
Christiana Farkouh-Karoleski, MD
Neonatology
Highlights
Languages
- English
- French
Gender
FemaleAbout
VMG Provider
Yes

Bio
Podcast Episodes
Title(s)
Associate Director, Neonatology; Associate Director, NICU, Valley Medical Group; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Insurances Accepted
Publications & Research
Farkouh-Karoleski, C., Myers, M.M., Grieve, P.G., Isler, J.R., Ludwig, R.J., Lui, E., Bryjak, S., Finnegan, C., & Welch, M.G. (2025). Effectiveness trial of family nurture intervention as a standard of care in the NICU: Enhanced brain activity in preterm infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 67(4), e70066. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70066
Qiao L, Xu L, Yu L, Wynn J, Hernan R, Zhou X, Farkouh-Karoleski C, Krishnan US, Khlevner J, De A, Zygmunt A, Crombleholme T, Lim FY, Needelman H, Cusick RA, Mychaliska GB, Warner BW, Wagner AJ, Danko ME, Chung D, Potoka D, Kosiński P, McCulley DJ, Elfiky M, Azarow K, Fialkowski E, Schindel D, Soffer SZ, Lyon JB, Zalieckas JM, Vardarajan BN, Aspelund G, Duron VP, High FA, Sun X, Donahoe PK, Shen Y, Chung WK. Rare and de novo variants in 827 congenital diaphragmatic hernia probands implicate LONP1 as candidate risk gene. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 Oct 7;108(10):1964-1980. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.011. Epub 2021 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 34547244; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8546037.
Qiao L, Wynn J, Yu L, Hernan R, Zhou X, Duron V, Aspelund G, Farkouh-Karoleski C, Zygumunt A, Krishnan US, Nees S, Khlevner J, Lim FY, Crombleholme T, Cusick R, Azarow K, Danko ME, Chung D, Warner BW, Mychaliska GB, Potoka D, Wagner AJ, Soffer S, Schindel D, McCulley DJ, Shen Y, Chung WK. Likely damaging de novo variants in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Genet Med. 2020 Dec;22(12):2020-2028. doi: 10.1038/s41436-020-0908-0. Epub 2020 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 32719394; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7710626.
Brachio SS, Farkouh-Karoleski C, Abreu A, Zygmunt A, Purugganan O, Garey D. Improving Neonatal Follow-up: A Quality Improvement Study Analyzing In-hospital Interventions and Long-term Show Rates. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020 Nov-Dec;5(6):e363. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000363. eCollection 2020 Nov-Dec. PubMed PMID: 33575523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7870232.
Abramov A, Fan W, Hernan R, Zenilman AL, Wynn J, Aspelund G, Khlevner J, Krishnan U, Lim FY, Mychaliska GB, Warner BW, Cusick R, Crombleholme T, Chung D, Danko ME, Wagner AJ, Azarow K, Schindel D, Potoka D, Soffer S, Fisher J, McCulley D, Farkouh-Karoleski C, Chung WK, Duron V. Comparative outcomes of right versus left congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A multicenter analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan;55(1):33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.09.046. Epub 2019 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 31677822.
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Locations
- VMG - Nicu
- 4 Valley Health Plaza, The Valley Hospital - Neonatology, Paramus, NJ 07652
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- phone: 201-447-8388
- fax: 201-447-8616
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia, Neonatology, 2004
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2001
- Doctor of Medicine: New York Medical College - Valhalla, Medical Doctor, 1998
- Master of Public Health: Columbia University Of Public Health, MPH, 1994