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Cherrie Dawn Welch, MD

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Cherrie Dawn Welch, MD

Cherrie Dawn Welch, MD

  • Professor, Pediatrics

Research Interests

  • Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
  • Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
  • Fish Oils
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Education
BS, University of Arizona, 1992
MD, Stanford University, 1997
MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
Residency
University North Carolina Affiliated Hospitals, 2000
Fellowship
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
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Professor, Pediatrics
Departments and Affiliations
Pediatrics

Research

  • Publications
  • 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.
  • Randomized controlled trial of early enteral fat supplement and fish oil to promote intestinal adaptation in premature infants with an enterostomy. Yang Q, Ayers K, Welch CD, O'Shea TM. J. Pediatr. 2014 Aug; 165(2):274-279.e1.
  • Early enteral fat supplement and fish oil increases fat absorption in the premature infant with an enterostomy. Yang Q, Ayers K, Chen Y, Helderman J, Welch CD, O'Shea TM. J. Pediatr. 2013 Aug; 163(2):429-34.
  • Early enteral fat supplementation with microlipid® and fish oil in the treatment of two premature infants with short bowel. Yang Q, Welch CD, Ayers K, Turner C, Pranikoff T. Neonatology. 2010; 98(4):348-53.
  • Sepsis-associated electroencephalographic changes in extremely low gestational age neonates. Helderman JB, Welch CD, Leng X, O'Shea TM. Early Hum. Dev. 2010 Aug; 86(8):509-13.

Research Interests

  • Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
  • Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
  • Fish Oils

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