Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Summa Cum Laude, Duquesne University, 1978
• MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , 1982

Training

• Pediatric Internship , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , 1982 - 1983
• Pediatric Residency, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , 1983 - 1985
• Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, 1985 - 1987

Licensure and Board Certification

• 1980NBME, Part 1
• 1981NBME, Part 2
• 1982National Board of Medical Examiners
• 1983NBME, Part 3
• 1984 - PresPA, Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Education and Licensure
• 1986American Board of Pediatrics
• 1987Sub-Board Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• 1990 - PresNALS Regional Instructor
• 2016 - 2020WV, West Virginia State Board of Medical Education and Licensure
• 2019 - PresMO, Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts-Physician and Surgeon #2019033019

Honors and Awards

• Phi Kappa Phi Society, 1976
• Summa Cum Laude, Duquesne University, 1978
• Pediatric Resident Excellence in Neonatology Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1985
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Fraternity University of Pittsburgh Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, 1996
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 2004 “Unsung Clinical Hero” Award, 2004
• Outstanding Neonatologist, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2004
• America’s Top Pediatricians, 2004 - 2005
• The Jon Watchko, MD Fellowship Mentoring Award, 2010
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 2011 “Unsung Clinical Hero” Award, 2011
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Quality Week 1st Place oral presentation: “NICU CLABSI Prevention”, 2013
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Quality Week 1st Place poster presentation: “Increase Visitor Hand Hygiene in the NICU”, 2013
• Fine Award for Teamwork Excellence in Healthcare - Elevating & Disseminating Best Practices in Infection Control and Pain Management, 2014
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Quality Week 1st Place oral presentation: “Breastmilk = Medicine”, 2014
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Quality Week 1st Place poster presentation: “Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Reduce Hospital Stay for Neonates with Gastroschisis", 2014
• Best Doctors in America®, 2015 - 2019
• Pittsburgh Top Physicians, 2016
• America’s Best Physicians, 2016 - 2019
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Champion for Nurses, 2017
• Pittsburgh Top Physicians, 2017
• US News and World Report Neonatology Working Group chair, 2017 - 2018
• Pennsylvania Cribs for Kids Women of Achievement, 2018
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Champion for Nurses, 2018

Recent Publications view all (63)

Publication Co-Authors

Rakesh Rao, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Beverly Brozanski

1. Piazza AJ, Brozanski B, Grover T, Chuo J, Mingrone T, Rao R, Smith J, Soliman D, Rintoul N, Bellflower B, Richardson T, Holston M, McClead R, Guidash J, Pallotto EK. STEPP IN: A Multicenter Quality Improvement Collaborative Standardizing Postoperative Handoffs. Pediatrics. 2021;148(6). PMID:34851419 
2. Mahmood B, Murthy K, Rintoul N, Weems M, Keene S, Brozanski B, DiGeronimo R, Haberman B, Hedrick H, Gien J, Seabrook R, Ali N, Chapman R, Daniel J, Harrison A, Johnson Y, Porta NFM, Uhing M, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium.. Predicting treatment of pulmonary hypertension at discharge in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2021. PMID:34711937 
3. Antonacci, Kory; Steele, Nicole; Wheatley, Jacob; Weyant, Donna M.; Brozanski, Beverly; Stone, Brittany; Mingrone, Teresa.. Effects of Guitar Accompaniment Patterns on Hospitalized Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial Music Therapy Perspectives. 2021;miab013. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miab013  
4. Demirci JR, Davis J, Glasser M, Brozanski B. Prevalence and patterns of gestational parent's own milk feeds among infants with major congenital surgical anomalies in the NICU. J Perinatol. 2021. PMID:34331003 
5. Seabrook RB, Grover TR, Rintoul N, Weems M, Keene S, Brozanski B, DiGeronimo R, Haberman B, Hedrick H, Gien J, Ali N, Chapman R, Daniel J, Harrison HA, Johnson Y, Porta NFM, Uhing M, Zaniletti I, Murthy K, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group.. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension during initial hospitalization in a multicenter cohort of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). J Perinatol. 2021. PMID:33649432 
6. Chaudhry PM, Ball MK, Hamrick SEG, Levy PT, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium Cardiac Focus Group., Asselin J, Brozanski B, Durand D, Dykes F, Evans J, Grover T, Murthy K, Padula M, Pallotto E, Piazza A, Reber K, Short B. Premature congenital heart disease: building a comprehensive database to evaluate risks and guide intervention. J Pediatr. 2021;230:272-273.e1. PMID:33253730 
7. Pantalone Julia M., Liu Silvia, Olaloye Oluwabunmi O., Prochaska Erica C., Yanowitz Toby, Riley Melissa M., Buland Justin R., Brozanski Beverly S., Good Misty, Konnikova Liza. Gestational Age-Specific Complete Blood Count Signatures in Necrotizing Enterocolitis Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2021;9:90. doi:10.3389/fped.2021.604899   
8. Grover TR, Weems MF, Brozanski B, Daniel J, Haberman B, Rintoul N, Walden A, Hedrick H, Mahmood B, Seabrook R, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Keene S, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group.. Central Line Utilization and Complications in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Am J Perinatol. 2021. PMID:33535242 
9. Brozanski BS, Piazza AJ, Chuo J, Natarajan G, Grover TR, Smith JR, Mingrone T, McClead RE, Rakesh R, Rintoul N, Guidash J, Bellflower B, Holston M, Richardson T, Pallotto EK. STEPP IN: Working Together to Keep Infants Warm in the Perioperative Period. Pediatrics. 2020;145(4). PMID:32193210 
10. Fry JT, Matoba N, Datta A, DiGeronimo R, Coghill CH, Natarajan G, Brozanski B, Leuthner SR, Niehaus JZ, Schlegel AB, Shah A, Zaniletti I, Bartman T, Murthy K, Sullivan KM, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC).. Center, Gestational Age, and Race Impact End-of-Life Care Practices at Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Units. J Pediatr. 2020;217:86-91.e1. PMID:31831163 
11. Keene S, Grover TR, Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Gien J, Zaniletti I, Johnson YR, Seabrook RB, Porta NFM, Haberman B, DiGeronimo R, Rintoul N, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium’s (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group.. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and bloodstream infection in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2019;39(10):1384-1391. PMID:31383944 
12. Yanowitz TD, Sullivan KM, Piazza AJ, Brozanski B, Zaniletti I, Sharma J, DiGeronimo R, Nayak SP, Wadhawan R, Reber KM, Murthy K, CHND Surgical NEC Focus Group.. Does the initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis matter? Comparative outcomes for laparotomy vs. peritoneal drain as initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants <1000 g birth weight. J Pediatr Surg. 2019;54(4):712-717. PMID:30765157 
13. Murthy K, Porta NFM, Pallotto EK, Rintoul N, Keene S, Chicoine L, Gien J, Brozanski BS, Johnson YR, Haberman B, DiGeronimo R, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group.. Predicting Risk of Infection in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. J Pediatr. 2018;203:101-107.e2. PMID:30217691 
14. Demirci J, Caplan E, Brozanski B, Bogen D. Winging it: maternal perspectives and experiences of breastfeeding newborns with complex congenital surgical anomalies. J Perinatol. 2018;38(6):708-717. PMCID:PMC6030460  PMID:29487350 
15. Keene S, Murthy K, Pallotto E, Brozanski B, Gien J, Zaniletti I, Hulbert C, Seabrook R, Rintoul N, Chicoine L, Porta N, Grover TR. Acquired Infection and Antimicrobial Utilization During Initial NICU Hospitalization in Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018;37(5):469-474. PMID:29189614 
16. Pallotto EK, Piazza AJ, Smith JR, Grover TR, Chuo J, Provost L, Mingrone T, Holston M, Moran S, DNP., Morelli L, LNCC., Zaniletti I, Brozanski B. Sustaining SLUG Bug CLABSI Reduction: Does Sterile Tubing Change Technique Really Work? Pediatrics. 2017;140(4). PMID:28951441 
17. Bohnhoff JC, DiSilvio SA, Aneja RK, Shenk JR, Domnina YA, Brozanski BS, Good M. Treatment and follow-up of venous thrombosis in the neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective study. J Perinatol. 2017;37(3):306-310. PMCID:PMC5334277  PMID:27906197 
18. Pallotto EK, Chuo J, Piazza AJ, Provost L, Grover TR, Smith JR, Mingrone T, Moran S, Morelli L, Zaniletti I, Brozanski B. Orchestrated Testing. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(1):87-92. PMID:26483566 
19. Gien J, Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Chicoine L, Zaniletti I, Seabrook R, Keene S, Alapati D, Porta N, Rintoul N, Grover TR, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium CDH Study Group.. Short-term weight gain velocity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Early Hum Dev. 2017;106-107:7-12. PMID:28178582 
20. Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Gien J, Brozanski BS, Porta NF, Zaniletti I, Keene S, Chicoine LG, Rintoul NE, Dykes FD, Asselin JM, Short BL, Padula MA, Durand DJ, Reber KM, Evans JR, Grover TR. Predicting death or extended length of stay in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2016;36(8):654-9. PMID:26963428 
21. Massaro AN, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Cook N, DiGeronimo R, Dizon ML, Hamrick SE, McKay VJ, Natarajan G, Rao R, Richardson T, Smith D, Mathur AM, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium.. Intercenter Cost Variation for Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Era of Therapeutic Hypothermia. J Pediatr. 2016;173:76-83.e1. PMID:26995699 
22. Piazza AJ, Brozanski B, Provost L, Grover TR, Chuo J, Smith JR, Mingrone T, Moran S, Morelli L, Zaniletti I, Pallotto EK. SLUG Bug: Quality Improvement With Orchestrated Testing Leads to NICU CLABSI Reduction. Pediatrics. 2016;137(1). PMID:26702032 
23. Grover TR, Murthy K, Brozanski B, Gien J, Rintoul N, Keene S, Najaf T, Chicoine L, Porta N, Zaniletti I, Pallotto EK, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium.. Short-term outcomes and medical and surgical interventions in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Perinatol. 2015;32(11):1038-44. PMID:25825963 
24. Grover TR, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Piazza AJ, Chuo J, Moran S, McClead R, Mingrone T, Morelli L, Smith JR. Interdisciplinary teamwork and the power of a quality improvement collaborative in tertiary neonatal intensive care units. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2015;29(2):179-86. PMID:25919608 
25. Grover TR, Brozanski BS, Barry J, Zaniletti I, Asselin JM, Durand DJ, Short BL, Pallotto EK, Dykes F, Reber KM, Padula MA, Evans JR, Murthy K. High surgical burden for infants with severe chronic lung disease (sCLD). J Pediatr Surg. 2014;49(8):1202-5. PMID:25092076 
26. Natarajan G, Johnson YR, Brozanski B, Farrow KN, Zaniletti I, Padula MA, Asselin JM, Durand DJ, Short BL, Pallotto EK, Dykes FD, Reber KM, Evans JR, Murthy K, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium Executive Board and Study Group.. Postnatal weight gain in preterm infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Am J Perinatol. 2014;31(3):223-30. PMCID:PMC4451086  PMID:23690052 
27. Coleman AJ, Brozanski B, Mahmood B, Wearden PD, Potoka D, Kuch BA. First 24-h SNAP-II score and highest PaCO2 predict the need for ECMO in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48(11):2214-8. PMID:24210188 
28. Padula MA, Grover TR, Brozanski B, Zaniletti I, Nelin LD, Asselin JM, Durand DJ, Short BL, Pallotto EK, Dykes FD, Reber KM, Evans JR, Murthy K. Therapeutic interventions and short-term outcomes for infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia born at <32 weeks' gestation. J Perinatol. 2013;33(11):877-81. PMID:23828204 
29. Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Poindexter B, Bidegain M, Weitkamp JH, Schelonka RL, Randolph DA, Ward RM, Wade K, Valencia G, Burchfield D, Arrieta A, Mehta V, Walsh M, Kantak A, Rasmussen M, Sullivan JE, Finer N, Rich W, Brozanski BS, van den Anker J, Blumer J, Laughon M, Watt KM, Kearns GL, Capparelli EV, Martz K, Berezny K, Benjamin DK Jr, Smith PB, Meropenem Study Team.. Safety and effectiveness of meropenem in infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(11):1495-502. PMCID:PMC3491861  PMID:22955430 
30. Smith PB, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Castro LM, Poindexter B, Bidegain M, Weitkamp JH, Schelonka RL, Ward RM, Wade K, Valencia G, Burchfield D, Arrieta A, Bhatt-Mehta V, Walsh M, Kantak A, Rasmussen M, Sullivan JE, Finer N, Brozanski BS, Sanchez P, van den Anker J, Blumer J, Kearns GL, Capparelli EV, Anand R, Benjamin DK Jr, Meropenem Study Team.. Population pharmacokinetics of meropenem in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(10):844-9. PMCID:PMC3173561  PMID:21829139 
31. Weisman LE, Thackray HM, Steinhorn RH, Walsh WF, Lassiter HA, Dhanireddy R, Brozanski BS, Palmer KG, Trautman MS, Escobedo M, Meissner HC, Sasidharan P, Fretz J, Kokai-Kun JF, Kramer WG, Fischer GW, Mond JJ. A randomized study of a monoclonal antibody (pagibaximab) to prevent staphylococcal sepsis. Pediatrics. 2011;128(2):271-9. PMID:21788224 
32. Owens SM, Brozanski BS, Meyn LA, Wiesenfeld HC. Antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery before skin incision. Obstet Gynecol. 2009;114(3):573-9. PMID:19701037 
33. Brozanski BS, Jones JG, Krohn MJ, Jordan JA. Use of polymerase chain reaction as a diagnostic tool for neonatal sepsis can result in a decrease in use of antibiotics and total neonatal intensive care unit length of stay. J Perinatol. 2006;26(11):688-92. PMID:17024143 
34. Jordan JA, Durso MB, Butchko AR, Jones JG, Brozanski BS. Evaluating the near-term infant for early onset sepsis: progress and challenges to consider with 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction testing. J Mol Diagn. 2006;8(3):357-63. PMCID:PMC1867603  PMID:16825509 
35. Madan A, Brozanski BS, Cole CH, Oden NL, Cohen G, Phelps DL. A pulmonary score for assessing the severity of neonatal chronic lung disease. Pediatrics. 2005;115(4):e450-7. PMID:15805348 
36. Swarup J, Baker RW, Brozanski BS, Yanowitz TD. Asymmetry of cerebral blood flow velocity in low birth weight infants. Biol Neonate. 2005;87(3):145-51. PMID:15564780 
37. Swarup J, Balkundi D, Sobchak Brozanski B, Roberts JM, Yanowitz TD. Effect of preeclampsia on blood pressure in newborn very low birth weight infants. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2005;24(3):223-34. PMID:16263595 
38. Watchko JF, Brozanski BS. Postnatal dexamethasone for lung disease of prematurity. N Engl J Med. 2004;350(26):2715-8; author reply 2715-8. PMID:15218577 
39. Yanowitz TD, Baker RW, Roberts JM, Brozanski BS. Low blood pressure among very-low-birth-weight infants with fetal vessel inflammation. J Perinatol. 2004;24(5):299-304. PMID:15042111 
40. Yanowitz TD, Baker RW, Sobchak Brozanski B. Prophylactic indomethacin reduces grades III and IV intraventricular hemorrhages when compared to early indomethacin treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus. J Perinatol. 2003;23(4):317-22. PMID:12774141 
41. Brozanski BS. Prevention of early-onset GBS sepsis: evaluation of a changing paradigm. J Perinatol. 2003;23(4):263-4. PMID:12774130 
42. Yanowitz TD, Jordan JA, Gilmour CH, Towbin R, Bowen A, Roberts JM, Brozanski BS. Hemodynamic disturbances in premature infants born after chorioamnionitis: association with cord blood cytokine concentrations. Pediatr Res. 2002;51(3):310-6. PMID:11861935 
43. Brozanski BS, Jones JG, Krohn MA, Sweet RL. Effect of a screening-based prevention policy on prevalence of early-onset group B streptococcal sepsis. Obstet Gynecol. 2000;95(4):496-501. PMID:10725479 
44. Lloyd JS, Brozanski BS, Daood M, Watchko JF. Developmental transitions in the myosin heavy chain phenotype of human respiratory muscle. Biol Neonate. 1996;69(2):67-75. PMID:8713651 
45. Gilmour CH, Sentipal-Walerius JM, Jones JG, Doyle JM, Brozanski BS, Balsan MJ, Mimouni FB. Pulse dexamethasone does not impair growth and body composition of very low birth weight infants. J Am Coll Nutr. 1995;14(5):455-62. PMID:8522724 
46. Brozanski BS, Jones JG, Gilmour CH, Balsan MJ, Vazquez RL, Israel BA, Newman B, Mimouni FB, Guthrie RD. Effect of pulse dexamethasone therapy on the incidence and severity of chronic lung disease in the very low birth weight infant. J Pediatr. 1995;126(5 Pt 1):769-76. PMID:7752005 
47. Painter MJ, Minnigh MB, Gaus L, Scher M, Brozanski B, Alvin J. Neonatal phenobarbital and phenytoin binding profiles. J Clin Pharmacol. 1994;34(4):312-7. PMID:8006198 
48. Brozanski BS, Watchko JF, O'Day TL, Guthrie RD. Effect of undernutrition on contractile and fatigue properties of rat diaphragm during development. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1993;74(5):2121-6. PMID:8335538 
49. Brozanski BS, Daood MJ, Watchko JF, LaFramboise WA, Guthrie RD. Postnatal expression of myosin isoforms in the genioglossus and diaphragm muscles. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1993;15(4):212-9. PMID:8469573 
50. Watchko JF, Daood MJ, Vazquez RL, Brozanski BS, LaFramboise WA, Guthrie RD, Sieck GC. Postnatal expression of myosin isoforms in an expiratory muscle--external abdominal oblique. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1992;73(5):1860-6. PMID:1474062 
51. Watchko JF, Brozanski BS, O'Day TL, Guthrie RD, Sieck GC. Contractile properties of the rat external abdominal oblique and diaphragm muscles during development. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1992;72(4):1432-6. PMID:1592735 
52. LaFramboise WA, Watchko JF, Brozanski BS, Daood MJ, Guthrie RD. Myosin heavy chain expression in respiratory muscles of the rat. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1992;6(3):335-9. PMID:1540397 
53. Watchko JF, O'Day TL, Brozanski BS, Vazquez RL, Guthrie RD. Control of genioglossal muscle activity in the anesthetized piglet: the role of vagal afferents. Biol Neonate. 1992;61(6):366-73. PMID:1525270 
54. Brozanski BS, Daood MJ, LaFramboise WA, Watchko JF, Foley TP Jr, Butler-Browne GS, Whalen RG, Guthrie RD, Ontell M. Effects of perinatal undernutrition on elimination of immature myosin isoforms in the rat diaphragm. Am J Physiol. 1991;261(2 Pt 1):L49-54. PMID:1831330 
55. LaFramboise WA, Daood MJ, Guthrie RD, Schiaffino S, Moretti P, Brozanski B, Ontell MP, Butler-Browne GS, Whalen RG, Ontell M. Emergence of the mature myosin phenotype in the rat diaphragm muscle. Dev Biol. 1991;144(1):1-15. PMID:1995390 
56. Marzocchi M, Brouillette RT, Klemka-Walden LM, Heller SL, Weese-Mayer DE, Brozanski BS, Caliendo J, Daood M, Ilbawi MN, Hunt CE. Effects of continuous low-frequency pacing on immature canine diaphragm. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1990;69(3):892-8. PMID:2147179 
57. Watchko JF, O'Day TL, Brozanski BS, Guthrie RD. Expiratory abdominal muscle activity during ventilatory chemostimulation in piglets. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1990;68(4):1343-9. PMID:2140826 
58. Cameron WE, Brozanski BS, Guthrie RD. Postnatal development of phrenic motoneurons in the cat. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1990;51(1):142-5. PMID:2297892 
59. Cameron WE, Fang H, Brozanski BS, Guthrie RD. The postnatal growth of motoneurons at three levels of the cat neuraxis. Neurosci Lett. 1989;104(3):274-80. PMID:2812543 
60. Brozanski BS, Guthrie RD, Volk EA, Cameron WE. Postnatal growth of genioglossal motoneurons. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1989;7(3):133-9. PMID:2797927 
61. Watchko JF, Brozanski BS, O'Day TL, Klesh KW, Guthrie RD. Costal and crural diaphragm, and intercostal and genioglossal electromyogram activities during spontaneous augmented breaths (sighs) in kittens. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1989;7(2):94-100. PMID:2797926 
62. Brozanski BS, Scher MS, Albright AL. Intraventricular nafcillin-induced seizures in a neonate. Pediatr Neurol. 1988;4(3):188-90. PMID:3242521 
63. Shapiro ED, Wald ER, Brozanski BA. Periorbital cellulitis and paranasal sinusitis: a reappraisal. Pediatr Infect Dis. 1982;1(2):91-4. PMID:7177909