Lisa K. Washburn, MD
- Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology

Lisa K. Washburn, MD
- Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
Research Interests
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Long-term Outcomes of Premature Birth
- Long-term Outcomes of Perinatal Exposures
- Pre-Eclampsia
- Preterm Birth
- Programming of the Renin Angiotension System
- Education
- BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983
- MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1987
- Residency
- Pediatrics, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1990
- Fellowship
- Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1993
- Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Positions
- Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pediatrics - Neonatology
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
- Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging
Research
- Fetal programming and the angiotensin-(1-7) axis: a review of the experimental and clinical data. South AM, Shaltout HA, Washburn LK, Hendricks AS, Diz DI, Chappell MC. Clin. Sci. 2019 01; 133(1):55-74.
- Obesity is Associated with Higher Blood Pressure and Higher Levels of Angiotensin II but Lower Angiotensin-(1-7) in Adolescents Born Preterm. South AM, Nixon PA, Chappell MC, Diz DI, Russell GB, Shaltout HA, O'Shea TM, Washburn LK. J. Pediatr. 2019 02; 205:55-60.e1.
- Association between preterm birth and the renin-angiotensin system in adolescence: influence of sex and obesity. South AM, Nixon PA, Chappell MC, Diz DI, Russell GB, Jensen ET, Shaltout HA, O'Shea TM, Washburn LK. J. Hypertens. 2018 10; 36(10):2092-2101.
- Renal function and blood pressure are altered in adolescents born preterm. South AM, Nixon PA, Chappell MC, Diz DI, Russell GB, Jensen ET, Shaltout HA, O'Shea TM, Washburn LK. Pediatr. Nephrol. 2019 01; 34(1):137-144.
- Antenatal corticosteroids and cardiometabolic outcomes in adolescents born with very low birth weight. Washburn LK, Nixon PA, Snively BM, Russell GB, Shaltout HA, South AM, O'Shea TM. Pediatr. Res. 2017 Oct; 82(4):697-703.