Dr. Robert Alan Sinkin, MD

Dr. Robert A. Sinkin, MD MPH, FAAP, FATS is the Division Head of Neonatology as well as Medical Director of the NICU and of the Newborn Emergency Transport System having assumed these positions in 2006 when he came to the University of Virginia from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Dr. Sinkin received his fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal pediatrics and then joined the faculty, advancing to Professor of Pediatrics in Rochester. He there served as the medical director of the NICU at the Golisano Childrens Hospital at Strong and was the Department Chair of Pediatrics at Park Ridge Hospital, a community hospital in Rochester. His clinical and research interests center on pulmonary scarring as typified in the lungs of babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic, fibrotic, emphysematous lung disease of babies and infants. He is an active participant in the neonatology clinical trials whose goal is to conduct trials aimed at reducing the morbidity associated …with the respiratory distress syndromes of premature and term babies, including pharmacologic intervention and ventilatory strategies to reduce BPD. He is also involved in efforts to critically assess neonatal care provision and determine the cost-benefit of neonatal interventions within Virginia. Dr. Sinkin is a member of a community action team (a partnership of local health care facilities, providers, home visiting programs, and childrens coalitions) focusing on "Improving Pregnancy Outcome" and is a member of Virginias Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Steering Committee.