Breastfeeding

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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

  • Travel Trainee Award, Pediatric Academic Societies, Milk Club, 2003
  • Special Projects Program Award, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2001
  • Critical Care Medicine Award, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 1997
  • Cystic Fibrosis Enrichment Grant Children's Hospital of Michigan, 1996

Research

Breastfeeding; human milk banking; breast milk and environmental contaminants; multiple births

Research Grants and Contracts

Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Special Projects Program, "The Breastfeeding Practices of Mothers of Multiples," 7/01-6/02, Principal Investigator

National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Prevalent Neurotoxicants in Children," 9/01-10/06 Co-investigator

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, "The Role of Human Milk in Infant Nutrition and Health," 7/03-6/08 Co-investigator

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Translational Research Grant, "Human Milk Research Repository (Bank)," 6/03-5/05, Co-investigator

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Translational Research Grant, "The Role of Feeding in Childhood Allergy," 7/03-6/04, Co-investigator

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Cincinnati, "Mother's Milk Bank of Ohio, Cincinnati Children's Partnership," January, 2006, Principal Investigator

Ohio Lactation Consultant Association (OLCA), "Lactation Needs Assessment of Community Physicians in Cincinnati," December, 2005, Principal Investigator

National Institute of Health, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23); "Role of Environmental Chemicals on Lactation Outcomes," Period of support: 6/1/06-5/31/11; Principal Investigator

Publications, Most Recent

Geraghty, S.R., Pinney, S.M., Sethuraman, G., Roy-Chaudhury, A., Kalkwarf, H.J., Breast milk feeding rates of mothers of multiples compared to mothers of singletons.Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2004; 4(3): 226-231.

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J., Comparison of feeding among multiple birth infants.Twin Research. 2004; 7(6): 542-547.

Geraghty, S.R., Davidson, B.S., Warner, B.B., Sapsford, A.L., Ballard, J.L., List, B.A., Akers, R., Morrow, A.L. The development of a research human milk bank.Journal of Human Lactation. 2005; 21(1): 59-66.

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J., Breast milk pumping rates of mothers of singletons and mothers of multiples.Journal of Human Lactation. 2005; 21 (4);413-420.

Kerry, B.T., Morrow, A.L., Geraghty, S.R., Huey, N., Sapsford, A.L., Schleiss, M.R.. 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): 313-316.

Martin, L.J., Woo, J.G., Geraghty, S.R., Altaye, M., Davidson, B.S., Banach, W., Dolan, L.M., Ruiz-Palacios, G.M., Morrow, A.L., Adiponectin Is Present in Human Milk and Associated with Maternal Factors.American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; 83: 1106-1111.

Brinkman, W.B., Geraghty, S.R., Lanphear, B.P., Khoury, J.C., Gonzalez del Ray, J.A., DeWitt, T.G., Britto, M.T. Evaluation of Resident Communication Skills and Professionalism: A Matter of Perspective?Pediatrics, 2006; 118: 1371-1379.

Tang P.H., Miles M.V., Steele P., Davidson B.S., Geraghty S.R., Morrow, A.L., Determination of coenzyme Q10 in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography.Biomed Chromatogr, Published Online: Aug 1 2006 6:27AM DOI: 10.1002 / bmc.702.

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J. Breast milk pumping rates of mothers of singletons and mothers of multiples.Journal of Human Lactation. Letter to the Editor. Nov 2006;22(4):387-390.

Brinkman W.B., Geraghty S.R., Lanphear B.P., Khoury J.C., Gonzalez del Rey J.A., DeWitt T.G,. Britto M.T. Impact of Multi-source feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism. A randomized controlled trial.Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 2006 (in press)

Presentations, Most Recent

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J. Feeding Infants Born From the Same Pregnancy: How Do Mothers of Multiples Do It? Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 3, 2003; Seattle, Washington. Poster presentation.

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J. Feeding Breast Milk to Infants: The Integral Role of Pumping. Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 3, 2003; Seattle, Washington. Poster presentation.

Geraghty, S.R., Khoury, J.C., Kalkwarf, H.J. Where do mother's of singletons and multiples receive useful breastfeeding information?, Presented at annual meeting of Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, October 5, 2003, Chicago, Illinois. Poster presentation.

Geraghty, S.R., Pinney, S.M., Sethuraman G., Khoury, J.C., Roy-Chaudhury, A., Kalkwarf, H.J., The breast milk feeding practices of mothers of multiples compared to mothers of Singletons, Presented at 20th Annual Neonatal Nutrition and Gastroenterology Symposium, December 4, 2003, Jacksonville, Florida. Oral presentation.

Ammerman, R.T., Putnam, F.W., Stevens, J., Holleb, L., Hullsmann, J., Morrow, A.L., Geraghty, S.R., Van Ginkel, J.B. Breastfeeding in first time mothers in home visitation. Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 1, 2004, San Francisco, California. Poster presentation.

Martin, L.J, Banach, W., Davidson, B.S., Geraghty, S.R., Morrow, A.L. Presence of adiponectin and leptin in human milk. Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 2, 2004, San Francisco, California. Poster presentation.

Brinkman, W.B., Geraghty, S.R., Lanphear, B.P., Khoury, J.C., Gonzalez-Del-Ray, J., DeWitt, T.G., Britto, M.T., Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: A matter of perspective? Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, May 16, 2005, Washington, D.C. Platform presentation.

Geraghty, S.R., Davidson, B.S., Warner, B.B., Sapsford, A.L., Ballard, J.L., List, B.A., Akers, R., Morrow, A.L. The development of a research human milk bank. Presented at Human Milk Banking Association of North America annual meeting, October 17th, 2005, Alexandria, Virginia. Poster presentation.

Geraghty, S.R., Davidson, B.S., Warner, B.B., Sapsford, A.L., Ballard, J.L., List, B.A., Akers, R., Morrow, A.L. The development of a research human milk bank. Presented at the International Society for Exposure Analysis annual meeting, November 2nd, 2005, Tucson, Arizona. Platform Presentation.

Woo, J.G., Martin, L.J., Geraghty, S.R., Altaye, M., Davidson, B.S., Banach, W., Ruiz-Palacios, G.M., Morrow, A.L. 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.

Brinkman, W.B., Geraghty, S.R., Lanphear, B.P., Khoury, J.C., Gonzalez-Del-Ray, J., DeWitt, T.G., Britto, M.T. A randomized control trial of multi-source feedback to pediatric residents. Presented at annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies, April 30, 2006, San Francisco, CA. Poster presentation.

Tang, P.H., Miles, M.V., Steele, P,, Davidson, B.S., Geraghty, S.R., Morrow, A.L,. Analysis of coenzyme Q10 in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography with coulometric detection. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, July 27, 2006, Chicago, IL. Poster presentation.

Martin, L.J., Woo, J.G., Geraghty S.R., Davidson, B.S., Ataye, M., Morrow, A.L. 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.

International Presentation

Breastfeeding in the United States: The Particular Challenges Faced by Mothers of Multiple Gestation Infants. Presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Breastfeeding Research. September 24, 2006, Suwa, Japan. Keynote speaker.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

Breastfeeding, Human Milk Banking, Multiple Births