Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, University of Missouri –Kansas City School of Arts and Sciences , 2004
• MD, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, 2005
• MSCI, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014

Training

• Pediatric Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2005 - 2008
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008 - 2011

Licensure and Board Certification

• Board Certified in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics , 2009
• Board Certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics , 2012
• MO, Registered Medical Practioner, Missouri Board of Healing Arts , 2016

Honors

• Travel Award – American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
• Travel Award – Pediatric Academic Societies, 2010
• Washington University in St. Louis Department of Pediatrics Loan Repayment Award, 2011
• Partners in Excellence Award, Team Leader, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2014

Recent Publications view all (10)

1. Garcia KE, Robinson EC, Alexopoulos D, Dierker DL, Glasser MF, Coalson TS, Ortinau CM, Rueckert D, Taber LA, Van Essen DC, Rogers CE, Smyser CD, Bayly PV.. Dynamic patterns of cortical expansion during folding of the preterm human brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. . 2018. PMID:29507201  
2. Walsh BH, Neil J, Morey J, Yang E, Silvera MV, Inder TE, Ortinau C. The Frequency and Severity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abnormalities in Infants with Mild Neonatal Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2017;187:26-33.e1. PMCID:PMC5533615  PMID:28479101 
3. Im K, Guimaraes A, Kim Y, Cottrill E, Gagoski B, Rollins C, Ortinau C, Yang E, Grant PE. Quantitative Folding Pattern Analysis of Early Primary Sulci in Human Fetuses with Brain Abnormalities. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017;38(7):1449-1455. PMCID:PMC5509490  PMID:28522661 
4. Tarui, T., Madan, N., Farhat, N. Kitano, R., Tanritanir, A., Graham, G., Gagoski, B., Craig, A., Rollins, C., Ortinau, C., Iyer, V., Pienaar, R., Bianchi, D., Grant, P., Im, K. Disorganized Sulcal Position Pattern in Fetal Brains with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Cer Cortex. 2017;accepted. 
5. Gholipour A, Rollins CK, Velasco-Annis C, Ouaalam A, Akhondi-Asl A, Afacan O, Ortinau CM, Clancy S, Limperopoulos C, Yang E, Estroff JA, Warfield SK. A normative spatiotemporal MRI atlas of the fetal brain for automatic segmentation and analysis of early brain growth. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):476. PMCID:PMC5428658  PMID:28352082 
6. Estep ME, Smyser CD, Anderson PJ, Ortinau CM, Wallendorf M, Katzman CS, Doyle LW, Thompson DK, Neil JJ, Inder TE, Shimony JS. Diffusion tractography and neuromotor outcome in very preterm children with white matter abnormalities. Pediatr Res. 2014;76(1):86-92. PMCID:PMC4062577  PMID:24713814 
7. Ortinau C, Alexopoulos D, Dierker D, Van Essen D, Beca J, Inder T. Cortical folding is altered before surgery in infants with congenital heart disease. J Pediatr. 2013;163(5):1507-10. PMCID:PMC3905308  PMID:23988135 
8. Ortinau C, Inder T, Lambeth J, Wallendorf M, Finucane K, Beca J. Congenital heart disease affects cerebral size but not brain growth. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012;33(7):1138-46. PMCID:PMC3702162  PMID:22450354 
9. Ortinau, C., Beca, J., Lambeth, J., Ferdman, B., Alexopoulos, D., Shimony, J. S., Wallendorf, M., Neil, J., Inder, T. Regional alterations in cerebral growth exist preoperatively in infants with congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;143(6):1264-70. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.039  PMCID:PMC3322305  PMID:22143100 
10. Ortinau, C.M., Anadkat, J.S., Smyser, C.D., Eghtesady, P. Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Moderate to Severe Congenital Heart Disease PCCM. accepted.