Nancy Fahim

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Credentials

MD

Bio

Nancy Fahim, MD graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine. She completed post graduate pediatric training at both Cairo University Children’s Hospital and Lincoln Hospital in New York before completing her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Washington University. Her clinical interests include optimizing the use of breast milk in the NICU and promoting exclusive breastfeeding for all newborns with the understanding of the unique protective and nutritional properties of breast milk, in addition to promoting a family-centered approach for care of infants in the NICU. Her research interests include evaluating the neuroprotective effect of endogenous and exogenous Erythropoietin on the developing brain of extremely premature infants.