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Jennifer Faith Check, MD, MS

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
Jennifer Faith Check, MD, MS

Jennifer Faith Check, MD, MS

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology

Research Interests

  • Infant, Premature
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
  • Lung Diseases
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
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Education
BS, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, 2000
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
MS, Wake Forest University, 2016
Residency
Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2009
Fellowship
Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Northwestern University, 2012
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Memberships
North Carolina Medical Society
American Academy of Pediatrics
Positions
Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
Departments and Affiliations
Pediatrics - Neonatology

Research

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  • Early growth outcomes in very low birth weight infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or fetal growth restriction. Check J, Jensen ET, Skelton JA, Ambrosius WT, O'Shea TM. Pediatr Res. 2020 10; 88(4):601-604.
  • Improving care collaboration for NICU patients to decrease length of stay and readmission rate. Welch CD, Check J, O'Shea TM. BMJ Open Qual. 2017; 6(2):e000130.
  • Parental Perceptions of Weight Status in Preterm Compared with Term Infants. Murphy LT, Skinner AC, Check J, Warner DD, Perrin EM. Am J Perinatol. 2016 12; 33(14):1371-1376.
  • Placental pathologic changes of maternal vascular underperfusion in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Mestan KK, Check J, Minturn L, Yallapragada S, Farrow KN, Liu X, Su E, Porta N, Gotteiner N, Ernst LM. Placenta. 2014 Aug; 35(8):570-4.
  • Fetal growth restriction and pulmonary hypertension in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Check J, Gotteiner N, Liu X, Su E, Porta N, Steinhorn R, Mestan KK. J Perinatol. 2013 Jul; 33(7):553-7.
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  • Study looking at the long term effects of being exposed to opioids in the womb

Research Interests

  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Infant, Premature
  • Lung Diseases

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