Dr. Fike received her medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado and completed her Pediatric residency at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, Arizona. She then completed a Neonatology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX followed by a research fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been on the faculty in the Dept. of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Utah School of Medicine, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Wake Forest University Medical School, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Fike’s clinical interests include improving the care of infants with chronic lung diseases and chronic forms of pulmonary hypertension. She is particularly interested in applying knowledge gained from pre-clinical development studies performed in her laboratory to improve the outcome for infants with pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic cardiopulmonary conditions. She is also interested in improving the continuity of clinical care for newborns with complex chronic conditions, including those with chronic lung and pulmonary vascular diseases.
Education History
Research Fellow |
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Baylor College of Medicine |
Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Residency |
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center |
Resident |
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center |
Intern | |
Professional Medical |
University of Colorado School of Medicine |
MD |
Rice University |
BA |
Selected Publications
Patent
- Summar, Marshall, Barr, Frederic E., Fike, Candice D., Aschner, Judy L (2010). Therapeutic treatment for lung conditions. U.S. Patent No. 09707788.7-2107 PCT/US2009032824. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.