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Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP

Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP

Title

Medical Director, Cincinnati Children's Center for Breastfeeding Medicine

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

sheela.geraghty@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2526

Fax

513-636-4402

Credentials

BS: Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1991.
MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1995-1998.
Chief Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1998-1999.
Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.
MS: Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2003
Certification: Pediatrics, 1999, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, 2006

Awards and Honors

  • Medela Lactation Consultant Hall of Excellence, Medela, 2008
  • One Hundred Wise Women speaker, Consortium of woman-leaders in the Cincinnati Area, 2008
  • Celebrating Success Award, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Intradisciplinary Council, 2007
  • Forty Under 40 Inductee, Cincinnati Business Courier, 2007
  • Recognition for Breastfeeding Support, Ohio Lactation Consultant Association, 2006

Research

Breastfeeding, breast milk pumping, human milk banking, multiple births

Research Grants and Contracts

University of Cincinnati, Interdisciplinary Grant program, Socio-Cultural Influences on the Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding By Latina Mothers in the Cincinnati Area, 7/1/08-6/30/09, Co-Investigator

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23), Role of Environmental Chemicals on Lactation Outcomes, 6/1/06-4/30/11, Principal Investigator

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, The Role of Human Milk in Infant Nutrition and Health (Program Project Grant),6/1/03-3/30/08, Co-Investigator

Publications, Most Recent

Geraghty, SR, Khoury, JC, Morrow, AL, Lanphear, BP. Reporting individual test results of environmental chemicals in breast milk: Potential for premature weaning.Breastfeeding Medicine. In Press.

Geraghty, SR, Riddle, SW, Shaikh, U. The breastfeeding mother and the pediatrician. Journal of Human Lactation, 2008;24(3);335-339.

Woo, JG, Dolan, LM, Morrow, AL, Geraghty, SR, Goodman, E. Breastfeeding helps explain racial and socioeconomic disparities in adolescent adiposity. Pediatrics 2008;121(3):e458-65.

List, BA, Ballard, JL, Langworthy, KS, Vincent, AM, Riddle, SW, Tamayo, OW, Geraghty, SR. Electronic health records in an outpatient breastfeeding medicine clinic. Journal of Human Lactation 2008;24(1):58-68.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Impact of Multi-source feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism:  A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine 2007;161:44-9. 

Geraghty, SR, Khoury, JC, Kalkwarf, HJ  Author Reply to Lederman, SA regarding Geraghty et al: Breast milk pumping rates of mothers of singletons and mothers of multiples. Journal of Human Lactation. Letter to the Editor. 2006;22(4):387-90. 

Tang PH, Miles MV, Steele P, Davidson BS, Geraghty SR, Morrow, AL. Determination of coenzyme Q10 in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography. Biomed Chromatogr 2006;20(12):1336-43. 

Brinkman, WB, Geraghty, SR, Lanphear, BP, Khoury, JC, Gonzalez del Ray, JA, DeWitt, TG, Britto, MT. Evaluation of Resident Communication Skills and Professionalism: A Matter of Perspective? Pediatrics 2006;118:1371-9.

Kerry, BT, Morrow, AL, Geraghty, SR, Huey, N, Sapsford, AL, Schleiss, MR. Breast milk as a source for acquisition of cytomegalovirus (HCM) in a premature infant with sepsis syndrome: Detection by real-time PCR. Journal of Clinical Virology 2006;35(1):313-6.

Martin, LJ, Woo, JG, Geraghty, SR, Altaye, M, Davidson, BS, Banach, W, Dolan, LM, Ruiz-Palacios, GM, Morrow, AL. Adiponectin is present in human milk and associated with maternal factors. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006;83:1106-11.

Presentations, Most Recent

Geraghty, SR. Breast Milk Pumping: A Review of What We Really Know.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, October 23, 2008, Dearborn, MI.  Featured Speaker.

Geraghty, SR, Davidson, BS, Tabangin, ME, Morrow, AL. Breast Milk Pumping Rates in a Highly Motivated Breastfeeding Cohort.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, October 23, 2008, Dearborn, MI.  Poster presentation.

List, BA, Ballard, JB, Langworthy, KS, Vincent, AM, Riddle, SW, Tamayo, OW, Geraghty, SR.  Electronic Health Records In An Outpatient Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, October 11, 2007, Ft. Worth, Texas.  Poster presentation.

Geraghty, SR, Davidson, BS, Tabangin, ME, Morrow, AL. Determinants of Human Milk Volumes in a Highly Motivated Cohort of Breastfeeding Mothers.  Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 8, 2007, Toronto, Canada.  Poster presentation.

Geraghty, SR, Khoury, JK, Morrow, AL, Lanphear, BP.  Reporting Environmental Chemicals in Breast Milk: Perspective of the Research Participant.  Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies, May 7, 2007, Toronto, Canada.  Poster presentation.

Martin, LJ, Woo, JG, Geraghty SR, Davidson, BS, Ataye, M, Morrow, AL.  Adiponectin in Human Milk is Associated with Infant Weight.  Presented at 13th biennial meeting of International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation, September 25, 2006, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  Platform presentation.

Woo, JG, Martin, LJ, Geraghty, SR, Altaye, M, Davidson, BS, Banach, W, Ruiz-Palacios, GM, Morrow, AL.  Maternal Factors are Associated with Human Milk Adiponectin Concentrations.  Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, April 30, 2006, San Francisco, CA.  Platform presentation.

International Presentation

Geraghty, SR.  Breastfeeding in the United States: The Particular Challenges Faced by Mothers of Multiple Gestation Infants.  Annual meeting of Society of Breastfeeding Research, September 24, 2006, Suwa, Japan.  Featured Speaker.

Professional Organization Memberships