Background

Janet Lioy, MD, FAAP directs the Neonatal Outreach Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a program which is instrumental in maintaining constant communication with all referring neonatologists. Dr. Lioy also is a professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Children's Hospital, and is heavily involved in training and supervising medical students, house staff and neonatal intensive care post-doctoral fellows. In addition, she serves as attending physician in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

She also is the medical director of the Neonatal Airway Program and a team member of the Neonatal Craniofacial Program where she assists with consultations and transfers of critically ill neonates and infants with airway problems. She works closely with all the CHOP ENT and plastic surgery physicians.

After receiving her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in New Jersey, Dr. Lioy completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is recertified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

She previously served as attending physician at West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, NJ, and is currently on staff at the University Medical Center at Princeton.

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, NJ

Internship

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Neonatologist

Director, Neonatal Outreach Program

Medical Director, Neonatal Airway Program

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2019

Masten M, Sommerfeldt S, Gordan S, Greubel E, Canning C, Lioy J, Chuo J. Evaluating Teamwork in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Survey of Providers and Parents. Adv Neonatal Care. 2019 Mar 19. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000604. [Epub ahead of print]

2018

Chuo J, Lioy J, Gerdes J. Drivers of referrals to a children's hospital neonatal-infant intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2019 Feb;39(2):295-299. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0297-2. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

2013

Cheng J, Lioy J, Sobol S. Effect of tracheostomy timing in premature infants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Nov;77(11):1873-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.08.032. Epub 2013 Sep 5.

Sen P, Yang Y, Navarro C, Silva I, Szafranski P, Kolodziejska KE, Dharmadhikari AV, Mostafa H, Kozakewich H, Kearney D, Cahill JB, Whitt M, Bilic M, Margraf L, Charles A, Goldblatt J, Gibson K, Lantz PE, Garvin AJ, Petty J, Kiblawi Z, Zuppan C, McConkie-Rosell A, McDonald MT, Peterson-Carmichael SL, Gaede JT, Shivanna B, Schady D, Friedlich PS, Hays SR, Palafoll IV, Siebers-Renelt U, Bohring A, Finn LS, Siebert JR, Galambos C, Nguyen L, Riley M, Chassaing N, Vigouroux A, Rocha G, Fernandes S, Brumbaugh J, Roberts K, Ho-Ming L, Lo IF, Lam S, Gerychova R, Jezova M, Valaskova I, Fellmann F, Afshar K, Giannoni E, Muhlethaler V, Liang J, Beckmann JS, Lioy J, Deshmukh H, Srinivasan L, Swarr DT, Sloman M, Shaw-Smith C, van Loon RL, Hagman C, Sznajer Y, Barrea C, Galant C, Detaille T, Wambach JA, Cole FS, Hamvas A, Prince LS, Diderich KE, Brooks AS, Verdijk RM, Ravindranathan H, Sugo E, Mowat D, Baker ML, Langston C, Welty S, Stankiewicz P. Novel FOXF1 mutations in sporadic and familial cases of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misaligned pulmonary veins imply a role for its DNA binding domain. Hum Mutat. 2013 Jun;34(6):801-11. doi: 10.1002/humu.22313. Epub 2013 Apr 12.

Deshmukh H, Lioy J. The Use of Early Lung Biopsy in Detection of Fatal Pulmonary Disease in the Neonate. J Pediatr. 2013 Dec 24. pii: S0022-3476(13)01470-4.

Books

Books edited

Lioy J, Sobol SE, editors. Disorders of the Neonatal Airway: Fundamentals for Practice. New York: Springer; 2014

Chapters

2015

Lioy J, Deshmuhk H, Paliga JT. Challenges of the Neonatal Airway. In: Lioy J, Sobol SE, editors. Disorders of the Neonatal Airway: Fundamentals for Practice. New York: Springer; 2015. p. 133-145.

Lioy J, Paliga JT, Deshmuhk H. Airway Emergencies in the Neonate: Preparedness at the Bedside. In: Lioy J, Sobol SE, editors. Disorders of the Neonatal Airway: Fundamentals for Practice. New York: Springer; 2015. p. 297-305.

Lioy J, Chuo J, Paliga JT. Creating an Effective Quality Improvement (QI) Process for Airway Emergencies. In: Sobol S, Lioy J, ed. Disorders of the Neonatal Airway. New York: Springer; 2015. p. 385-389.