Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Dr. Galia Napchan Pomerantz is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires and completed a residency at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children's Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She then completed a pediatric residency and a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Jackson Memorial Hospital – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Prior to coming to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Dr. Napchan Pomerantz was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine for five years. During that time, she was also the Director of the Asthma Center and the Infant Pulmonary Function Test Laboratory of the Department of Pediatric Pulmonology at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Publications

Abstracts

Auais A, Adkins R, Napchan G, Piedimonte G. Substance P mediates lymphocyte migration into the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of respiratory syncytial virus-infected rats. ATS International Conference, 2001.

King KA, Auais A, Napchan G, Jiang X, Piedimonte G. Calcitonin gene-related peptide is increased in the lungs of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-infected rats and inhibits lymphocytic response. ATS International Conference, 2001.

Wedde-Beer K, Hu C, Napchan G, Piedimonte G. Effect of beta 2 receptor agonists on neurogenic inflammation in a rat model of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. ATS International Conference, 2001.

Bertrand P, Wedde K, Napchan G, Suguihara C, Bancalari E, Piedimonte G. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection prolongs capsaicin-induced apnea in awake Fischer F-344 rats. ATS International Conference, 2001.

Articles

Auais, A., B. Adkins, G. Napchan, and G. Piedimonte. 2003. Immunomodulatory effects of sensory nerves during respiratory syncytial virus infection in rats, American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 285:L105-L113.

Sabogal, C., A. Auais, G. Napchan, C. Suguihara, E. Bancalari, and G. Piedimonte. 2005. Effect of respiratory syncytial virus on apnea in weanling rats, Pediatric Research 57: 819-825.

Book Chapters

Napchan G, Talmaciu I. "Hemosiderosis". Pediatrics: an On-line Medical Reference, 1st edition. Emedicine Online Textbooks. Ed. Steven Altschuler et al. Petersburg, 1999.