Tarek Nakhla, MD

Locations: CHOP at Virtua Voorhees Hospital ; CHOP at Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt
Pediatric Resident, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, NY
Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Attending Neonatologist
Nakhla D, Kushnir A, Ahmed R, Bhandari V, Hunter K, Nakhla T. Reticulocyte Count: The Forgotten Factor in Transfusion Decisions for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol. 2021 Sep 24. doi: 10.1055/a-1653-4585. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34560784.
Aghai ZH, Kode A, Saslow J, Nakhla T, et al. Azithromycin Suppresses Activation of Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and Synthesis of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in tracheal aspirates From Premature Infants Pediatric Research 2007; 62, 483-488.
Aghai ZH, Kumar S, Farhath S, Kumar MA, Saslow J, Nakhla, Eydelman R, Strande L, Stahl G, Hewitt C, Nesin M, Rahman I. Dexamethasone Suppresses Expression of Nuclear Factor-Kappa B in the Cells of Tracheobronchial Lavage Fluid in Premature Neonates with Respiratory Distress. Pediatric Research 2006; 59, 811-815.
Jennie Mathew, Tarek Nakhla. Optimizing Caffeine treatment in the NICU, 10 years after the CAP trial. Poster presented at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2018.
Chowdar R, Nakhla T, Patel N, Dembofsky C. Improving the use of antibiotics for EOS; Risk based versus current management. Poster presented at the Vermont Oxford Network Meeting, Chicago, IL. September 2016 and the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2017.
2016, Main Line Health, Top Doc 2017
1997, Second Prize, Research Day, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
1997, Fellowship Research Award, Maimonides Society, Philadelphia, PA
1998-present, Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics