Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Magna Cum Laude, Lake Forest College, 2009
• MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2013

Training

• Pediatrics Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013 - 2016
• Newborn Medicine Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, 2016 - 2019

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2007 - PresBasic Life Support
• 2013 - PresNeonatal Resuscitation Program
• 2013 - PresPediatric Advanced Life Support
• 2013 - PresBNDD
• 2013 - 2016Illinois State Medical License (Temporary)
• 2016 - PresMissouri State Board of Healing Arts Medical License
• 2016 - PresAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support
• 2016 - PresIndividual DEA
• 2016 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics

Honors

• Dean's List, Lake Forest College, 2006 - 2009
• Research Excellence in Biology, 2009
• Scholar Athlete Award, 2009
• Senior Thesis with Distinction, 2009
• Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, 2009
• Honors in Infectious Disease, 2010
• Honors in Obstetrics-Gynecology Clerkship, 2011

Recent Publications view all (4)

Publication Co-Authors

Christopher McPherson

Jason Newland, M.D., M.Ed.

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

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

1. Lahart AC, McPherson CC, Gerber JS, Warner BB, Lee BR, Newland JG. Application of an antibiotic spectrum index in the neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019;1-3. PMID:31352907 
2. Charron AC, Carl MA, Warner BB, Newland JG, McPherson CC. Determinants of Initial Antibiotic Duration in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. Infect Dis Ther. 2019. PMID:30825133 
3. Charron A, Hesemann L, Gaut JP, Davis TK. Case 5: Autoantibodies and an Elevated Creatinine in a 14-year-old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2017;38(7):337. PMID:28667239 
4. Ferrier A, Charron A, Sadozai Y, Switaj L, Szutenbach A, Smith PA. Multiple phenotypes resulting from a mutagenesis screen for pharynx muscle mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26594. PMCID:PMC3206800  PMID:22073173