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Myra Wyckoff, M.D.

Myra Wyckoff, M.D.

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics

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  • Biography

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    Dr. Wyckoff earned her engineering science degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. She then came to UTSW Medical Center at Dallas for medical school and subsequently stayed for General Pediatrics training. She remained at UTSW for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine training and worked under Phil Shaul, MD on a project which elucidated how plasma membrane estrogen receptors are coupled to eNOS production via G-protein signaling. Upon completion of sub-specialty training she joined the faculty of UTSW Pediatrics Department to become the director of Newborn Resuscitation Services at Parkland Memorial Hospital, a large, urban county hospital with over 12,000 deliveries annually. She developed and coordinates an educational rotation in newborn resuscitation for the senior pediatric house-officer, 2nd year emergency medicine residents, neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows and OB anesthesia and MFM fellows. In addition, she oversees the continued development of the high-risk neonatal resuscitation team. Dr. Wyckoff maintains and utilizes one of the most comprehensive neonatal resuscitation databases in the country to continually try to improve neonatal resuscitation processes locally and nationally. Prospective resuscitation protocols are studied in the delivery room and she has utilized a neonatal piglet model of asphyxia-induced hypotension/bradycardia and asphyxia-induced asystole to better elucidate the hemodynamics and optimize resuscitation strategies during CPR in the controlled setting of the laboratory. She has served on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, Neonatal Life Support Task Force since 2003 and served as Chair from 2015-2022. She has served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program Steering Committee since 2006, was Co-chair from 2010-2014 and currently serves as ILCOR Liaison to the committee. Since 2013 she has served as UTSW site PI for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network which conducts multi-center randomized controlled trials to improve the care of fragile newborns.

  • Education
    Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical School (1994)
    Internship
    Children's Health Dallas (1995), Pediatrics
    Residency
    Children's Health Dallas (1997), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2000), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Neonatal Research Network
    • Neonatal Resuscitation
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  • Honors & Awards
    • Mentor Award UTSW Leaders in Clinical Excellence Awards
      (2022)
    • Pediatric Educator Award of the Southern Society for Pediatric Research
      (2022)
    • Chair, Neonatal Life Support Task Force
      International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (2015-2022)
    • Editorial Board
      Resuscitation (2015)
    • Elected Co-Chair of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program Steering Committee
      American Academy of Pediatrics (2011-2015)
    • Elected to Perinatal Research Society
      (2008)
    • Elected to Society for Pediatric Research
      (2006)
    • AOA
      Medical Academic Honor Society (1994)
    • Acute Care Rotation Teaching Award
      UT Southwestern Medical School (2007, 2009)
    • Pediatric Faculty Teaching Award
      UT Southwestern Pediatric Program Residents (2006, 2008, 2011, 2023)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (2000)
    • American Heart Association (2006)
    • Perinatal Research Society (2008)
    • Society for Pediatric Research (2007)