Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH

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Education:

MD: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

Residency (Pediatrics): University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

Fellowship (Neonatology): McMaster University School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

MPH: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

Clinical and Research Interests:

  • High Risk infants
  • Multicenter Clinical Trials
  • Training of Clinical Investigators

Publications (selected):

  • Tyson JE, Parikh NA, Langer J, Green C, Higgins RD for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  Intensive care for extreme prematurity - Moving beyond gestational age.  N Eng J Med 358:1672-81, 2008.
  • Saigal S, Tyson J.  Measurement of Quality of Life of survivors of neonatal intensive care:  critique and implications.  Sem Perinatol 32:59-66, 2008.
  • Parikh NA, Lasky RE, Kennedy, KA, Moya FR, Hochhauser L, Romo S, Tyson, JE. Postnatal dexamethasone therapy and cerebral tissue volumes in extremely low birth weight infants.  Pediatrics 119 (2): 265-272, 2007.
  • Fanaroff AA, Stoll BJ, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Stark AR, Bauer CR, Donovan EF, Korones SB, Laptook A, Lemons JA, Oh W, Papile, L, Shankaran S, Stevenson DK, Tyson JE, Poole K, from the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.   Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants.  Am J Ob Gyn 196 (2)147-148, 2007
  • Ahlfors CE, Vreman HJ, Wong RJ, Bender J, Oh W, Morris BH, Stevenson DK, and the Phototherapy Subcommittee on behalf of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  Effects of sample dilution, peroxidase concentration and chloride ion on the measurement of unbound bilirubin in premature newborns.  Clin Biochem 40 (Feb):261-267, 2007, Epub 2006 Sep 29.
  • Salhab WA, Khattak A, Tyson JE Crandell S, Sumner J, Goodman B, and Robinson K.  Car seat or car bed for very low birth weight infants at discharge home?  A two-center, randomized cross-over study.  J Pediatr 150 (3):224-228, 2007.
  • Hintz SR, Van Meurs KP, Perritt R, Poole WK, Das A, Stevenson DK, Ehrenkranz RA, Lemons J, Vohr BR, Heyne R, Childers DO, Peralta M, Dusick A, Johnson YR, Morris B, Dillard R, Vaucher Y, Steichen J, Adams-Chapman I, Konduri G, Myers GJ, deUngria M, Tyson JE, Higgins RD for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants with severe respiratory failure enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of inhaled nitric oxide.  J Pediatr 151(1):16-22.e1-3, 2007.
  • Thomas ER Taggard B, Crandell S, Lasky RE, Williams AL, Love LTJ, Sexton JB, Tyson JE for The University of Texas Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice.  Teaching teamwork during the neonatal resuscitation program: A randomized trial.  J Perinatol, 27(7): 409-414, 2007.
  • Tyson JE, Kennedy KA, Lucke JF, Pedroza C.  Dilemmas initiating enteral feedings in high risk infants:  How can they be resolved?  Sem Perinatology, 31(2):61-73, 2007.
  • Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Kazzi SN, Engle WA, Yao Q, Rasmussen M, Buchter S, Heldt G, Rhine W, Higgins RD for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  A cluster randomized trial of benchmarketing and multimodal quality improvement to improve survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia infants <1200 grams birthweight.  Pediatrics 119 (5):876-90, 2007.
  • Kao L, Tyson JE, Blakely M, Lally KP.  Clinical research methodology:  Introduction to randomzied trials.  J Am Coll Surg 206(2):361-0, 2008.
  • Morris BH, Kennedy KK, Gard C.  Rehospitalization of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.  Are there racial/ethnic disparities?  J Perinatol 25(10):656-663, 2006.
  • Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Lasky RE, Helmreich RL, Crandell S, Tyson JE.  Teamwork and quality during neonatal care in the delivery room.  J. Perinatol  26(3): 163-169, 2006.
  • Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Shankaran S, Bann CM, Emrich SL, Higgins RD, Tyson JE, O’Shea M, Laptook AR, Ehrenkranz RA, Donovan EF, Walsh MC, Goldberg RN, Das A, and the Follow-up Investigators for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network.  Predicting outcome of neonates diagnosed with hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy.  Pediatrics 118(5):2084-2093, 2006.

Faculty Biography

Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH
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