Manuel Durand MD

• Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
• Director, Clinical Pulmonary Research Program

Research Interests

• Pulmonary physiology and respiratory function in infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Mechanisms of episodes of hypoxemia in very low birth weight infants
• Pulmonary function in preterm infants treated with prenatal steroids
• Moderately early low dose dexamethasone in preterm infants treated with surfactant

Clinical Interests

• Neonatal pulmonary function and physiology
• Follow-up of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Degrees

• San Marcos University Medical School, 1971

Internship

• University of Massachusetts, Worcester City Hospital, Pediatrics, 1973-1974

Residency

• University of Texas at San Antonio, Pediatrics, 1974-1976
• McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Pediatric Pulmonology, 1976-1977

Fellowship

• McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Neonatology, 1977-1978
• University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, Neonatology, 1978-1980
• Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California and Children's Hospital of San Francisco, Neonatology, 1980-1981

• American Board of Pediatrics, 1978
• Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1983