Elmer David, MD
Dr. David is an attending neonatologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of USC. He completed his Pediatrics residency training at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York and Neonatology fellowship training at Cornell Medical Center in New York. Dr. David joined the Faculty at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, now Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, New Jersey Medical School, and as a Neonatology Attending at University Hospital in Newark, NJ.
Dr. David’s clinical and research interests in neonatology include necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), enhancement of enteral nutritional support using various feeding strategies and nutritional supplementations/manipulations while preventing NEC.
Education
Far Eastern University
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Pediatrics
The New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Accomplishments
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Instructor
STABLE Program Instructor
Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
Philippine Pediatric Society in America (PPSA)
Attending of the Year, twice voted - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey
Dr. David’s interest in the field of neonatology revolves around optimizing nutritional support in neonates.
Publications
David E, Tanuos H, Sullivan T, Yan A, Kircik LH, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study to Estimate the Efficacy and Tolerability of a Nonsteroidal Cream for the Treatment of Cradle Cap (Seborrheic Dermatitis), J Drugs Dermatol; 12(4):448-452, 2013.PMID: 23652893
Boudry G, David ES, Douard V, Monteiro I, Le Huerou-Luron I, Ferraris RF, Role of Intestinal Transporters in Neonatal Nutrition: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Minerals and Vitamins, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 51(4):380-401, 2010.PMID: 20808244
Faye-Peterson O, David E, *Rangwala N, Seaman JP, Hua Z, Heller DS. Otocephaly: Report of Five New Cases and a Literature Review. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 25:277-296, 2006.PMID: 17438667
Monteiro IM, David ES, Ferraris RP: Ontogenetic Development of Rat Intestinal Bile Acid Transport Requires Thyroxine but not Corticosterone, Pediatric Research 55:611-621, 2004.PMID: 14711893
Lan J, David ES, Espina N, Ferraris RP. GLUT5 Expression in Neonatal Rats: Crypt-Villus Location and Age-dependent Regulation. American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 281: G666-G674, 2001.PMID: 11518678
Research
Gastrointestinal Physiology
Neonatal Nutrition
Probiotics in Neonatology and Pediatrics
Gut Microbiota in Neonates (NAS; Infants of HIV Positive Mothers)
Collagen Biomarkers
Management of the Drug-exposed Neonate/Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
Neonatal Pain Management