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Istvan Seri MD, PhD

  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Director, Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • Head, USC Division of Neonatal Medicine

Research Interests

  • Mechanisms of action of the cardiovascular, renal and endocrine effects of dopamine
  • Short-term regulation of the Na+, K+-ATPase enzyme by catecholamines
  • Pathophysiology and management of neonatal shock
  • Organ blood flow and its autoregulation in the critically ill neonate
HISTORY & EDUCATION

Degrees

  • Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; MD 1976
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; PhD 1982-85

Residency

  • Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary, 1976-1979; Resident in Pediatrics

Fellowship

  • St. Göran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 1984-1985; Research Fellow in Developmental Physiology
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1986-1988; Research Fellow in Medicine/Nephrology
  • Joint Program in Neonatology, Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1988-1991; Fellow in Neonatology
 



Istvan Seri MD, PhD


CONTACT INFORMATION

Division of Neonatal and Infant Critical Care

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard
MS #31
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone (323) 669-5932
FAX (323) 668-7927
E-mail: iseri@chla.usc.edu

Division of Neonatal Medicine

LAC+USC Women's & Children's Hospital
1240 N. Mission Road
Room L-919
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-3406
FAX (323) 226-3440
E-mail: seri@usc.edu

BOARD CERTIFICATION & RECERTIFICATION

  • Hungarian Board of Pediatrics, 1981
  • American Board of Pediatrics; 1991, 2001
  • American Board of Pediatrics - Sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; 1993, 2001
HONORS & AWARDS

  • Semmelweis Awardee, Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; 1986
  • Charles A. Janeway Scholarship in Child Health Research; Children's Hospital Child Health Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 1991
  • “75th-Year Anniversary of the Hungarian Pediatric Society” Award, Budapest, Hungary; 1999
  • Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary; 1999
  • Named among the “The Best Doctors in America”; 2000
  • The Pediatric Resident’s Faculty Teaching Honor Roll, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 1999-2001
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 2000
  • Blockley-Osler Award for Excellence in Teaching Modern Clinical Medicine; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2000
  • Neonatal Faculty Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA; 2001
  • Establishment of the “Istvan Seri Faculty Teaching Award”, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 2001
  • Philip E. Rothman Memorial Award for Excellence in Pediatric Resident Education, Guidance and Inspiration, Children Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California CA; 2004
  • Honorary Doctorate Degree (Doctor Honoris Causa), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dr. Seri's publications and invited lectures are available for review in PDF format.

ARTICLES

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