Department of Pediatrics

Education

• MD, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, 1988

Training

• Pediatric Residency, University of Texas Medical School, 1991 - 1994
• Fellowship, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1994 - 1997

Licensure and Board Certification

• Certified and current in both General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal medicine
• Registered for ongoing renewal process (MOC) of Board Certification of American Board of Pediatrics
• 1994 - PresMO
• 1995American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
• 2003American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
• 2018 - PresIL, Illinois Medical License

Honors and Awards

• Best Doctor St. Louis, 2019
• Best Doctor STL, 2020

Recent Publications view all (2)

1. McNamara F, Lijowska AS, Thach BT. Spontaneous arousal activity in infants during NREM and REM sleep. J Physiol. 2002;538(Pt 1):263-9. PMCID:PMC2290006  PMID:11773333 
2. Lijowska AS, Reed NW, Chiodini BA, Thach BT. Sequential arousal and airway-defensive behavior of infants in asphyxial sleep environments. J Appl Physiol. 1997;83(1):219-28. PMID:9216967