Roger G. Faix

Roger G. Faix, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Emeritus - Pediatrics

Divisions: Neonatology

Academic Office Information

Roger.Faix@hsc.utah.edu

Roger G. Faix, M.D. is a Professor in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. He provides neonatology services at three facilities, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital and Intermountain Medical Center. Among his responsibilities is educating Pediatric Residents, Neonatology Fellows and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.

Research Statement

<rte_p>Dr. Faix has had a longstanding interest in clinical aspects of neonatal, perinatal and nosocomial infectious diseases, with particular interest in those caused by Candida, cytomegalovirus, group B streptococcus and coagulase-negative staphylococcus. More recently, he was the PI for the Utah center of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network and has devoted much of his research time to implementation and design of clinical trials in high-risk newborns, addressing prevention and/or amelioration of chronic lung disease, retinopathy of prematurity, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and necrotizing enterocolitis. He is also actively involved in development of protocols and practice for prevention of nosocomial infection in the NICU.</rte_p>

Education History

Fellowship Duke University Medical Center
 Fellow
Residency University of Michigan
 Resident
Internship University of Michigan
 Intern
Professional Medical Cornell University Medical College
 MD
Undergraduate Dartmouth College
 AB

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bell EF, Hintz SR, Hansen NI, Bann CM, Wyckoff MH, DeMauro SB, Walsh MC, Vohr BR, Stoll BJ, Carlo WA, Van Meurs KP, Rysavy MA, Patel RM, Merhar SL, Snchez PJ, Laptook AR, Hibbs AM, Cotten CM, DAngio CT, Winter S, Fuller J, Das A, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2022). Mortality, In-Hospital Morbidity, Care Practices, and 2-Year Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants in the US, 2013-2018. JAMA, 327(3), 248-263.
  2. Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Barnes P, Rollins N, Do BT, Parikh NA, Hamrick S, Hintz SR, Tyson JE, Bell EF, Ambalavanan N, Goldberg RN, Pappas A, Huitema C, Pedroza C, Chaudhary AS, Hensman AM, Das A, Wyckoff M, Khan A, Walsh MC, Watterberg KL, Faix R, Truog W, Guillet R, Sokol GM, Poindexter BB, Higgins RD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2020). Limitations of Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Predictor of Death or Disability Following Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Late Hypothermia Trial. J Pediatr, 230, 106-111.e6.
  3. Gantz MG, Carlo WA, Finer NN, Rich W, Faix RG, Yoder BA, Walsh MC, Newman NS, Laptook A, Schibler K, Das A, Higgins RD, SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2019). Achieved oxygen saturations and retinopathy of prematurity in extreme preterms. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 105(2), 138-144.
  4. Duncan AF, Bann CM, Dempsey A, Peralta-Carcelen M, Hintz S, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development Neonatal Research Network (2018). Behavioral Deficits at 18-22 Months of Age Are Associated with Early Cerebellar Injury and Cognitive and Language Performance in Children Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr, 204, 148-156.e4.
  5. Vohr BR, Heyne R, Bann CM, Das A, Higgins RD, Hintz SR, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development Neonatal Research Network (2018). Extreme Preterm Infant Rates of Overweight and Obesity at School Age in the SUPPORT Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Cohort. J Pediatr, 200, 132-139.e3.
  6. Arrington CB, Bleyl SB, Matsunami N, Bowles NE, Leppert TI, Demarest BL, Osborne K, Yoder BA, Byrne JL, Schiffman JD, Null DM, DiGeronimo R, Rollins M, Faix R, Comstock J, Camp NJ, Leppert MF, Yost HJ, Brunelli L (2012). A family-based paradigm to identify candidate chromosomal regions for isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Med Genet A, 158A(12), 3137-47.
  7. Anderson-Berry A, Brinton B, Lyden E, Faix RG (2010). Risk factors associated with development of persistent coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteremia in the neonate and associated short-term and discharge morbidities. Neonatology, 99(1), 23-31.