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Charles Rosenfeld, M.D.

Charles Rosenfeld, M.D.

Professor Emeritus

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics
  • Biography

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    Dr. Rosenfeld attended college at Emory University and graduated from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his general training in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he also was Chief Resident. He then spent a year as a Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow with Amile Scarpelli, MD, PhD at Albert Einstein, followed by 2 years in the Perinatal Research Program at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center under the mentoring of Frederick Battaglia, MD and Giacomo Meschia, MD. After joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 1973, Dr. Rosenfeld established a perinatal biology laboratory for the study of cardiovascular changes in pregnancy, and in particular, the study of uteroplacental and umbilicoplacental blood flows. He has received nearly continuous funding from NIH for his studies of the mother and fetus for 39 years, as well as other grants, making contributions to our understanding of cardiovascular changes in pregnancy and during fetal and neonatal development. He was the Director of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine for nearly 35 years and has provided research training and mentoring for more than 15 fellows in his specialty, 5 in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and numerous postdoctoral and medical students. His publication record exceeds 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in several textbooks. Dr. Rosenfeld was the 2005 recipient of the Founders Award given by the Southern Society for Pediatric Research for his research contributions to child health and was elected a Fellow in the Section of Heart and Circulatory Physiology, American Physiological Society in 2005. He received a 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and was awarded Emeritus by the University of Texas March 2019.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Emory University (1966)
  • Research Interest
    • Blood pressure regulation before and after birth
    • Cardiovascular role of estrogen in pregnancy
    • Development of the renin-angiotensin system
    • Mechanisms modulating uteroplacental blood flow
  • Publications

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    Valid serial length measurements in preterm infants permit characterization of growth patterns.
    Pavageau L, Rosenfeld CR, Heyne R, Brown LS, Whitham J, Lair C, Brion LP J Perinatol 2018 Sep
    Fetal-placental crosstalk occurs through fetal cytokine synthesis and placental clearance.
    Mir IN, Chalak LF, Liao J, Johnson-Welch S, Brown LS, Longoria C, Savani RC, Rosenfeld CR Placenta 2018 Sep 69 1-8
    Lenticulostriate vasculopathy in preterm infants: a new classification, clinical associations and neurodevelopmental outcome.
    Sisman J, Chalak L, Heyne R, Pritchard M, Weakley D, Brown LS, Rosenfeld CR J Perinatol 2018 Aug
    Extreme Preterm Infant Rates of Overweight and Obesity at School Age in the SUPPORT Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Cohort.
    Vohr BR, Heyne R, Bann CM, Das A, Higgins RD, Hintz SR J. Pediatr. 2018 May
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  • Honors & Awards
    • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
      Marquis Who's Who Publications Board (2018)
    • Top Doctors
      Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. (2014)
    • Top Doctors
      US News & World Report (2012)
    • Student Teaching Award, Senior Acute Care Medicine
      UT Southwestern Medical School (2008)
    • Legends Award for Outstanding Service
      Parkland Memorial Hospital (2007)
    • SSPR Founders Award
      Recognition for research contributing to improving child health, Southern Society of Pediatric Research (2005)
    • Who's Who in America
      (2005)
    • Associate Editor, Reproductive Sciences (JSGI)
      Appointed to the initial Editorial Board; evaluating basic research (1993-2018)
    • George L. MacGregor Professorship of Pediatrics
      Recognition for research contributions in Perinatal Medicine (1993-2019)
    • Associate Editor, Early Human Development
      Responsible for all manuscripts in the Americas (1986)
    • Perinatal Research Society
      Recognition for contributions to studies in pregnancy and development (1981)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (1976)
    • American Heart Association (1999-2019)
    • American Pediatric Program Directors (2008-2010)
    • American Pediatric Society (1983)
    • American Physiologic Society (1985-2019)
    • Perinatal Research Society (1981)
    • Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1978)
    • Society for Pediatric Research (1977)