Camille M. Fung
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Camille M. Fung, MD

Languages spoken: Cantonese, English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2745
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Primary Children's Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-4100
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Intermountain Medical Center

5121 Cottonwood Street
Murray , UT 84107
801-507-7000
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Camille Fung, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, School of Medicine.

In addition to caring for sick newborns in 4 level III & IV NICUs in the Salt Lake valley as a neonatologist, she has a basic science research interest in determining the effects of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on hippocampal development. This is important because IUGR infants are at increased risk for cognitive delays particularly affecting learning and memory, functions that are performed by the hippocampus, but the underlying mechanisms leading to such delays remain elusive. Due to inaccessibility of human fetal/neonatal brain tissue, she uses a mouse model of IUGR that she developed, which mimics human hypertensive diseases of pregnancy as the cause of IUGR, to study embryonic and postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis and neuronal development. In addition to understanding IUGR's effects on the central nervous system (CNS), she has collaborations both within and outside of the University of Utah investigating the mechanisms of IUGR-induced retinopathy after hyperoxia, necrotizing enterocolitis, brain white matter injury, and placental dysfunction. She has held both intramural and extramural funding for her work and is actively seeking independent NIH R01 funding. She was recently awarded the Clark IV Endowed Chair for Pediatric Research in 2025 to continue her research endeavors.

Outside of the University, she holds memberships to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and District VIII of AAP, Society for Pediatric Research, Western Society for Pediatric Research (WSPR), Perinatal Research Society (PRS), and Society for Neuroscience. She is a council member for WSPR and a past council member for PRS. She is also a reviewer for multiple academic journals. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

Camille Fung, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, School of Medicine.

In addition to caring for sick newborns in 4 level III & IV NICUs in the Salt Lake valley as a neonatologist, she has a basic science research interest in determining the effects of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on hippocampal development. This is important because IUGR infants are at increased risk for cognitive delays particularly affecting learning and memory, functions that are performed by the hippocampus, but the underlying mechanisms leading to such delays remain elusive. Due to inaccessibility of human fetal/neonatal brain tissue, she uses a mouse model of IUGR that she developed, which mimics human hypertensive diseases of pregnancy as the cause of IUGR, to study embryonic and postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis and neuronal development. In addition to understanding IUGR's effects on the central nervous system (CNS), she has collaborations both within and outside of the University of Utah investigating the mechanisms of IUGR-induced retinopathy after hyperoxia, necrotizing enterocolitis, brain white matter injury, and placental dysfunction. She has held both intramural and extramural funding for her work and is actively seeking independent NIH R01 funding. She was recently awarded the Clark IV Endowed Chair for Pediatric Research in 2025 to continue her research endeavors.

Outside of the University, she holds memberships to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and District VIII of AAP, Society for Pediatric Research, Western Society for Pediatric Research (WSPR), Perinatal Research Society (PRS), and Society for Neuroscience. She is a council member for WSPR and a past council member for PRS. She is also a reviewer for multiple academic journals. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Neonatology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Biology major and Chemistry minor - Santa Clara University B.S.
Graduate Training Graduate level Cell Physiology - University of San Francisco
Professional Medical Jefferson Medical College M.D.
Internship Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Intern
Residency Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hosp. for Children Resident
Research Fellow Developmental Biology - UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Fellowship Neonatology - UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Clinical Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Gibbins KJ*, Gibson-Corley KN, Brown AS, Wieben M, Law RC, Fung C (2018). Effects of excess thromboxane A2 on placental development and nutrient transporters in a Mus musculus model of fetal growth restriction. Biology of reproduction, 98(5), 695-704.
  2. Morris E*, Bardsley T, Schulte K, Seidel J, Shakib JH, Buchi KF, Fung C (2020). Hospital Outcomes of Infants with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Hospital with High Rates of Concurrent Nonopioid (Polysubstance) Exposure. American journal of perinatology, 2020 Sep 6. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716490. Online ahead of print,
  3. Chang JL, Santiago C, Farrow K, Fung C, Brown AS, Dettman RW, Dizon ML (2018). Intrauterine growth restriction and hyperoxia as a cause of white matter injury. Developmental neuroscience, 40(4), 344-357.
  4. Fung C, Shin D, Shin BC, Sankar R, Chaudhuri G, Devaskar S (2010). Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury exacerbates neuronal apoptosis and precipitates spontaneous seizures in glucose transporter Isoform 3 heterozygous null mice (PMID 20857507). Journal of neuroscience research, 88(15), 3386-3398.
  5. Bushati C*, Chan B, Harmeson Owen A, Woodbury A, Yang M, Fung C, Lechtenberg E, Baserga (2021). Implementing exclusive human milk diet to extremely low birth weight infants in a level III NICU. Nutrition in clinical practice, doi: 10.1002/ncp.10625. Online ahead of print,
  6. Fung C#, Ke X#, Brown AS, Yu X, McKnight RA, Lane RH. (#equal contribution (2012). Uteroplacental insufficiency alters rat hippocampal cellular phenotype in conjunction with ErbB receptor expression (PMID 22367251). Pediatric research, 71(4-2), 1-8.
  7. Fung CM#, Yang Y#, Fu Q, Brown AS, Yu B, Callaway CW, Li J, Lane RH, McKnight RA. (#equal contribution (2015). IUGR prevents IGF-1 upregulation in juvenile male mice by perturbing postnatal IGF-1 chromatin remodeling (PMID 25826117). Pediatric research,
  8. Zinkhan EK, Lang BY, Yu B, Wang Y, Jiang C, Fitzhugh M, Dahl MJ, Campbell MS, Fung C, Malleske D, Albertine KH, Joss-Moore L, Lane R (2014). Maternal tobacco smoke increased visceral adiposity and serum corticosterone levels in adult male rat offspring (PMID 24727947). Pediatric research, 76(1), 17-23.
  9. Fung C#, Zhao Y#, Shin D, Shin BC, Thamotharan S, Sankar R, Ehninger D, Silva A, and Devaskar SU (#equal contribution (2009). Neuronal glucose transporter isoform 3 deficient mice demonstrate features of autism spectrum disorders (PMID 19506559). Molecular psychiatry, 15(3), 286-299.
  10. McKnight RA, Yost CC, Zinkhan EK, Fu Q, Callaway CW, Fung C (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction inhibits expression of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase, a regulator of protein translation. Physiological genomics, 48(8), 616-25.
  11. McKnight RA, Yost CC, Yu X, Wiedmeier JE, Callaway CW, Brown AS, Fung C (2015). Intrauterine growth restriction perturbs nucleosome depletion at a growth hormone responsive element in the mouse IGF1 gene (PMID 26487705). Physiological genomics, Epub.
  12. Xie Y, Kaufmann D, Moulton M, Panahi S, Gaynes JA, Zhou D, Xue H, Fung C, Levine EM, Letsou A, Brennan KC, Dorsky R (2017). Lef1-dependent hypothalamic neurogenesis inhibits anxiety. PLoS biology, 15(8), e2002257.
  13. Fung CM#, White JR#, Brown AS, Gong H, Weitkamp JH, Frey MR, McElroy SJ (#equal contribution (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction alters mouse intestinal architecture during development (PMID 26745886). PloS one, 11(1), e0146542.
  14. Fung C, Brown A, Cox J, Callaway CW, McKnight RA, Lane R (2011). Novel thromboxane A2 analog-induced IUGR mouse model (PMID 25141265). Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, 2(5), 291-301.
  15. Chang J, Bashir M, Fung CM, Dettman R, Dizon (2021). Intrauterine growth restriction followed by oxygen support uniquely interferes with genetic regulators of myelination. eNeuro, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0263-20.2021,
  16. Young LW, Ounpraseuth ST, Merhar SL, Hu Z, Simon AE, Bremer AA, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford MM, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Poindexter BB, Higgins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Telang S, Fung CM, Wright T, Reynolds AM, Hahn DW, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Puopolo KM, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Akshatha, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon KR, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Howell MP, Newman S, Snowden JN, Devlin LA, ACT NOW Collaborativ (2023). Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal. The New England journal of medicine,
  17. Fung C, Cung T, Nelson C, Wang H, Bretz C, Ramshekar A, Brown A, Stoddard GJ, Hartnett M (2023). Retinopathy of prematurity protection conferred by uteroplacental insufficiency through erythropoietin signaling in an experimental Murine Model. Pediatric research,
  18. Nugent M, St Pierre M, Brown A, Nassar S, Parmar P, Kitase Y, Duck SA, Pinto C, Jantzie L, Fung C, Chavez-Valdez (2023). Sexual dimorphism in the closure of the hippocampal postnatal critical period of synaptic plasticity after intrauterine growth restriction - link to oligodendrocyte and glial dysregulation. Developmental neuroscience,
  19. St Pierre M, Duck SA, Nazareth M, Fung C, Jantzie LL, Chavez-Valdez (2023). Unbiased Quantitative Single-Cell Morphometric Analysis to Identify Microglia Reactivity in Developmental Brain Injury. Life (Basel, Switzerland), 13(4),
  20. Fung C (2023). Effects of intrauterine growth restriction on embryonic hippocampal dentate gyrus neurogenesis and postnatal critical period of synaptic plasticity that govern learning and memory function. Frontiers in neuroscience, 17, 1092357.
  21. Merhar SL, Hu Z, Devlin LA, Ounpraseuth ST, Simon AE, Smith PB, Walsh MC, Lee JY, Das A, Higgins RD, Crawford MM, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Telang SD, Fung CM, Wright T, Reynolds AM, Hahn D, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon K, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Howell MP, Newman S, Snowden JN, Young LW, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network National Institutes of Health Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program Institutional Development Award States Pediatric Clinical Tri, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network National Institutes of Health Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program Institutional Development Award States Pediatric Clinical Trials Networ (2024). Infant Feeding and Weight Trajectories in the Eat, Sleep, Console Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA pediatrics, 178(10), 976-984.
  22. Devlin LA, Hu Z, Merhar SL, Ounpraseuth ST, Simon AE, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford MM, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Higgins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Fung CM, Wright T, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon K, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Newman S, Snowden JN, Young LW, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network and NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Institutional Development Award States Pediatric Clinical Trials Networ (2024). Influence of Eat, Sleep, and Console on Infants Pharmacologically Treated for Opioid Withdrawal: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the ESC-NOW Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA pediatrics, 178(6), 525-532.
  23. Strnad FA*, Brown AS, Wieben M, Cortes-Sanchez E, Williams ME, Fung C (2024). Intrauterine Growth Restriction Alters Postnatal Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus Neuron and Microglia Morphology and Cytokine/Chemokine Milieu in Mice. Life (Basel, Switzerland), 14(12),
  24. Beauman SGS, Hu Z, Rice W, Devlin L, Merhar SL, Fung CM, Brown J, Osman A, Pahl A, Ramsey KW, Whalen B, MacMillan KDL, Ounpraseuth ST, Das A, Crawford MM, Trochinski L, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Young LW, Maxwell JR, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network and the NIH ECHO Program IDeA States Pediatrics Clinical Trials Networ (2025). Antenatal Exposure to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Infant Outcomes in the ESC-NOW Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of pediatrics, 114859.
  25. Peters H, Fung CM, Dettman RW, Dizon MLV, Chang (2025). Metabolic Reprogramming of Oligodendrocytes in Intrauterine Growth Restriction. Developmental neuroscience, 1-19.
  26. Pahl A, Hu Z, Young LW, Ramsey KW, Whalen BL, Akshatha A, Benninger KL, Fung CM, Howell MP, Markee S, Das A, Crawford MM, Trochinski L, Greenberg RG, Smith B, Ounpraseuth ST, Merhar SL, Devlin LA, MacMillan KDL, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network the NIH ECHO Program IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Networ (2025). Maternal Area of Residence and Outcomes for Mother-Infant Dyads with Perinatal Opioid Exposure. American journal of perinatology,

Review

  1. Fung C, McKnight RA, Lane R (2013). Environmental influences on epigenetic gene regulation. NeoReviews, 14(3), e121-e127.

Book Chapter

  1. Fung CM, Devaskar SU (2006). Nutrient Regulation In Brain Development: Glucose and Alternate Fuels.
  2. Fung C, Zinkhan (2021). Short and long term implications of small for gestational age. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogc.2021.02.004, 311-323.

Case Report

  1. Malone Jenkins S, Cipriano S, Fung (2016). Rash under phototherapy in a two day old preterm male. NeoReviews,
  2. Hooper SM, Fung CM, Torr C, Lawrence S (2025). Case Report: Delayed Recurrence of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant. Frontiers in Pediatrics, section Neonatology, 13(1564633),

Abstract

  1. Brown AS, Wieben M, Strnad F, Williams M, Fung (2025). Postnatal environmental enrichment improves hippocampal dentate gyrus neuron morphology in IUGR mouse offspring.
  2. Strnad F*, Brown AS, Wieben M, Bosco A, Fung (2025). IUGR alters postnatal murine hippocampal dentate gyrus microglial morphology which is tempered by environmental enrichment.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Munson (2017). A State of Addiction: Utah's Opioid Epidemic. A 13-part series on Utah Public Radio. Interview with Dr. Camille Fung.
  2. Fung (2018). Mitigating the Opioid Epidemic in Pregnant Women and Newborn Infants on a Shoestring Budget.
  3. Fung C, Buchi K (2020). Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding.

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