Melissa Duran, MSN, CRNP, NNP-BC

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP)Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified (NNP-BC)
BS in Nursing - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Baltimore, MD
BA in Spanish - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
MSN in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
Post-Master’s in Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Nurse Practitioner, Newborn/Infant Intensive Care
Edwards, T., Duran, M. & Meeker, T. (2017). Congenital Infantile Fibrosarcoma in the Premature Infant. Advances in Neonatal Care, 16 (6), 440-450.
Duran, M.S., Rintoul, N.E. & Moldenhauer, J.S. (2016). Gastroschisis Optimal Care Guidelines.
Duran, M.S., Meeker, T.M., Rintoul, N.E. and Maxwell, L.G. (2015). Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Epidural Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Management in Neonates/Infants Undergoing Abdominal or Thoracic Surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing, 4 (4), 137-146.
Duran, M.S. & Spatz, D.L. (2011). A mother with glandular hypoplasia and a late preterm infant. Journal of Human Lactation, 27, 394-397.
Bodenstab, H., Duran, M.S., Meeker, T. & Rintoul, N.E. (2017). Postoperative Pain Management Algorithm.
Duran, M.S., Rintoul, N.E. & Moldenhauer, J.S. (2016). Gastroschisis Optimal Care Guidelines.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (2013). Omphalocele [Fact sheet].
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (2012). Gastroschisis [Fact sheet].
CHOP International Surgical Mission to Guatemala, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Conference: Care of the Surgical Neonate- One Stitch at a Time, Philadelphia, PA, March 2018.
Management of Postoperative Pain in Infants/Neonates, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, April 2017.
Los Defectos Congénitos, Consuelo, Dominican Republic, November 2016.
Defectos Cardiacos Congénitos de los Niños, Consuelo, Dominican Republic, November 2016.
Perioperative Management of Infants with Congenital Hyperinsulinism (HI), The Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Database (CHND) Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, September 2016.
Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma (CMN): A Tale of Two Cases, The Annual American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association Scientific Conference, San Diego, CA, May 2016.
Perioperative Management of Infants with Congenital Hyperinsulinism (HI), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Conference: Congenital Hypoglycemia Disorders: Hyperinsulinism and GSD, Philadelphia, PA, April 2016.
American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association (APSNA)
Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC), Project Management Team