Cherrie Dawn Welch, MD

About Me

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
Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Memberships: American Academy of Pediatrics
Positions: Professor, Pediatrics
Departments and Affiliations: Pediatrics

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.