Christopher Baker, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of the Ventilator Care Program

Publications

• Khan EK, Lockspeiser TM, Meier M, Liptzin DR, Baker CD. Improved tracheostomy-dependent patient outcomes after implementation of the Pediatric Resident Education in Pulmonary (PREP) Boot Camp. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 May;59(5):1388-1393. PubMed PMID: 38372490
• Agarwal A, McKinney RL, Baker CD, Nelin LD, Abman SH. Adapting to changing ventilator access: Impact on management of severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Jun;59(6):1803-1806. PubMed PMID: 38411342
• Baker CD, Liptzin DR, Eldredge LC. Transpyloric feeding in severe BPD: a call for prospective trials. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul;44(7):1079. PubMed PMID: 38431754
• Henningfeld J, Friedrich AB, Flanagan G, Griffith C, Hughes A, Molkentine L, Steuart R, Wilkinson S, Baker CD. Transitioning children using home invasive mechanical ventilation from hospital to home: Discharge criteria, disparities, and ethical considerations. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Aug;59(8):2113-2130. PubMed PMID: 38441360
• House M, Lagoski M, DiGeronimo R, Eldredge LC, Manimtim W, Baker CD, Coghill C, Fernandes CJ, Griffiths P, Ibrahim J, Kielt MJ, Lagatta J, Machry JS, Mikhael M, Vyas-Read S, Weems MF, Yallapragada SG, Murthy K, Nelin LD. Interdisciplinary clinical bronchopulmonary dysplasia programs: development, evolution, and maturation. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39020027
• Enzer KG, Baker CD, Wisniewski BL. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Clin Chest Med. 2024 Sep;45(3):639-650. PubMed PMID: 39069327
• Agarwal A, Manimtim WM, Alexiou S, Abman SH, Akangire G, Aoyama BC, Austin ED, Baker CD, Bansal M, Bauer SE, Cristea AI, Dawson SK, Fierro JL, Hayden LP, Henningfeld JK, Kaslow JA, Lai KV, Levin JC, McKinney RL, Miller AN, Nelin LD, Popova AP, Siddaiah R, Tracy MC, Villafranco NM, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Factors associated with liberation from home mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy decannulation in infants and children with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39085436
• Rice JL, Collaco JM, Tracy MC, Sheils CA, Rhein LM, Popova AP, Moore PE, Miller AN, Manimtim WM, Lai K, Kaslow JA, Hayden LP, Fierro JL, Bansal M, Austin ED, Aoyama B, Alexiou S, Akangire G, Agarwal A, Villafranco N, Siddaiah R, Lagatta JM, Abul MH, Cristea AI, Baker CD, Abman SH, McGrath-Morrow SA. Parental Report of Indoor Air Pollution Is Associated with Respiratory Morbidities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2024 Dec;275:114241. PubMed PMID: 39151604
• Akangire GG, Manimtim W, Agarwal A, Alexiou S, Aoyama BC, Austin ED, Bansal M, Fierro JL, Hayden LP, Kaslow JA, Lai KV, Levin JC, Miller AN, Rice JL, Tracy MC, Baker CD, Bauer SE, Cristea AI, Dawson SK, Eldredge L, Henningfeld JK, McKinney RL, Siddaiah R, Villafranco NM, Abman SH, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outcomes of infants and children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension who required home ventilation. Pediatr Res. 2024 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39181986
• Graham RJ, Enriquez LF, Elmi AF, Zavadoski JV, Bielak LG, Baker CD, Mansbach JM. Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Children Receiving Long-Term Ventilation. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 1;7(8):e2430989. PubMed PMID: 39196561
• Liptzin DR, Ellington LE, Baker CD. You submitted your manuscript and heard back from the journal…now what?. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Dec;59(12):3075-3077. PubMed PMID: 39264144
• Moore PE, Hayden LP, Villafranco NM, Toprak D, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Popova AP, McKinney RL, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai KV, Gage SC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Austin ED, Agarwal A, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39392254
• Enzer KG, Dawson JA, Langevin JA, Brinton JT, Baker CD. Medical and social factors associated with prolonged length of stay for chronically ventilated children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39387834
• Kanbar LJ, Dexheimer JW, Zahner J, Burrows EK, Chatburn R, Messinger A, Baker CD, Schuler CL, Benscoter D, Amin R, Pajor N. Standardizing electronic health record ventilation data in the pediatric long-term mechanical ventilator-dependent population. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Feb;58(2):433-440. PubMed PMID: 36226360
• Prinzi AM, Baker CD. So tell me… does this tracheal aspirate culture indicate "infection" or "colonization"?. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Sep;58(9):2439-2441. PubMed PMID: 37278550
• Kielt MJ, Hatch LD 3rd, Levin JC, Napolitano N, Abman SH, Baker CD, Eldredge LC, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA, Rose RS, Lai K, Keszler M, Sindelar R, Nelin LD, McKinney RL. Classifying multicenter approaches to invasive mechanical ventilation for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia using hierarchical clustering analysis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Aug;58(8):2323-2332. PubMed PMID: 37265416
• Afolabi FA, Liptzin DR, Sharma PB, Gelfand A, Baker CD. To trach or not to trach? Ethical considerations for medically complex children during a home nursing crisis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Aug;58(8):2415-2416. PubMed PMID: 37154514
• Manimtim WM, Agarwal A, Alexiou S, Levin JC, Aoyama B, Austin ED, Bansal M, Bauer SE, Cristea AI, Fierro JL, Garey DM, Hayden LP, Kaslow JA, Miller AN, Moore PE, Nelin LD, Popova AP, Rice JL, Tracy MC, Baker CD, Dawson SK, Eldredge LC, Lai K, Rhein LM, Siddaiah R, Villafranco N, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Respiratory Outcomes for Ventilator-Dependent Children With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Pediatrics. 2023 May 1;151(5). PubMed PMID: 37122061
• Collaco JM, Li Y, Rhein LM, Tracy MC, Sheils CA, Rice JL, Popova AP, Moore PE, Manimtim WM, Lai K, Kaslow JA, Hayden LP, Bansal M, Austin ED, Aoyama B, Alexiou S, Agarwal A, Villafranco N, Siddaiah R, Lagatta JM, Dawson SK, Cristea AI, Bauer SE, Baker CD, McGrath-Morrow SA. Validation of an outpatient questionnaire for bronchopulmonary dysplasia control. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 May;58(5):1551-1561. PubMed PMID: 36793145
• Cristea AI, Tracy MC, Bauer SE, Guaman MC, Welty SE, Baker CD, Bhombal S, Collaco JM, Courtney SE, DiGeronimo RJ, Eldredge LC, Gibbs K, Hayden LP, Keszler M, Lai K, McGrath-Morrow SA, Moore PE, Rose R, Sindelar R, Truog WE, Nelin LD, Abman S. Approaches to Interdisciplinary Care for Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Survey of the Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Collaborative. Am J Perinatol. 2022 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36477715
• Kanbar LJ, Dexheimer JW, Zahner J, Burrows EK, Chatburn R, Messinger A, Baker CD, Schuler CL, Benscoter D, Amin R, Pajor N. Standardizing electronic health record ventilation data in the pediatric long-term mechanical ventilator-dependent population. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36226360
• Sobotka SA, Laudon S, Jackson AJ, Harendt SE, Baker CD. A Literature Review of Feeding Disorders in Children with Tracheostomies and Ventilators. Pediatr Ann. 2022 Jul;51(7):e291-e296. PubMed PMID: 35858218
• McGrath-Morrow SA, Agarwal A, Alexiou S, Austin ED, Fierro JL, Hayden LP, Lai K, Levin JC, Manimtim WM, Moore PE, Rhein LM, Rice JL, Sheils CA, Tracy MC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Cristea AI, Popova AP, Siddaiah R, Villafranco N, Nelin LD, Collaco JM. Daycare Attendance is Linked to Increased Risk of Respiratory Morbidities in Children Born Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2022 Oct;249:22-28.e1. PubMed PMID: 35803300
• Enzer KG, Wine TM, Gien J, Somme S, Prager JD, Baker CD. Posterior tracheopexy for preterm infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and severe tracheobronchomalacia: A case series. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Sep;57(9):2279-2281. PubMed PMID: 35666077
• Collaco JM, Tracy MC, Sheils CA, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Nelin LD, Moore PE, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai K, Hayden LP, Fierro JL, Austin ED, Alexiou S, Agarwal A, Villafranco N, Siddaiah R, Popova AP, Cristea IA, Baker CD, Bansal M, McGrath-Morrow SA. Insurance coverage and respiratory morbidities in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Jul;57(7):1735-1743. PubMed PMID: 35437911
• Eldredge LC, Levin JC, Tracy MC, Cristea AI, Baker CD, Ruminjo JK, Thomson CC. Summary for Clinicians: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Outpatient Respiratory Management of Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Post-Prematurity Respiratory Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Jun;19(6):873-879. PubMed PMID: 35239469
• Ng CJ, Liu A, Venkataraman S, Ashworth KJ, Baker CD, O'Rourke R, Vibhakar R, Jones KL, Di Paola J. Single-cell transcriptional analysis of human endothelial colony-forming cells from patients with low VWF levels. Blood. 2022 Apr 7;139(14):2240-2251. PubMed PMID: 35143643
• Hinds DM, Baker CD, DeBoer EM. Bronchoscopy. Chapter 18. In: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care, 6th Edition. Ed: BK Walsh. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier; 2022.
• Collaco JM, Agarwal A, Austin ED, Hayden LP, Lai K, Levin J, Manimtim WM, Moore PE, Sheils CA, Tracy MC, Alexiou S, Baker CD, Cristea AI, Fierro JL, Rhein LM, Villafranco N, Nelin LD, McGrath-Morrow SA. Characteristics of infants or children presenting to outpatient bronchopulmonary dysplasia clinics in the United States. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jun;56(6):1617-1625. PubMed PMID: 33713587
• Baker CD. Chronic respiratory failure in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Nov;56(11):3490-3498. PubMed PMID: 33666365
• Khan EK, Liptzin DR, Baker J, Meier M, Baker CD, Lockspeiser TM. Pediatric Resident Education in Pulmonary (PREP): A Subspecialty Preparatory Boot Camp Curriculum for Pediatric Residents. MedEdPORTAL. 2021 Jan 7;17:11066. PubMed PMID: 33473377
• Baker CD. Mechanical Ventilation During Chronic Lung Disease. Clin Perinatol. 2021 Dec;48(4):881-893. PubMed PMID: 34774215
• McKinney RL, Napolitano N, Levin JJ, Kielt MJ, Abman SH, Guaman MC, Rose RS, Courtney SE, Matlock D, Agarwal A, Leeman KT, Sanlorenzo LA, Sindelar R, Collaco JM, Baker CD, Hannan KE, Douglass M, Eldredge LC, Lai K, McGrath-Morrow SA, Tracy MC, Truog W, Lewis T, Murillo AL, Keszler M. Ventilatory Strategies in Infants with Established Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study. J Pediatr. 2021 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34710394
• Pigatto AV, Kao TJ, Mueller JL, Baker CD, DeBoer EM, Kupfer O. Electrical impedance tomography detects changes in ventilation after airway clearance in spinal muscular atrophy type I. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2021 Dec;294:103773. PubMed PMID: 34400355
• Gross JE, McCown MY, Okorie C, Bishay LC, Dy FJ, Rettig JS, Baker CD, Balmes JR, Barber AT, Bose SK, Casey A, Hawkins SMM, Kass A, Keim G, Mokhallati N, Montgomery G, Peranteau WH, Serrano R, Vece TJ, Yehya N, Boyer D, Hayes MM. ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. ATS Sch. 2020 Dec 30;1(4):456-475. PubMed PMID: 33870313
• Khan EK, Lockspeiser TM, Liptzin DR, Meier M, Baker CD. "When in Doubt, Change It out": A Case-Based Simulation for Pediatric Residents Caring for Hospitalized Tracheostomy-Dependent Children. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Oct 1;16:10994. PubMed PMID: 33015360
• Khan EK, Baker CD. Differences in cross-sectional area and airflow resistance between pediatric endotracheal or tracheostomy tubes. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Sep;55(9):2194-2195. PubMed PMID: 32697866
• Baker CD. Take Me Home to the Place I Belong: Discharging the Tracheostomy-Dependent Child. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Jul;17(7):809-810. PubMed PMID: 32609029
• Cristea AI, Baker CD. To PSG or not to PSG: That is the question. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;55(1):9-10. PubMed PMID: 31496130
• Bush D, Mandell EW, Abman SH, Baker CD. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiac Changes in BPD: Etiology, Detection, and Management . In: Updates on Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease. Kallapur SG, Pryhuber GS, editors. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Inc.; 2020. Chapter 8; p.113-129.
• Prager JD, Baker CD. The Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy Team: A Parachute for Tracheostomy-Dependent Children. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31536100
• Cristea AI, Baker CD. To PSG or not to PSG: That is the question. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31496130
• Wisniewski BL, Jensen EL, Prager JD, Wine TM, Baker CD. Pediatric tracheocutaneous fistula closure following tracheostomy decannulation. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Oct;125:122-127. PubMed PMID: 31299421
• Baker CD. Long-term ventilation for children with chronic lung disease of infancy. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 Jun;31(3):357-366. PubMed PMID: 31090577
• Liptzin DR, Baker CD, Darst JR, Weinman JP, Dishop MK, Galambos C, Brinton JT, Deterding RR. Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis: Diagnostic evaluation and clinical course. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Dec;53(12):1651-1658. PubMed PMID: 30019520
• Khan EK, Baker CD. Endotracheal or tracheostomy tube occlusion during pediatric flexible bronchoscopy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Aug;53(8):1004-1005. PubMed PMID: 29696825
• Baker CD. Biomarkers of pulmonary hypertension after preterm birth: The IMPROV study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Feb;53(2):124-125. PubMed PMID: 29266849
• Brockel M, Chatfield K, Mirsky D, Baker CD, Janosy N. Anesthetic Considerations for a Child With Rare B3GALT6 Mutations: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2018 Feb 15;10(4):83-86. PubMed PMID: 28968258
• Thrasher J, Baker J, Ventre KM, Martin SE, Dawson J, Cox R, Moore HM, Brethouwer S, Sables-Baus S, Baker CD. Hospital to Home: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement High-fidelity Simulation Training for Caregivers of Children Requiring Long-term Mechanical Ventilation. J Pediatr Nurs. 2018 Jan - Feb;38:114-121. PubMed PMID: 28943140
• Jackson AJ, Harendt SE, Baker CD. “A Patient- and Family-Centered Model of Feeding and Swallowing Management for Children with Tracheostomies.” Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 2018; 3(SIG 13):101-112 doi:10.1044/persp3.SIG13.101
• Brockel M, Chatfield K, Mirsky D, Baker CD, Janosy N. Anesthetic Considerations for a Child With Rare B3GALT6 Mutations: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28968258
• Thrasher J, Baker J, Ventre KM, Martin SE, Dawson J, Cox R, Moore HM, Brethouwer S, Sables-Baus S, Baker CD. Hospital to Home: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement High-fidelity Simulation Training for Caregivers of Children Requiring Long-term Mechanical Ventilation. J Pediatr Nurs. 2017 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28943140
• Lutz SM, Thwing A, Schmiege S, Kroehl M, Baker CD, Starling AP, Hokanson JE, Ghosh D. Examining the role of unmeasured confounding in mediation analysis with genetic and genomic applications. BMC Bioinformatics. 2017 Jul 19;18(1):344. PubMed PMID: 28724417
• Goss KN, Everett AD, Mourani PM, Baker CD, Abman SH. Addressing the challenges of phenotyping pediatric pulmonary vascular disease. Pulm Circ. 2017 Mar;7(1):7-19. PubMed PMID: 28680562
• Abman SH, Collaco JM, Shepherd EG, Keszler M, Cuevas-Guaman M, Welty SE, Truog WE, McGrath-Morrow SA, Moore PE, Rhein LM, Kirpalani H, Zhang H, Gratny LL, Lynch SK, Curtiss J, Stonestreet BS, McKinney RL, Dysart KC, Gien J, Baker CD, Donohue PK, Austin E, Fike C, Nelin LD. Interdisciplinary Care of Children with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2017 Feb;181:12-28.e1. PubMed PMID: 27908648
• Gumina DL, Black CP, Balasubramaniam V, Winn VD, Baker CD. Umbilical Cord Blood Circulating Progenitor Cells and Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells Are Decreased in Preeclampsia. Reprod Sci. 2017 Jul;24(7):1088-1096. PubMed PMID: 27879452
• Ahern MA, Black CP, Seedorf GJ, Baker CD, Shepherd DP. “Hyperoxia impairs pro-angiogenic RNA production in preterm endothelial colony-forming cells.” AIMS Biophysics 2017; 4(2):284-297 DOI: 10.3934/biophy.2017.2.284
• Gumina DL, Black CP, Balasubramaniam V, Winn VD, Baker CD. Umbilical Cord Blood Circulating Progenitor Cells and Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells Are Decreased in Preeclampsia. Reprod Sci. 2016 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27879452
• Baker CD, Martin S, Thrasher J, Moore HM, Baker J, Abman SH, Gien J. A Standardized Discharge Process Decreases Length of Stay for Ventilator-Dependent Children. Pediatrics. 2016 Apr;137(4). PubMed PMID: 26966133
• Liptzin DR, Connell EA, Marable J, Marks J, Thrasher J, Baker CD. Weaning nocturnal ventilation and decannulation in a pediatric ventilator care program. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016 Aug;51(8):825-9. PubMed PMID: 27111393
• Sterni LM, Collaco JM, Baker CD, Carroll JL, Sharma GD, Brozek JL, Finder JD, Ackerman VL, Arens R, Boroughs DS, Carter J, Daigle KL, Dougherty J, Gozal D, Kevill K, Kravitz RM, Kriseman T, MacLusky I, Rivera-Spoljaric K, Tori AJ, Ferkol T, Halbower AC. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr 15;193(8):e16-35. PubMed PMID: 27082538
• Boyer D, Thomson CC, Cohen R, Rao D, Dell S, Rayment J, Wang R, Dy FJ, Wambach J, Tam-Williams J, Simon D, Price E, Oermann CM, Singh A, Rettig JS, Duncan ED, Baker CD, Liptzin DR, Moore PE. ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part III. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Jun;13(6):955-66. PubMed PMID: 27295156
• Gien J, Kinsella J, Thrasher J, Grenolds A, Abman SH, Baker CD. Retrospective Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Ventilator Care Program Intervention on Survival of Infants with Ventilator-Dependent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Am J Perinatol. 2016 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27355979
• Moore PE, Boyer D, O'Connor MG, Baker CD, Rettig JS, Sterni L, Halbower A, Wilson KC, Thomson CC. Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Jul;13(7):1170-2. PubMed PMID: 27388405
• Baker CD. Diffusing Capacity in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Can Function Determine Structure?. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr 1;193(7):709-10. PubMed PMID: 27035779
• Cristea AI, Baker CD. Ventilator weaning and tracheostomy decannulation in children: More than one way. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016 Aug;51(8):773-4. PubMed PMID: 27061157
• Mourani PM, Sontag MK, Younoszai A, Miller JI, Kinsella JP, Baker CD, Poindexter BB, Ingram DA, Abman SH. Early pulmonary vascular disease in preterm infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 1;191(1):87-95. PubMed PMID: 25389562
• Baker CD, Abman SH. Impaired pulmonary vascular development in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Neonatology. 2015;107(4):344-51. PubMed PMID: 26044102
• Guaman MC, Gien J, Baker CD, Zhang H, Austin ED, Collaco JM. Point Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Variation for Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Aug;32(10):960-7. PubMed PMID: 25738785
• Mourani PM, Sontag MK, Younoszai A, Miller JI, Kinsella JP, Baker CD, Poindexter BB, Ingram DA, Abman SH. Early pulmonary vascular disease in preterm infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 1;191(1):87-95. PubMed PMID: 25389562
• Baker CD, Martin S, Thrasher J, Moore HM, Baker J, Abman SH, Gien J. “A Standardized Discharge Process Decreases Length of Stay for Ventilator Dependent Children.” Pediatrics 2015; in press.
• Gien J, Kinsella J, Thrasher J, Grenolds A, Abman SH, Baker CD. “Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Ventilator Care Program Improves Survival for Infants with Ventilator- Dependent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.” Am J Perinatol 2015; submitted
• Liptzin DR, Connell EA, Marable J, Marks J, Thrasher J, Baker CD. “Weaning Nocturnal Ventilation and Decannulation in a Pediatric Ventilator Care Program.” Pediatric Pulmonology 2015; submitted
• Sterni LM, Collaco JM, Baker CD, Carroll JL, Sharma GD, Brozek JL, Finder JD, Ackerman VL, Arens R, Boroughs DS, Carter J, Daigle KL, Dougherty J, Gozal D, Kevill K, Kravitz RM, Kriseman T, MacLusky I, Tori AJ, Ferkol T, Halbower AC. “An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015; submitted
• Gien J, Abman SH, Baker CD. Interdisciplinary care for ventilator-dependent infants with chronic lung disease. J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;165(6):1274-5. PubMed PMID: 25258147
• Baker CD, Alvira CM. Disrupted lung development and bronchopulmonary dysplasia: opportunities for lung repair and regeneration. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2014 Jun;26(3):306-14. PubMed PMID: 24739494
• Baker CD, Abman SH, Mourani PM. Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol. 2014 Mar 1;27(1):8-16. PubMed PMID: 24669351
• Baker CD, Black CP, Ryan SL, Balasubramaniam V, Abman SH. Cord blood endothelial colony-forming cells from newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr. 2013 Sep;163(3):905-7. PubMed PMID: 23684109
• Baker CD, Seedorf GJ, Wisniewski BL, Black CP, Ryan SL, Balasubramaniam V, Abman SH. Endothelial colony-forming cell conditioned media promote angiogenesis in vitro and prevent pulmonary hypertension in experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Jul 1;305(1):L73-81. PubMed PMID: 23666751
• Baker CD, Abman SH. Umbilical cord stem cell therapy for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: ready for prime time?. Thorax. 2013 May;68(5):402-4. PubMed PMID: 23321604
• Baker CD, Accurso FJ. Preterm birth and airway inflammation in childhood. J Pediatr. 2012 Dec;161(6):979-80. PubMed PMID: 22981953
• Baker CD, Balasubramaniam V, Mourani PM, Sontag MK, Black CP, Ryan SL, Abman SH. Cord blood angiogenic progenitor cells are decreased in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Eur Respir J. 2012 Dec;40(6):1516-22. PubMed PMID: 22496315
• Enzer KG, Baker CD, Wisniewski BL. “Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia” Clin Chest Med. 2023. In press.
• Cuevas Guaman MC, Gien J, Baker CD, Zhang H, Austin ED, Collaco JM. “Point Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Variation for Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.” Am J Perinatol.
• Abman SH, Baker CD, Gien J, Mourani PM, Galambos C. “Differences between the Fetal, Newborn and Adult Pulmonary Circulations: Relevance for Age-Specific Therapies.” Pediatr Circ.
• Sobotka SA, Laudon S, Jackson AJ, Harendt SE, Baker CD. “Let them taste cake! A literature review of feeding in children with tracheostomies and ventilators.” Pediatric Annals. In press.
• Baker CD, Abman SH, Mourani PM. Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol. In press.
• Abman SH, Baker CD, Gien J, Mourani PM, Galambos C. Differences between the Fetal, Newborn and Adult Pulmonary Circulations: Relevance for Age-Specific Therapies - Robyn Barst Memorial Lecture. Pediatr Circ. In press.
• Baker CD, Halbower AC, Sterni LM, Sockrider MM. ATS PATIENT INFORMATION SERIES – Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016.

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2005)
• Pediatric Pulmonology, Board Certification (2008)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Certificate (2002)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Certificate (2002)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support , Certificate (2012)

• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Asthma
• Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Disorders
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension
• Lungs and Breathing - Neonatal Lung Diseases
• Lungs and Breathing - Respiratory Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Tracheostomy Dependence
• Lungs and Breathing - Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Lung Development
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Mechanical Ventilation