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Shawn O'Connor
soconnor@wustl.edu
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine
Newborn Medicine
phone: (314) 454-6148
Education
BS,
summa cum laude
,
University of Georgia
,
2006
MD,
Medical College of Georgia
,
2010
Training
Pediatrics Internship & Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
,
2010
-
2013
Clinical Fellow Researcher, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
,
2013
-
2016
Neonatal/Perinatal Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
,
2013
-
2016
Clinical Bioethics, Harvard Medical School
,
2017
-
2017
Pediatric Leadership Development Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
,
2018
-
2018
Pediatric Educational Spring Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
,
2019
-
2019
Epic Physician Builder Basic Training - CLN150, University of Wisconsin-Madison
,
2020
-
2020
Epic Physician Builder Advanced Training - CLN160, University of Wisconsin-Madison
,
2021
-
2021
Licensure and Board Certification
2013
-
Pres
MO, State of Missouri Medical License
2013
-
2015
Basic Life Support
2013
-
2016
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
2013
-
Pres
Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics
2014
-
2016
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
2014
-
Pres
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
2014
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2018
Neonatal Resuscitation Program - Hospital Based Instructor (rank retired)
2017
-
Pres
AAP NRP Instructor Mentor
2017
-
Pres
IL, State of IL Medical License
2018
-
Pres
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Board Certified
Honors and Awards
James P. Keating, M.D. Outstanding Resident Award
,
2014
Recent Publications
view all (5)
Publication Co-Authors
Ina E. Amarillo, PhD FACMG ErCLG
Jennifer A Wambach, M.D.
Nuri B. Farber
Caroline K. Lee, M.D.
Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.
Darrah N. Haffner, Shawn O'Connor, John Zempel.
A Rare Presentation of Congenital TORCH Infection
Pediatr Neurol
.
2020;105:71-72.
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.11.018
PMID:
31917101
Cabrera, Omar H., O'Connor, Shawn D., Swiney, Brant S., Salinas-Contreras, Patricia, Manzella, Francesca M., Taylor, George T., Noguchi, Kevin K..
Caffeine Combined with Sedative/Anesthetic Drugs Triggers Widespread Neuroapoptosis in a Mouse Mode of Prematurity
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
.
2016.
doi:
10.1080/14767058.2016.1261400
O’Connor SD, Cabrera OH, Dougherty JD, Singh S, Swiney BS, Salinas-Contreras P, Farber NB, Noguchi KK.
Dexmedetomidine Protects Against Glucocorticoid Induced Progenitor Cell Apoptosis in Neonatal Mouse Cerebellum
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
.
2016.
doi:
10.1080/14767058.2016.1241763
PMID:
27677376
Ng BG, Shiryaev SA, Rymen D, Eklund EA, Raymond K, Kircher M, Abdenur JE, Alehan F, Midro AT, Bamshad MJ, Barone R, Berry GT, Brumbaugh JE, Buckingham KJ, Clarkson K, Cole FS, O'Connor S, Cooper GM, Van Coster R, Demmer LA, Diogo L, Fay AJ, Ficicioglu C, Fiumara A, Gahl WA, Ganetzky R, Goel H, Harshman LA, He M, Jaeken J, James PM, Katz D, Keldermans L, Kibaek M, Kornberg AJ, Lachlan K, Lam C, Yaplito-Lee J, Nickerson DA, Peters HL, Race V, Régal L, Rush JS, Rutledge SL, Shendure J, Souche E, Sparks SE, Trapane P, Sanchez-Valle A, Vilain E, Vøllo A, Waechter CJ, Wang RY, Wolfe LA, Wong DA, Wood T, Yang AC, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Matthijs G, Freeze HH.
ALG1-CDG: Clinical and Molecular Characterization of 39 Unreported Patients.
Hum Mutat
.
2016.
doi:
10.1002/humu.22983
PMID:
26931382
Ina E. Amarillo, Shawn O'Connor, Caroline K. Lee, Marcia Willing and Jennifer A. Wambach.
De novo
9q gain in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve: Patient report and review of congenital heart disease in 9q duplication syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics
.
2015;167
(12):
2966-2974.
PMID:
26768185
Last updated: 10/06/2021
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