Fordjour Lawrence, MD

In 2005, I joined the faculty at SUNY Downstate Medical Center (SUNYDMC) in Brooklyn and in 2016 became director of High-Risk Neurodevelopmental Follow-up NICU Clinic and Associate Program Director of Pediatric Residency Program. I am a neonatologist with an interest in nutrition, neurodevelopmental outcomes and Global Health Initiative.

Over the years I was involved in translational research looking at nutritional factors and gut immunology in preterm newborns, drug trial studies, clinical research was involved assessing maternal and neonatal obesity, effects of gestational diabetes on maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes in low socioeconomic area of Brooklyn. Currently, I have expanded my work into area of neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm babies. Internationally, I am involved in the global health projects to improve advance neonatal care in low and middle income countries. A major goal of my career is to improve advance newborn care of newborns in high risk population, to improve survival and long-term neurodevelopment outcomes of newborns locally and internationally.

Education

• Medical School: Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
• Internship: Long Island Collage Hospital, Brooklyn / Beth Israel Medical Center
• Residency: Long Island Collage Hospital, Brooklyn / Beth Israel Medical Center
• Fellowship: New York University

Research Interests

Neonatal nutrition, gut immunology in preterm newborns, drug trial studies, neonatal obesity, effects of gestational diabetes on maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes, neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm babies. Global Health in Neonatology – improving advance newborn care in low- and middle-income countries.

• Fordjour L., Choi J., Kral J., Dattner L., Valencia G. and El-Hennawy M. Adverse Neonatal Outcomes of Large for Gestational Age Neonates Associated with Maternal Obesity in a Predominantly African- and Caribbean-American Inner-City Population , Pediatric Academic Society, Toronto, 2007. Publication 7924.1
• Dattner L., Fordjour L. et al. Competency goals of incoming residents, Pediatric Academic Society, Toronto, 2007. Publication 7908.12A
• Fordjour L, Mally P. et al. The effects of broad spectrum antibiotics on synthesis of gut derived short chain fatty acids and its effects on neurotransmitter gene expression in a rat model(Journal peer review in progress).