M. Halit Pinar, M.D.

Director, Division of Perinatal & Pediatric Pathology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Pathology
Halit_Pinar@Brown.edu
T: 401 274-1122 ext 1148
F: 401 453-7681

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Department of Pathology
Room #1365
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905

Medical education/Graduate education:

Ankara University School of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey

Residency:

Resident, Anatomic Pathology
New York University Medical Center
New York, New York 1978-1981

Resident, General Pediatrics
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire 1981-1983

Fellowship:

Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, New Hampshire 1983-1985

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, Brown University
Providence, RI 1990-1992

Board certification:

1985 – American Board of Pediatrics Certification
1988 – American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Certification
1992 – Anatomic Pathology
1997 – Pediatric Pathology

Research interests:

Sex Differences, Gonadal Hormones and the Brain; Inter-alpha inhibitors in Neonatal Sepsis; Inhibin/activin Family in Human Craniofacial Development; Causes of stillbirths

Most recent significant publications:

Hansen K, Sung CJ, Huang C, Pinar H, Singer DB, Oyer CE. Reference Values for second trimester fetal and neonatal organ weights and measurement. Pediatric Dev Pathol 2003;6:160-167.

Baek Y-W, Brokat S, Padbury JF, Pinar H, Hixson DC, Lim Y-P. Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins in infants and decreased levels in neonatal sepsis. Pediatr Res 2003 (In press).

Elitt CM, Sadowska GB, Stopa EG, Pinar H, Petersson KH and Stonestreet BS. Effects of antenatal steroid on in utero ischemic brain injury in the ovine fetus. Early Human Dev 2003 (In press).