Chief, Division of Neonatology Professor of Pediatrics University of California, Davis

"I find that saving the life of a newborn infant is one of life's greatest joys. The advancements that have been made in the field of neonatology over the past 10 years is phenomenal. These advancements allow infants that would not have survived in the past to live and grow to become healthy infants."

Photo: Dr. Michael P. Sherman discussing neonatal care with Dr. Satoshi Kusada, director, Department of Neonatology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.

Dr. Michael P. Sherman received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Doctor of Medicine degree cum laude from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following residency training in pediatrics at the University of Michigan and the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Sherman did his fellowship training in neonatology at the University of California, Davis. Since 1982, Dr. Sherman has served on the faculties of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Kansas and Baylor College of Medicine. He was the director of the Fellowship Program in Neonatology at the UCLA Medical Center, and a professor of pediatrics and chief of the section of neonatology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is board-certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine.

Dr. Sherman has authored 80 peer-reviewed, invited or editorial publications, and he has presented more than 90 abstracts at national or international meetings. Of 22 publications investigating various aspects of nitric oxide physiology, biochemistry and cell biology, 16 were authored or co-authored with his UCLA colleague, Dr. Louis J. Ignarro, the 1998 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine. A recipient of pediatric teaching awards at UCLA and the University of Kansas, Dr. Sherman has received numerous academic honors including memberships in the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society. Dr. Sherman is known nationally and internationally for his contributions to research, education and clinical care involving newborn infants.

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