changes in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)". Course Faculty 
  San Jose, Costa Rica - 4/2/2008
• "The Story of Surfactant" (Course Faculty) 
  San Jose, Costa Rica - 4/2/2008
• Welcoming Remarks on Neonatal Transport. 
  Charlottesville, VA - 5/17/2007
• "Role of the Primary Care Provider in an Evolving Perinatal System." 
  Hot Springs, VA - 4/27/2007
• "Neonatal X-ray Interpretation" and procedure lab (chest tube placement) 
  Charlottesville, VA - 1/11/2007
• Perinatal Research (Discussant and Moderator) 
  Charlottesville, VA - 9/24/2006
• "Fetus and Newborn (Neonatology)." 
  Multiple locations, 2004, 2006 - 9/13/2003
• Neonatology: Disease-Oriented Research II (Co-moderator, Platform Session ) 
  Boston, MA - 5/1/2000
• Use of Early Dexamethasone to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. 
  Turkey - 4/6/2000
• Hot Topics in Neonatology (Invited Guest Discussant) 
  Washington, DC - 12/1/1999
• Mid-Atlantic Conference on Perinatal Research (Discussant) 
  Hershey, PA - 10/1/1997
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