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Ruth B. Seabrook
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Ruth B. Seabrook, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Pediatric Neonatology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Neonatology
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

Primary Children's Hospital - Lehi

Pediatric Neonatology
2250 N Miller Campus Dr
Lehi , UT 84043

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: 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 Neuroscience, with Honors - Amherst College B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - Washington University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia Resident
Fellowship Neonatology - Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia Fellow
Post Graduate Training Neonatology - Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia Postgraduate Researcher

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Katz JA, Levy PT, Zaniletti I, Ball MK, Seabrook R, Bhombal S, Murthy K, Padula MA, Gowda SH, Grover TR, Keene SD, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium's (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Grou (2026). Congenital heart disease and congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the role of intracardiac shunts. Journal of perinatology,
  2. Sobolic M, Park Y, Gowda SH, Carr NR, Chapman R, Chi A, Dantes G, Dariya V, Dirnberger DR, Fernandes CJ, Hamrick S, Joshi S, Keene S, Linden A, Makkar A, Menkiti O, Miquel-Verges F, Quinones-Cardona V, Rao R, Rodriguez RJ, Seabrook R, Sloan P, Suttner D, Weems MF, Lusk L, Rintoul N, DiGeronimo R, Gray BW, CHNC ECMO Focus Grou (2025). Early Use Experience of the Crescent Right Atrial Cannula for Neonatal Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 71(8), 660-666.
  3. Sloan P, Johng S, Daniel JM, Rhee CJ, Mahmood B, Gravari E, Marshall S, Downey AG, Braski K, Gowda SH, Fernandes CJ, Dariya V, Haberman BE, Seabrook R, Makkar A, Gray BW, Cookson MW, Najaf T, Rintoul N, Hedrick HL, DiGeronimo R, Weems MF, Ades A, Chapman R, Grover TR, Keene S (2024). A clinical consensus guideline for nutrition in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia from birth through discharge. J Perinatol, 44(5), 694-701.
  4. Weems MF, Grover TR, Seabrook R, DiGeronimo R, Gien J, Keene S, Rintoul N, Daniel JM, Johnson Y, Guner Y, Zaniletti I, Murthy K, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group (2023). Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Am J Perinatol, 40(4), 415-423.
  5. Ball MK, Seabrook RB, Bonachea EM, Chen B, Fathi O, Nankervis CA, Osman A, Schlegel AB, Magers J, Kulpa T, Sharpin P, Snyder ML, Gajarski RJ, Nandi D, Backes CH Jr (2023). Evidence-Based Guidelines for Acute Stabilization and Management of Neonates with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. Am J Perinatol, 40(14), 1495-1508.
  6. Porta NFM, Naing K, Keene S, Grover TR, Hedrick H, Mahmood B, Seabrook R, Daniel Iv J, Harrison A, Weems MF, Yoder BA, DiGeronimo R, Haberman B, Dariya V, Guner Y, Rintoul NE, Murthy K, CHNC CDH Focus Group (2023). Variability for Age at Successful Extubation in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. J Pediatr, 253, 129-134.e1.
  7. Ball MK, Seabrook RB, Corbitt R, Stiver C, Nardell K, Medoro AK, Beer L, Brown A, Mollica J, Bapat R, Cosgrove T, Texter KT (2023). Safety and Feasibility of Skin-to-Skin Contact in the Delivery Room for High-Risk Cardiac Neonates. Pediatr Cardiol, 44(5), 1023-1031.
  8. Walczak AB, Bigelow AM, Schneider B, Deitemyer M, Duffy V, Lloyd EA, Frazier WJ, Seabrook RB, Halaweish IF, McConnell PI (2023). Experience With the Crescent¿ Right Atrial Jugular Dual Lumen Catheter for Pediatric Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Series. ASAIO J, 69(12), e526-e530.
  9. Gil LA, Apfeld JC, Gehred A, Walczak AB, Frazier WJ, Seabrook RB, Olutoye OO, Minneci PC (2023). A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes After Carotid Artery Ligation Versus Carotid Artery Reconstruction Following Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Infants and Children. J Surg Res, 291, 423-432.
  10. Chock VY, Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Tan S, Hintz SR, Ball MB, Smith E, Das A, Loggins YC, Sood BG, Chalak LF, Wyckoff MH, Kicklighter SD, Kennedy KA, Patel RM, Carlo WA, Johnson KJ, Watterberg KL, Sánchez PJ, Laptook AR, Seabrook RB, Cotten CM, Mancini T, Sokol GM, Ohls RK, Hibbs AM, Poindexter BB, Reynolds AM, DeMauro SB, Chawla S, Baserga M, Walsh MC, Higgins RD, Van Meurs KP, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2023). Tissue Oxygenation Changes After Transfusion and Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Secondary Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study of the Transfusion of Prematures Randomized Clinical Trial (TOP NIRS). JAMA Netw Open, 6(9), e2334889.
  11. Grover TR, Weems MF, Brozanski B, Daniel J, Haberman B, Rintoul N, Walden A, Hedrick H, Mahmood B, Seabrook R, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Keene S, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group (2022). Central Line Utilization and Complications in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Am J Perinatol, 29(14), 1524-1532.
  12. Mahmood B, Murthy K, Rintoul N, Weems M, Keene S, Brozanski B, DiGeronimo R, Haberman B, Hedrick H, Gien J, Seabrook R, Ali N, Chapman R, Daniel J, Harrison A, Johnson Y, Porta NFM, Uhing M, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (2022). Predicting treatment of pulmonary hypertension at discharge in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol, 42(1), 45-52.
  13. Chock VY, Smith E, Tan S, Ball MB, Das A, Hintz SR, Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Chalak LF, Carlo WA, Cotten CM, Widness JA, Kennedy KA, Ohls RK, Seabrook RB, Patel RM, Laptook AR, Mancini T, Sokol GM, Walsh MC, Yoder BA, Poindexter BB, Chawla S, D'Angio CT, Higgins RD, Van Meurs KP, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2022). Early brain and abdominal oxygenation in extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatr Res, 92(4), 1034-1041.
  14. Ibrahim J, Mahmood B, DiGeronimo R, Rintoul NE, Hamrick SE, Chapman R, Keene S, Seabrook RB, Billimoria Z, Rao R, Daniel J, Cleary J, Sullivan K, Gray B, Weems M, Dirnberger DR (2022). Ventilation Strategies During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Neonatal Respiratory Failure: Current Approaches Among Level IV Neonatal ICUs. Crit Care Explor, 4(11), e0779.
  15. Billimoria ZC, Rintoul NE, Sullivan KM, Hamrick SE, Chapman R, Mietzsch U, Keene S, Rao R, Massaro AN, Seabrook RB, DiGeronimo RJ, CHNC ECMO Focus Group (2021). Noninvasive neurocritical care monitoring for neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: where do we stand? J Perinatol, 41(4), 830-835.
  16. Puthoff TD, Veneziano G, Kulaylat AN, Seabrook RB, Diefenbach KA, Ryshen G, Hastie S, Lane A, Renner L, Bapat R (2021). Development of a Structured Regional Analgesia Program for Postoperative Pain Management. Pediatrics, 147(3).
  17. Seabrook RB, Grover TR, Rintoul N, Weems M, Keene S, Brozanski B, DiGeronimo R, Haberman B, Hedrick H, Gien J, Ali N, Chapman R, Daniel J, Harrison HA, Johnson Y, Porta NFM, Uhing M, Zaniletti I, Murthy K, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group (2021). Treatment of pulmonary hypertension during initial hospitalization in a multicenter cohort of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). J Perinatol, 41(4), 803-813.
  18. Agarwal P, Natarajan G, Sullivan K, Rao R, Rintoul N, Zaniletti I, Keene S, Mietzsch U, Massaro AN, Billimoria Z, Dirnberger D, Hamrick S, Seabrook RB, Weems MF, Cleary JP, Gray BW, DiGeronimo R, Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) ECMO and HIE focus groups (2021). Venovenous versus venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation among infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: is there a difference in outcome? J Perinatol, 41(8), 1916-1923.
  19. Shankaran S, Bajaj M, Natarajan G, Saha S, Pappas A, Davis AS, Hintz SR, Adams-Chapman I, Das A, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Carlo WA, Van Meurs KP, Sánchez PJ, Ball MB, Hale EC, Seabrook R, Higgins RD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2020). Outcomes Following Post-Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation among Infants of Extremely Low Gestational Age. J Pediatr, 226, 36-44.e3.
  20. Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Hintz SR, Tan S, Schmidt B, Chaudhary AS, Johnson KJ, Crawford MM, Newman JE, Vohr BR, Carlo WA, D'Angio CT, Kennedy KA, Ohls RK, Poindexter BB, Schibler K, Whyte RK, Widness JA, Zupancic JAF, Wyckoff MH, Truog WE, Walsh MC, Chock VY, Laptook AR, Sokol GM, Yoder BA, Patel RM, Cotten CM, Carmen MF, Devaskar U, Chawla S, Seabrook R, Higgins RD, Das A, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network (2020). Higher or Lower Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds for Preterm Infants. N Engl J Med, 383(27), 2639-2651.
  21. Humphrey L, Schlegel A, Seabrook R, McClead R (2019). Trigger Criteria to Increase Appropriate Palliative Care Consultation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr Qual Saf, 4(1), e129.
  22. Keene S, Grover TR, Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Gien J, Zaniletti I, Johnson YR, Seabrook RB, Porta NFM, Haberman B, DiGeronimo R, Rintoul N, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium's (CHNC) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Focus Group (2019). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and bloodstream infection in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol, 39(10), 1384-1391.
  23. Cooper A, Sisco K, Backes CH, Dutro M, Seabrook R, Santoro SL, Cua CL (2019). Usefulness of Postnatal Echocardiography in Patients with Down Syndrome with Normal Fetal Echocardiograms. Pediatr Cardiol, 40(8), 1716-1721.
  24. Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Nolen TL, Sridhar A, Kennedy KA, Hintz SR, Phelps DL, DeMauro SB, Carlo WA, Gantz MG, Das A, Greenberg RG, Younge NE, Bliss JM, Seabrook R, Sánchez PJ, Wyckoff MH, Bell EF, Vohr BR, Higgins RD (2019). Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Retinopathy of Prematurity by Treatment. Pediatrics, 144(2).
  25. Keene S, Murthy K, Pallotto E, Brozanski B, Gien J, Zaniletti I, Hulbert C, Seabrook R, Rintoul N, Chicoine L, Porta N, Grover TR (2018). Acquired Infection and Antimicrobial Utilization During Initial NICU Hospitalization in Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 37(5), 469-474.
  26. Gien J, Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Chicoine L, Zaniletti I, Seabrook R, Keene S, Alapati D, Porta N, Rintoul N, Grover TR, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium CDH Study Group (2017). Short-term weight gain velocity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Early Hum Dev, 106-107, 7-12.
  27. Gien J, Murthy K, Pallotto EK, Brozanski B, Chicoine L, Zaniletti I, Seabrook R, Keene S, Alapati D, Porta N, Rintoul N, Grover TR, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium CDH Study Group (2017). Short-term weight gain velocity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Early Hum Dev, 106-107, 7-12.
  28. James J, Munson D, DeMauro SB, Langer JC, Dworetz AR, Natarajan G, Bidegain M, Fortney CA, Seabrook R, Vohr BR, Tyson JE, Bell EF, Poindexter BB, Shankaran S, Higgins RD, Das A, Stoll BJ, Kirpalani H, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (2017). Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support. J Pediatr, 190, 118-123.e4.

Review

  1. Ogunleye O, Johnson M, Stocker C, Texter K, Seabrook R, Etchegaray A, Olutoye O (2023). Establishing a Fetal Center in a Freestanding Pediatric Hospital. [Review]. Neoreviews, 24, (8), e471-e478.