Narendra Aladangady, MBBS, MD, FHEA, FRCPCH, PhD, Homerton University Hospital, UK
Dr Aladangady is a consultant Neonatologist at Homerton University Hospital, London, UK and Honorary Professor in Child Health at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
His research interests are neonatal circulation, communication, and ethics. One of his group's research projects on life limiting treatment for newborn infants and parental communication has been recognised as an NIHR Alert. He has special clinical interest and expertise in the provision of palliative care to babies and support to their parents.
DonnaMaria Cortezzo, MD, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA
Dr Cortezzo is a neonatologist, hospice and palliative medicine physician, and the neonatal lead for fetal care at Connecticut Children’s who has an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She works primarily in the level IV NICU and Fetal Care Center with her clinical interests spanning fetuses and neonates with multiple congenital anomalies, complex diagnoses, congenital diaphragmatic hernias, complex airways, neonates requiring surgical intervention, ECMO, neonatal pain management, and neonatal-perinatal palliative care. She counsels families with various complex prenatal diagnoses and partners with them to create personalized birth plans and care strategies. Her research focuses on improving outcomes for neonates with complex diagnoses, neonatal/perinatal palliative care, neonatal pain management, bereaved parent experiences, and communication in counseling and shared decision-making.
Laure Dombrecht, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University, Belgium
Dr Dombrecht is an experimental psychologist and obtained a double-doctorate in Health Sciences (Ghent University) and Social Health Sciences (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in 2020. In October 2015 she joined the End-of-Life Care Research group. Her research projects focus on end-of-life decisions, end-of-life care and palliative care in the perinatal period, and pediatric palliative care.
Matthew Lin, MD, HEC-C, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA
Dr Lin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University and received his MD from the University of Vermont. He completed pediatric residency at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, followed by fellowships in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, Bioethics at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. His research is focused on improving communication and decisional support for families of infants with serious illness.
