Email

khattab@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Program Director of Neonatal Simulation

Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Neonatology (Office)

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women
6651 Main St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-2901
khattab@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology

Neonatology (Hospital)

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women
6651 Main St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-2901
khattab@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology

Education

Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Residency at State University of New York at Stony Brook

Stony Brook, NY

Pediatrics

Research Fellowship at Cairo University Children’s Hospital

Cairo, Egypt

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Residency at Cairo University Children’s Hospital

Cairo, Egypt

Pediatrics

MD from Alexandria Faculty of Medicine

Alexandria, Egypt

Certifications

Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Interests

• Simulation in Healthcare
• Advanced Quality and Safety Leader at Texas Children's Hospital
• Radiation Exposure in Premature Neonates

Websites

Selected Publications

• Khattab M, Cannon-Heinrich C, Bizzarro MJ.. " Ear drainage and the role of sepsis evaluations in the neonatal intensive care unit. " Acta Paediatr.. 2014 Jul ; 103 (7) : 732-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 24635016.
• Khattab M, Xu F, Li P, Bhandari V.. " A de novo 3.54 Mb deletion of 17q22-q23.1 associated with hydrocephalus: a case report and review of literature. " Am J Med Genet A.. 2011 Dec ; 155A (12) : 3082-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 22052796.
• Mona Khattab, Dale M. Walker, Richard J. Albertini, Janice A. Nicklas, Lennart K.A. Lundblad, Pamela M. Vacek, Vernon E. Walker. " Frequencies of micronucleated reticulocytes, a dosimeter of DNA double-strand breaks, in infants receiving computed tomography or cardiac catheterization " Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen. 2017 May 20; 820 (820) : 8-18.
• Chang TP, Doughty CB, Mitchell D, Rutledge C, Auerbach MA, Frisell K, Jani P, Kessler DO, Wolfe H, MacKinnon RJ, Dewan M, Pirie J, Lemke D, Khattab M, Tofil N, Nagamuthu C, Walsh CM.. " Leveraging Quick Response Code Technology to Facilitate Simulation-Based Leaderboard Competition " Simul Healthc. 2018 ;
  Pubmed PMID: 29373385.
• Rutledge C, Walsh CM, Swinger N, Auerbach M, Castro D, Dewan M, Khattab M, Rake A, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Raymond TT, Maa T, Chang TP.. " Gamification in Action: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Medical Educators. " Acad Med.. 2018 ;
  Pubmed PMID: 9465450.
• Welch-Horan T, Lemke D, Bastero P, Leong-Kee S, Khattab M, Eggers J, Penn C, Dangre A, Doughty C.. " Feedback, reflection and team learning for COVID-19: development of a novel clinical event debriefing tool " BMJ Stel. 2020 ;
• Human blood PIG-A mutation and micronucleated reticulocyte flow cytometric assays: Method optimization and evaluation of intra- and inter-subject variation. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 32572998.
• Cummings C, Mercurio M, DeTora A, Holzman I, Frank L, Khattab M, Suresh G, Wilfond B.. " OPEN Pediatrics Course for Fellows https://www.openpediatrics.org/course/ethics-and-professionalism-neonatology-year-3. Medical Errors in the NICU " OPEN Pediatrics. ;
• National Neonatal Simulation Curriculum Flipped Classroom Program- 2/2020 -Editor- Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program Directors (ONTPD) https://collaborate.aap.org/SONPM/Pages/ONTPD%20Facilitators%20Guide.aspx (AAP login required) .. " ;
• Mona Khattab, Karin Frisell, Ralph MacKinnon, Todd Chang, Tia Raymond, Lydia Lofton, Nancy Tofil, Katherine Forrester, Charmin Gohel, Deborah Aitken, Anthony Scalzo, Melissa Moore-Clingenpeel, Marc Auerbach. " Healthcare Provider Characteristics and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality During Infant Resuscitation: A Simulation Study " Simul Healthc. 2021 Aug 31;
  Pubmed PMID: 34468421.
• M Khattab, J Hagan, L H Staib, A Mustafa, T R Goodman. " Cumulative diagnostic imaging radiation exposure in premature neonates " 2021 Apr 7;
  Pubmed PMID: 33843704.
• Current state of renal NIRS monitoring in the NICU: results from a CHNC Survey. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 36932136.
• Neveln NK, Khattab M, Hagan JL, Fortunov RM, Sundgren NC.. " A recorder/time coach decreases time errors during neonatal resuscitation: A randomized, simulation-based clinical trial. " Resusc Plus.. 2023 Sep 15;
  Pubmed PMID: 37363126.
• Khattab M, Donnelly D, Blizzard A, Chabra S, David E, Stumpf KA, Nayak SP.. " Resuscitation strategies for surgical patients in the neonatal intensive care unit. " Semin Perinatol.. 2024 Dec ;
  Pubmed PMID: 39462753.
• Kakajiwala A, Kamath N, Nesargi S, Goto L, Hoffman SB, Liberio BM, Rumpel JA, Khattab M, Nada A, Stoops C, Perazzo SI, Harer MW.. " The use of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure kidney oxygenation in the neonatal intensive care unit. " Pediatr Nephrol.. 2025 May 16;
  Pubmed PMID: 40379984.
• Rumpel JA, Perazzo S, Bona J, South AM, Harer MW, Liu D, Starr MC, Khattab M, Han R, Slagle C, Ciccia E, Najaf T, Gillen M, Harsono M, Nada A, Dwarakanath K, Gogcu S, Mohamed T, Stoops C. " ADVANCE: a biomedical informatics approach to investigate acute kidney injury in infants. " Pediatr Res.. 2025 Feb ;
  Pubmed PMID: 39122822.
• Moving the neonatal nephrology field forward: results from the Pediatric Academic Society Neonatal Nephrology Focus Group " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 37978216.
• Christine Stoops, Sofia I Perazzo, Jennifer A Rumpel, Tahagod Mohamed, Andrew M South, Mona Khattab, Catherine Joseph, Matthew W Harer, Cara L Slagle, Mary Revenis, John Daniel 4th. " Current Practice of Kidney Support Therapy in the NICU: Results from a CHNC Survey " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 40494539.

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Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Texas Medical Association (TMA)

Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)

International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS)