杰夫瑞博士R. Kaiser，新生儿神经的国家领导人，导致新生儿低体温的程序在德克萨斯儿童医院，贝勒医学院|德克萨斯儿童医院

休斯敦-（2012年8月22日）-德克萨斯儿童医院和贝勒医学院的杰夫瑞博士宣布凯撒的到来使医院的新生儿低温程序。Kaiser，国际公认的领袖新生儿神经和国家卫生研究院资助的研究人员，加入德克萨斯儿童在BCM新生儿专家、妇产科儿科教授。观看一个视频，以了解更多关于新生儿整个身体降温。

对于婴儿出生时缺氧低温或冷却处理专家，一种被称为缺氧缺血性脑病（HIE），皇帝是第一位在世界上使用的美国食品和药物管理局批准的头冷却设备对婴儿缺氧缺血性脑病。最近发表的研究报告新英国医学杂志和儿科研究建议婴儿HIE患者出生后不久冷却继续上学年龄从治疗中受益。

Texas Children's Newborn Center，together with这个hospital's new Pavilion for Women，houses这个nation's largest level-3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)和is one of only two hospitals in这个greater Houston area to offer whole body cooling treatments to prevent fatalities和severe neurological damage that can lead to mental retardation，cerebral palsy和epilepsy in full-term babies who are oxygen deprived at birth. Whole body cooling treatments are administered within six hours of birth，last for 72 hours和bring a babies' temperature down to 33.5 degrees Celsius (92.3 Fahrenheit) to allow brain cells that would have been otherwise died or been severely damaged，to heal.

"Dr. Kaiser's expertise in newborn cooling treatments will provide an invaluable benefit to our patients和improve long term outcomes for many babies," said Dr. Stephen Welty，chief of neonatology at Texas Children's Hospital和head of newborn section，Department of Pediatrics at BCM. "Additionally，his cutting-edge research on brain injury in premature infants will impact how we treat our patients，especially our tiniest，most critically ill babies."

A principal和co-principal investigator on numerous research projects，Kaiser's research focuses largely on preventing brain injuries in premature infants.

Kaiser comes to Texas Children's和BCM from Arkansas Children's Hospital和the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he served as an associate professor in这个Department of Pediatrics和Obstetrics和Gynecology. He earned his bachelor's degree in biological sciences from这个University of Chicago，his medical degree from这个University of Maryland's College of Medicine和a master's degree in这个sociology of education from Johns Hopkins University. Kaiser completed a residency in pediatrics和a two year residency in obstetrics和gynecology at这个Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He was also previously a fellow in perinatal-neonatal medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital at这个University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center和is board certified in neonatal-perinatal medicine.

In addition to his commitment to treating patients，Kaiser is a member of numerous professional organizations including这个Society for 儿科研究,这个American Academy of Pediatrics和the American Medical Association. He is also a journal reviewer for publications including 儿科，这个相关刊物，早期人类发展，小儿肾脏病and many others. He has been invited to present at dozens of national和international meetings和has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers和more than 40 abstracts which have been published in journals including这个Journal of 儿科， 儿科， 相关刊物，儿科研究 and这个美国生理学杂志. For more information about Texas Children's，which is ranked #2 nationally in neonatology by U.S.News World Report，visit: Texas Children's Newborn Center.

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