Email

monica.hanna@bcm.edu

Positions

Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow

Baylor College of Medicine

Education

Residency at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

Mineola, NY

Pediatrics

MD from Albany Medical College

Albany, NY

Distinction in Advocacy

BA from Siena College

Loudonville, NY

Honors & Awards

Pediatric Resident of the Year

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (06/2025)

Advocacy Award, PGY1-PGY3

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (06/2023 - 06/2025)

Distinction in Advocacy

Albany Medical College (04/2022)

First Prize, Innovation in Neonatal Research, Basic Science Competition

Issues in Neonatology Conference- Winthrop University Hospital (03/2018)

Professional Interests

• Neonatal Nutrition
• Human Milk

Selected Publications

• Choi J, Abuso S, Hanna M, Islam S, Nayak A. " Just-in-time Training to Improve Confidence in Radiant Warmer Setup for Pediatric Residents. " J. Neonatology. 2025 Feb ; 39 (4)
• Lin X, Botros B, Hanna M, Gurzenda E, De Mejia CM, Chavez M, Hanna N. " Transplacental transmission of the COVID-19 vaccine messenger RNA: evidence from placental, maternal, and cord blood analyses postvaccination " Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Feb ; 230 (6)
  Pubmed PMID: 38307473.
• Hanna N, Hanna M, Sharma S. " Is pregnancy an immunological contributor to severe or controlled COVID-19 disease? " Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Nov ; 84 (5)
  Pubmed PMID: 32757366.
• Olgun NS, Arita Y, Hanna M, Murthy A, Tristan S, Peltier MR, Hanna N. " Carbon monoxide attenuates bacteria-induced Endothelin-1 expression in second trimester placental explants " Placenta. 2014 Jun ; 35 (6)
  Pubmed PMID: 24731730.