Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Miami University, 2005
• MD, The Ohio State University, 2009

Training

• Internship, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2009 - 2010
• Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2010 - 2011
• Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2011 - 2014

Licensure and Board Certification

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support , 2009
• Basic Life Support , 2009
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support , 2009
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program , 2009
• Advanced Trauma Life Support , 2013
• MO, Medical License , 2014
• American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics , 2014
• American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine , 2016

Honors

• Miami University Scholar-Leader Award, 2003
• Alspaugh Award for Professionalism in the Field of Medicine, 2005 - 2009
• James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award, 2011
• PAS Young Investigator's Travel Award, 2014
• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, 2014
• Travel Award, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 2016
• Outstanding Citizenship Award, Clinical Research Training Center, 2016

Recent Publications view all (20)

Publication Co-Authors

Nathalie El Ters

Shamik Trivedi

Amit M Mathur, M.D., M.R.C.P.

Stephanie Attarian, M.D.

Rakesh Rao, M.D.

Steve M. Liao, M.D., MSCI

Christopher Lust

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Zachary A. Vesoulis, M.D.

1. Vesoulis ZA, Hao J, McPherson C, El Ters NM, Mathur AM. Low-frequency blood pressure oscillations and inotrope treatment failure in premature infants. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2017;123(1):55-61. PMID:28428252 
2. Trivedi SB, Vesoulis ZA, Rao R, Liao SM, Shimony JS, McKinstry RC, Mathur AM. A validated clinical MRI injury scoring system in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Pediatr Radiol. 2017. PMID:28623417 
3. Vesoulis ZA, Rao R, Trivedi SB, Mathur AM. The effect of therapeutic hypothermia on heart rate variability. J Perinatol. 2017;37(6):679-683. PMCID:PMC5446282  PMID:28383534 
4. Rhoades JS, Bierut T, Conner SN, Tuuli MG, Vesoulis ZA, Macones GA, Cahill AG. Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping at <32 Weeks' Gestation: Implementation and Outcomes. Am J Perinatol. 2017. PMID:28561189 
5. El Ters NM, Vesoulis ZA, Liao SM, Smyser CD, Mathur AM. Impact of brain injury on functional measures of amplitude-integrated EEG at term equivalent age in premature infants. J Perinatol. 2017. PMID:28492522 
6. Vesoulis ZA, Rhoades J, Muniyandi P, Conner S, Cahill AG, Mathur AM. Delayed cord clamping and inotrope use in preterm infants. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017;1-8. PMID:28372510 
7. Vesoulis ZA, Mathur AM. Cerebral Autoregulation, Brain Injury, and the Transitioning Premature Infant. Front Pediatr. 2017;5:64. PMCID:PMC5377300  PMID:28421173 
8. Rao R, Trivedi S, Vesoulis Z, Liao SM, Smyser CD, Mathur AM. Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates 34-35 Weeks Gestational Age with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2017;183:37-42. PMCID:PMC5367984  PMID:27979578 
9. Leadbetter KZ, Vesoulis ZA, White FV, Schmidt RE, Khanna G, Shimony JS, Mathur AM. The role of post-mortem MRI in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2017;37(1):98-103. PMCID:PMC5215703  PMID:27654494 
10. Vesoulis ZA, Lust CE, Liao SM, Trivedi SB, Mathur AM. Early hyperoxia burden detected by cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy is superior to pulse oximetry for prediction of severe retinopathy of prematurity. J Perinatol. 2016;36(11):966-971. PMCID:PMC5079836  PMID:27559717 
11. Vesoulis ZA, McPherson C, Neil JJ, Mathur AM, Inder TE. Early High-Dose Caffeine Increases Seizure Burden in Extremely Preterm Neonates: A Preliminary Study. J Caffeine Res. 2016;6(3):101-107. PMCID:PMC5031091  PMID:27679737 
12. Vesoulis ZA, Ters NE, Foster A, Trivedi SB, Liao SM, Mathur AM. Response to dopamine in prematurity: a biomarker for brain injury? J Perinatol. 2016;36(6):453-8. PMCID:PMC4882223  PMID:26890555 
13. Vesoulis ZA, El Ters NM, Wallendorf M, Mathur AM. Empirical estimation of the normative blood pressure in infants <28 weeks gestation using a massive data approach. J Perinatol. 2016;36(4):291-5. doi:10.1038/jp.2015.185  PMCID:PMC4808440  PMID:26633144 
14. Vesoulis ZA, Liao SM, Trivedi SB, Ters NE, Mathur AM. A novel method for assessing cerebral autoregulation in preterm infants using transfer function analysis. Pediatr Res. 2016;79(3):453-9. doi:10.1038/pr.2015.238  PMCID:PMC4821724  PMID:26571222 
15. Vesoulis ZA, Paul RA, Mitchell TJ, Wong C, Inder TE, Mathur AM. Normative amplitude-integrated EEG measures in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2015;35(6):428-33. doi:10.1038/jp.2014.225  PMCID:PMC4447544  PMID:25521561 
16. Vesoulis ZA, Attarian SJ, Zeller B, Cole FS. Minoxidil-associated anorexia in an infant with refractory hypertension. Pharmacotherapy. 2014;34(12):e341-4. doi:10.1002/phar.1495  PMID:25280267 
17. Vesoulis ZA, Galindo R, Ornstein BW, White AJ. Neuro-Behçets in a Child. Child Neurol Open. 2014;1(1):2329048X14550505. PMCID:PMC5417034  PMID:28503582 
18. Vesoulis ZA, Mathur AM. Advances in management of neonatal seizures. Indian J Pediatr. 2014;81(6):592-8. doi:10.1007/s12098-014-1457-9  PMCID:PMC4338003  PMID:24796413 
19. Vesoulis ZA, Inder TE, Woodward LJ, Buse B, Vavasseur C, Mathur AM. Early electrographic seizures, brain injury, and neurodevelopmental risk in the very preterm infant. Pediatr Res. 2014;75(4):564-9. doi:10.1038/pr.2013.245  PMCID:PMC3961524  PMID:24366515 
20. Vesoulis ZA, Vachharajani AJ. Index of Suspicion in the Nursery Case 2: Late Preterm Infant With a Difficult Intubation Neoreviews. 2014;15(15):e99-e103. doi:10.1542/neo.15-3-e99