Caroline S. Sibblies, MD

Francis A Akita, MD is a highly specialized medical practice in New York, NY, offering expertise in neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatrics. With a team of experienced professionals and affiliations with prestigious hospitals, they provide comprehensive care for children, utilizing advanced technologies and treatments. As a leader in the field, Francis A Akita, MD is dedicated to delivering exceptional neonatal care, ensuring the well-being of newborns and infants. With a focus on patient safety and a commitment to excellence, they strive to provide the highest quality medical services to their patients.Generated from the website

Dr. Goldshtrom is a neonatologist who has additional training in pediatric cardiac intensive care. He works in both the neonatal intensive care unit as well as the infant cardiac unit caring for infants with congenital heart disease. The intensive care units at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and Morgan Stanley Children's Hosiptal are regional referral centers for the sickest children and infants in the tri-state area. Our teams work in a multidisciplinary fashion utilizing expertise from surgeons, pediatric subspecialists, nutritionists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists as well as social workers, psychologists and case managers, to provide comprehensive patient centered care for each child and family. When not working clinically, he spends time working on clinical research projects centered around big data and non-invasive monitoring of critically ill neonates. Dr. Goldshtrom has interests in helping to bring data analytics to the bed side for intensive care to offer potential predictive tools for infants and children undergoing continuous monitoring for their conditions. He is also a founding board member of the neonatal heart society whose mission it is to bring experts and practioners together who care for infants with congenital heart disease to improve practices and outcomes.

Tina A. Leone, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center and is the Training Program Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship. After completing her medical degree and pediatrics training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Leone pursued neonatology training at the University of California, San Diego, where she developed an interest in neonatal resuscitation research and neonatology education. She also received additional training in neonatal functional echocardiography and uses ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to enhance clinical management. Dr. Leone’s clinical interests are optimizing the stabilization of newborn infants at the time of birth, assessing the newborn physiology during the transition from fetal to newborn life, and improving outcomes for preterm infants and for infants with chronic diseases. Her research interests focus mostly on assessment of neonatal resuscitation interventions. She is also interested in developing new technologies and educational tools for teaching neonatal resuscitation skills and is involved in several multi-center clinical trials to assess novel approaches to therapies in preterm infants. As Training Program Director, Dr. Leone guides pediatricians to develop into neonatologists who provide compassionate care to patients and contribute to advancing the field of neonatology throughout their careers. She enjoys mentoring trainees and is dedicated to helping families understand their babies’ conditions and treatments in the NICU and after discharge from the hospital.