Christopher Baker, MD
Professor, Pediatrics-Pulmonary Medicine

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2002)
Undergraduate School:
  • BS, University of California–Santa Barbara (CA) (1996)
Internship:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2003)
Residency:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pediatrics (2005)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pediatric Pulmonology (2008)
Languages: English, Spanish
Department: Pediatrics-Pulmonary Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Director of the Ventilator Care Program

Publications

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 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
  • 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.
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Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

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

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2002)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • BS, University of California–Santa Barbara (CA) (1996)
Internships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2003)
Residency Programs:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pediatrics (2005)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pediatric Pulmonology (2008)
Languages: English, Spanish
Department: Pediatrics-Pulmonary Medicine
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Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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