Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD
Medical director, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics; Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Specialties
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Autonomic medicine
The Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (C.A.M.P.) at Children's Memorial is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the study of diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is the system that functions automatically to regulate breathing, heart rate, temperature regulation, gut motility and more. Learn more »
Special interests
Research in genetic disorders of the autonomic nervous system, respiratory control abnormalities, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), rapid onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and Rett syndrome
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Medical school
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1978
Postgraduate training
Fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and control of breathing, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1982-1986; Residency in pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1978-1981
Certifications
Board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Pediatrics
Publications
View a partial list of Dr. Weese-Mayer's publications
Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
Professional organizations
American Thoracic Society Statement on Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome; American Autonomic Society Statement on Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics; CJ Foundation for SIDS Scientific Advisory Board; RADICA-FRE Scientific Advisory Board; American Thoracic Society Foundation
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