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Aloka L Patel

TitleProfessor
InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentNeonatology
Address1653 W. Congress Pkwy
Chicago IL 60612
Phone312-942-6646
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    My ORCID is 0000-0003-1751-0421.
    My Scopus ID is 55449635200.
    My NIH COMMONS name is APATEL1.

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    R01HD119178     (PATEL, ALOKA LAHOTI)Sep 10, 2025 - May 31, 2030
    NIH
    Neurodevelopmental, Health, and Economic Outcomes at Preschool Age in Former Very Preterm Infants Randomized to An Economic Intervention to Support Mother's Own Milk
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01HD107348     (PATEL, ALOKA LAHOTI)Sep 15, 2022 - May 31, 2027
    NIH
    Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental, Economic and Nutritional Outcomes among Former Very Low Birth Weight Infants from the Reducing Disparity in Mother's Own Milk (ReDiMOM) Trial
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21HD102026     (SUMNER, D RICK)Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025
    NIH
    Establishing a New Model of Bone Health in Formerly Premature Individuals
    Role: Co-Investigator
    R01MD013969     (PATEL, ALOKA LAHOTI)Apr 18, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024
    NIH
    Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother?s Own Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: An Economic Intervention to Improve Adherence to Sustained Maternal Breast Pump Use
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03HD081412     (PATEL, ALOKA LAHOTI)Aug 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2016
    NIH
    Barriers to Continued Provision of Human Milk for Black Mothers of VLBW Infants
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NR010009     (MEIER, PAULA P)Sep 30, 2007 - May 31, 2013
    NIH
    Health Benefits and Cost of Human Milk Feedings for Very Low Birthweight Infants
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Perez KM, Jochim A, Patel AL, Valentine GC. A dilemma of parental inclusion? Parent perspectives of NICU feeding practices and neonatal nutritional research. Semin Perinatol. 2026 Aug; 50(5):152275. PMID: 42342486.
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    2. Kraemer MK, Johnson TJ, Bell KA, Mulcahy DC, Cerwinske LA, Patra K, Appelhans BM, David J, Belfort MB, Diep QM, Patel AL. Correction: Neonatal steroid exposure and body composition in preterm infants at discharge. Pediatr Res. 2026 May 04. PMID: 42082736.
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    3. Kraemer MK, Johnson TJ, Bell KA, Mulcahy DC, Cerwinske LA, Patra K, Appelhans BM, David J, Belfort MB, Diep QM, Patel AL. Neonatal steroid exposure and body composition in preterm infants at discharge. Pediatr Res. 2026 Feb 27. PMID: 41748748; PMCID: PMC13140789.
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    4. Wilson BM, Wilson AB, Kraemer M, Bowker R, Patel AL, Sumner DR. Bone mineral density deficits in individuals born preterm persist through young adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis of DXA studies. Bone. 2025 Sep; 198:117519. PMID: 40389187; PMCID: PMC12148691.
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    5. Estanilla JM, David J, Scott JB, Patel AL, Patra K. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Very Low Birth Weight Infants After Treatment With Bubble CPAP. Respir Care. 2025 Apr 23. PMID: 40267107.
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    6. Patel AL, Wilson J, Holmes M, Johnson TJ. Mother's Own Milk Provision During the First 12 Weeks of Life by Gestational Age. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250024. PMID: 40042846; PMCID: PMC11883506.
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    7. Larsen N, Johnson TJ, Patel AL, Dyrland M, Fischer C, Dobies K, Meier PP, Kadakia S. Racial Disparities in Mother's Own Milk Feedings Persist after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Mar; 20(3):187-193. PMID: 39905902.
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    8. Patel AL, Tan A, Bucek A, Janes J, McGee K, Mulcahy D, Meier P, Johnson TJ. Where does the time go? Temporal patterns of pumping behaviors in mothers of very preterm infants vary by sociodemographic and clinical factors. Front Nutr. 2024; 11:1278818. PMID: 38352705; PMCID: PMC10861725.
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    9. Lee EG, Perez A, Patel A, Patel AL, Waters T, Fricchione M, Johnson TJ. Impact of COVID-19 on Perinatal Outcomes and Birth Locations in a Large US Metropolitan Area. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Jan 30; 12(3). PMID: 38338226; PMCID: PMC10855483.
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    10. Patel AL, Meier PP, Canvasser J. Strategies to increase the use of mother's own milk for infants at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Res. 2020 08; 88(Suppl 1):21-24. PMID: 32855508.
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    11. Hoban R, Khatri S, Patel A, Unger SL, Hoban R, Khatri S, Patel A, Unger SL. Supplementation of Mother's Own Milk with Donor Milk in Infants with Gastroschisis or Intestinal Atresia: A Retrospective Study. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 24; 12(2). PMID: 32102333; PMCID: PMC7071452.
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    12. Johnson TJ, Patra K, Greene MM, Hamilton M, Dabrowski E, Meier PP, Patel AL. NICU human milk dose and health care use after NICU discharge in very low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2019 01; 39(1):120-128. PMID: 30341399.
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    13. Chen Y, Patel A, Meier PP, Fantuzzi G, Chen Y, Patel A, Meier PP, Fantuzzi G. Digested Early Preterm Human Milk Suppresses Tumor Necrosis Factor-induced Inflammation and Cytotoxicity in Intestinal Epithelial Cells. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Jun; 66(6):e153-e157. PMID: 29470288.
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    14. Patel AL, Kim JH. Human milk and necrotizing enterocolitis. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb; 27(1):34-38. PMID: 29275815.
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    15. Sampath V, Mulrooney N, Patel AL, Cohen J, Zhang L, Garland J, Lavoie PM, Dagle J, Simpson P. A Potential Role for the NOD1 Variant (rs6958571) in Gram-Positive Blood Stream Infection in ELBW Infants. Neonatology. 2017; 112(4):354-358. PMID: 28768269.
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    16. Fleurant E, Schoeny M, Hoban R, Asiodu IV, Riley B, Meier PP, Bigger H, Patel AL. Barriers to Human Milk Feeding at Discharge of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Maternal Goal Setting as a Key Social Factor. Breastfeed Med. 2017 Jan/Feb; 12:20-27. PMID: 27906557.
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    17. Meier P, Patel A, Esquerra-Zwiers A. Donor Human Milk Update: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Priorities for Research and Practice. J Pediatr. 2017 01; 180:15-21. PMID: 27773337.
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    18. Esquerra-Zwiers A, Rossman B, Meier P, Engstrom J, Janes J, Patel A. "It's Somebody Else's Milk": Unraveling the Tension in Mothers of Preterm Infants Who Provide Consent for Pasteurized Donor Human Milk. J Hum Lact. 2016 Feb; 32(1):95-102. PMID: 26590179.
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    19. Johnson TJ, Patel AL, Bigger HR, Engstrom JL, Meier PP. Cost savings of human milk as a strategy to reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. Neonatology. 2015; 107(4):271-6. PMID: 25765818.
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    20. Meier PP, Patel AL, Bigger HR, Chen Y, Johnson TJ, Rossman B, Engstrom JL. Human milk feedings in the neonatal intensive care unit. R Rajendram, VR Preedy, VB Patel, Eds. Diet and nutrition in critical care. 2015; 807-22.
    21. Jones G, Muriello M, Patel A, Logan L. Enteroviral Meningoencephalitis Complicated by Central Diabetes Insipidus in a Neonate: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Jun; 4(2):155-8. PMID: 26407416.
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    22. Meier P, Patel AL, Wright K, Engstrom JL. Management of breastfeeding during and after the maternity hospitalization for late preterm infants. Clin Perinatol. 2013 Dec; 40(4):689-705. PMID: 24182956.
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    23. Severin PN, Awad S, Shields B, Hoffman J, Bonney W, Cortez E, Ganesan R, Patel A, Barnes S, Barnes S, Al-Anani S, Gupta U, Cheddar YB, Gonzalez IE, Mallula K, Ghawi H, Kazmouz S, Gendi S, Abdulla RI. The pediatric cardiology pharmacopeia: 2013 update. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jan; 34(1):1-29. PMID: 23192622.
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    24. Meier PP, Engstrom JL, Patel AL, Jegier BJ, Bruns NE. Improving the use of human milk during and after the NICU stay. Clin Perinatol. 2010 Mar; 37(1):217-45. PMID: 20363457.
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    25. Patel AL, Engstrom JL, Meier PP, Jegier BJ, Kimura RE. Calculating postnatal growth velocity in very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants. J Perinatol. 2009 Sep; 29(9):618-22. PMID: 19461590.
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    26. Silvestri JM and Patel AL. Developmental changes in breathing during sleep. Eds. Marcus CL, Carroll JL, Donnelly DF, Loughlin GM. Sleep and Breathing in children. 2008; 211-227.
    27. Patel AL, Harris K, Thach BT. Inspired CO(2) and O(2) in sleeping infants rebreathing from bedding: relevance for sudden infant death syndrome. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2001 Dec; 91(6):2537-45. PMID: 11717216.
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    28. Hayashi RJ, Kraus MD, Patel AL, Canter C, Cohen AH, Hmiel P, Howard T, Huddleston C, Lowell JA, Mallory G, Mendeloff E, Molleston J, Sweet S, DeBaun MR. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in children: correlation of histology to clinical behavior. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001 Jan; 23(1):14-8. PMID: 11196263.
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    29. Naheed ZJ, Lahoti A, Hughes SF, Benson DW. Ventricular relaxation in the stage 24 chick embryo following changes in volume and blockade of Na+ and Ca2+ channels. Cardiovasc Res. 1996 Feb; 31 Spec No:E139-44. PMID: 8681338.
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