Neonatal Faculty Member Directory
Dr. Chabra has a keen interest in teaching residents and fellows and is passionate about it. Her scholarly interests include chronic lung disease in preterm infants and its association with Vitamin A; postnatal growth retardation and neonatal growth outcomes; challenges of the late preterm infant; management and epidemiology of gastroschisis and other birth defects. She is a member of the Seattle Children’s Hospital Clinical Effectiveness Program for Gastroschisis guideline development. She is also involved in developing protocols for stabilization of neonates with gastroschisis and has served as a consultant for the production of a video for family education of parents of infants with gastroschisis. She is also involved in quality improvement projects in the Overlake Hospital NICU and has led its late-preterm Task Force that has developed recommendations and guidelines for the late preterm infant. She has also helped establish the post-discharge nutrition clinic at Overlake Hospital. Nationally, she proposed and assisted the American Academy of Pediatrics in successfully petitioning for establishment of new ICD-9 codes for gastroschisis and omphalocele to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Chabra S, Arnold JD, Leslie GI, Bowen JR, Earl J, Wood F. Vitamin A status in preterm neonates with and without chronic lung disease. J Pediatrics and Child Health 1994; 30: 432-35.
- Chabra S, Kriss VM, Pauly TH, Hall BD. Neurosonographic diagnosis of thalamic/basal ganglia vasculopathy in Trisomy 13-an important diagnostic aid. Am J Med Genetics 1997; 72: 291-293.
- Chabra S, Cottrill C, Rayens MK, Cross R, Lipke D, Bruce M. Lymphocyte subsets in cord blood of preterm infants: effect of antenatal steroids. Biology of the Neonate 1998; 74: 200-207.
- Chabra S, Hall BD. A cluster study of gastroschisis: single center experience. J Ky Med Assoc 2008.
- Chabra S. Gastroschisis and omphalocele codes ‘all-inclusive’: urgent need for modifications. J Ped Surg 2008.
- Chabra S. Gastroschisis in the US: Is the prevalence increasing in selected US states? J Ped Surg 2009
Teaching, Research and Clinical Activities
Dr. Chabra has a keen interest in teaching residents and fellows and is passionate about it. Her scholarly interests include chronic lung disease in preterm infants and its association with Vitamin A; postnatal growth retardation and neonatal growth outcomes; challenges of the late preterm infant; management and epidemiology of gastroschisis and other birth defects. She is a member of the Seattle Children’s Hospital Clinical Effectiveness Program for Gastroschisis guideline development. She is also involved in developing protocols for stabilization of neonates with gastroschisis and has served as a consultant for the production of a video for family education of parents of infants with gastroschisis. She is also involved in quality improvement projects in the Overlake Hospital NICU and has led its late-preterm Task Force that has developed recommendations and guidelines for the late preterm infant. She has also helped establish the post-discharge nutrition clinic at Overlake Hospital. Nationally, she proposed and assisted the American Academy of Pediatrics in successfully petitioning for establishment of new ICD-9 codes for gastroschisis and omphalocele to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Recent Publications
- Chabra S, Arnold JD, Leslie GI, Bowen JR, Earl J, Wood F. Vitamin A status in preterm neonates with and without chronic lung disease. J Pediatrics and Child Health 1994; 30: 432-35.
- Chabra S, Kriss VM, Pauly TH, Hall BD. Neurosonographic diagnosis of thalamic/basal ganglia vasculopathy in Trisomy 13-an important diagnostic aid. Am J Med Genetics 1997; 72: 291-293.
- Chabra S, Cottrill C, Rayens MK, Cross R, Lipke D, Bruce M. Lymphocyte subsets in cord blood of preterm infants: effect of antenatal steroids. Biology of the Neonate 1998; 74: 200-207.
- Chabra S, Hall BD. A cluster study of gastroschisis: single center experience. J Ky Med Assoc 2008.
- Chabra S. Gastroschisis and omphalocele codes ‘all-inclusive’: urgent need for modifications. J Ped Surg 2008.
- Chabra S. Gastroschisis in the US: Is the prevalence increasing in selected US states? J Ped Surg 2009