Christine Pazandak, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Education Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2014) Residency UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2017), Pediatrics Other Post Graduate Training Washington University (2021) Fellowship Washington University/B-JH//SLCH Consortium Program (2021), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine Research Interest Quality improvement Publications Featured Publications Promoting bonding and secure attachment in the NICU to improve parent-infant mental health: recommendations for clinical practice. Yui Y, Pazandak CC, Barbeau DY, Spencer M, Scala M, Givrad S, J Perinatol 2026 Jan Medical legal partnerships in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pazandak CC, Alden M, Schulman S, Shah S, Schoppa S, Semin Perinatol 2025 Dec 152192 Burden of chronic disease on NICU families: developmental outcomes, psychological effects, and vulnerable child syndrome. Amiri S, Prelipcean I, Pazandak C, Hoge MK, Punar M, Spencer M, Shaw RJ, J Perinatol 2025 Nov Continuum of care for patients through medical-legal partnership: improving the transition from NICU stay to home. Pazandak CC, Shah S, Schoppa S, J Perinatol 2025 Aug Timing of initiation of therapeutic hypothermia in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy born at a high-volume urban safety net hospital. Pazandak CC, Martinez MG, Whiting ME, Kota S, Brown LS, Chalak LF, Leon RL, Early Hum Dev 2025 Mar 204 106249 Understanding and addressing mental health challenges of families admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Osborne AD, Yasova Barbeau D, Gladdis T, Hansen K, Branche T, Miller ER, Pazandak CC, Hoge MK, Spencer M, Montoya-Williams D, Barbeau R, Padratzik H, Lassen S, J Perinatol 2024 Dec Implementation of morbidity and mortality conference in a community hospital NICU and narrative review. Chan C, Pazandak C, Angelis D, Front Pediatr 2023 11 1321296 Placental Pathology, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants: Is There a Link? Pazandak C, Mir IN, Brown LS, Chalak LF, Pediatr. Neurol. 2020 Jan Blood Pressure Profiles in Infants With Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Response to Dopamine, and Association With Brain Injury. Pazandak C, McPherson C, Abubakar M, Zanelli S, Fairchild K, Vesoulis Z, Front Pediatr 2020 8 512 Scrotal Rupture in a Premature Neonate with Cystic Fibrosis as a Consequence of Meconium Periorchitis Bedgood M, Cortelyou C, Blanco C, Fonseca R, Moreira A. Medical Student Research Journal 2016 Results 1-10 of 12 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Above and Beyond AwardUT Southwestern Medical Center (2014-2016) Gold Humanism AwardUT Health Science Center at San Antonio (2013) Woman of the Heart recipientCor Jesu Academy, St. Louis, MO (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics American Medical Association Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas Texas Medical Association Texas Pediatric Society The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
