Dr. Anita Shah, Neonatology
- Anita R Shah MD
- Office: 714-509-4373
- Specialty: Neonatology
- Board Certified: Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Dr. Shah is pediatric board certified pediatric neonatologist who provides care for critically ill premature and full-term infants in Orange County.
Anita R Shah MD is on staff at CHOC Hospital in Orange .
Location
CHOC Specialists, Neonatology
1201 W. La Veta Avenue
Orange, CA 92868
Education
- Medical School
UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA - Pediatrics Residency
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA - Pediatrics Residency
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Administrative Appointments
- Neonatology, CHOC Specialists
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Clinical Professor, UCI Department of Pediatrics
Publications
1. Carmi Syndrome in a Preterm Neonate: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Ethical Challenge. Hicks TD, Singh H, Mikhael M, Shah AR.
Case Rep Pediatr. 2018 Dec 20;2018:4548194. doi: 10.1155/2018/4548194. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30671273
2. Informed consent for a neonatal clinical trial: parental experiences and perspectives. Shah AR, Wilfond BS, Silvia A, Hancuch K, Woodrum D, Heagerty P, Ohls RK, Courtney SE, Frantz ID, Gogcu S, Bishop CE, Ahmad KA, Kathen C, Juul S; PENUT Neonatal Informed Consent Working Group. J Perinatol. 2018 Jul;38(7):865-872. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0119-6. Epub 2018 May 25. PMID: 29795451
Our neonatologists commonly treat the following conditions in newborns and babies:
- Apnea
- Bradycardia
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Gastroschisis
- Heart valve abnormalities
- Hypoglycemia
- Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
- Jaundice
- Macrosomia
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Sepsis
- Septal defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Trouble keeping warm