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Istvan Seri, M.D., Ph.D., is head of the USC Division of Neonatal Medicine at its locations at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Women’s & Children’s Hospital at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center.
Dr. Seri came to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and USC from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, and he has been professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 2003.
Dr. Seri has been medical director of the Institute for Maternal and Fetal Health (IMFH), a joint program of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, since 2002. The IMFH is designed to improve health outcomes and quality of life for families with high-risk pregnancies. It is one of the comprehensive fetal diagnostic and treatment centers in the United States, with a special focus on the integration of comprehensive care services while offering innovative, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment options to families.
Dr. Seri is responsible for the quality of the clinical care services provided by the USC Division of Neonatal Medicine; for teaching activities within the Division of Neonatal Medicine and the quality and accreditation of the Neonatology Fellowship Program; for the conduct of individual, collaborative and institutional research programs in neonatal medicine; and for the supervision of the clinical work conducted within Neonatal Medicine Care Services and the Division of Neonatal Medicine, including monitoring of practices, credentials review and professional performance.
He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Dr. Seri was an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., prior to his appointment at the Keck School of Medicine and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The “Istvan Seri Faculty Teaching Award” in neonatal medicine was established at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2001.
He also has been a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School (1991-94), where he was the recipient of the Charles A. Janeway Scholarship in Child Health Research; and at Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (1979-91).
Dr. Seri has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including the Faculty Teacher-of-the-Year (2000) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Blockley-Osler Award (2000) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Teaching Modern Clinical Medicine (2000); the Neonatal Faculty Teaching Award at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2001) and the Philip E. Rothman Memorial Award for excellence in Pediatric Resident Education, Guidance and Inspiration at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California (2004).
He was named an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Pediatrics in 1999, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate honoris causa from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, in 2004.
His major areas of research interest include the mechanisms of action of the cardiovascular, renal and endocrine effects of dopamine and other sympathomimetic amines; developmental-regulation of the dopaminergic system in the neonate; short-term regulation of the Na+, K+-ATPase enzyme by catecholamines; pathophysiology and management of neonatal shock; and organ blood flow and its autoregulation in the critically-ill neonate.
Dr. Seri has research in progress in the measurement of organ blood flow and evaluation of organ blood flow autoregulation in the neonate; the effects of dopamine on regional organ blood flow in the neonate; and the effects of low-dose hydrocortisone on adrenergic receptor down-regulation and sensitization of the cardiovascular system to catecholamines in the neonate. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and private agencies.
Dr. Seri has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he is the co-editor of the Neonatal Hemodynamics Cardiovascular Series by Elsevier, which will be published in 2006.
One of the world’s foremost authorities on neonatal hemodynamics, he is a frequent speaker at regional, national and international meetings.
Dr. Seri is a member of the editorial advisory board of Neonatal Intensive Care (2000-present). He was associate editor of the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (2000-05)
Dr. Seri has been an invited reviewer for Acta Paediatrica, Acta Paediatrica Scandanavia, the American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care, American Journal of Physiology, the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Biology of the Neonate, Circulation, Critical Care Medicine, Hypertension, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Pediatrics, Kidney International, Lancet, Life Sciences, the New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Care, Pediatric Research and Cochrane Neonatal Reviews.
He has been an invited reviewer for numerous National Institutes of Health panels and study sections.
Dr. Seri is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (1993-present).
Dr. Seri is a member of the European Society of Pediatric Research (1996-present) and the World Council of Hungarian Professors (1999-present). He was a member of the European Society of Pediatric Nephrology (1984-88).
Dr. Seri is a member of the Kidney Council of the American Heart Association (1988-present), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994-present) and The Society for Pediatric Research (1995-present) and the Pediatric Academic Society (2004-present).
He is a consultant to Dey Laboratories, Inc.; (2003-present), an expert consultant on neonatal hemodynamics to the Vermont Oxford Network NIC/Q Evidence-based Quality Improvement Collaborative for Neonatology (2004-present); an editorial consultant to Akita Biomedical Consulting (2004-present); and a member of the Western Society for Pediatric Research Council (2006-2009).
Dr. Seri received a medical degree from Semmelweis University School of Medicine (SUSM), Budapest, Hungary in 1976, and he completed a residency in pediatrics at SUSM, from October 1976 through June 1979. He was a Semmelweis Awardee (1986).
Dr. Seri was a research fellow in developmental physiology at St. Göran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, from October 1984 to September 1985. He was awarded a Ph.D. in developmental clinical physiology from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, in 1985.
Dr. Seri was a research fellow in medicine and nephrology at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, from October 1986 through June 1988; a research fellow in the Joint Program in Neonatology at Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Boston Childrens Hospital, Boston, Mass., from July 1988 through June 1989; and a clinical fellow in the Joint Program in Neonatology, from July 1989 through June 1991. |
