John Ibrahim, MD, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr John Ibrahim is an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the division of Newborn Medicine at UPMC since 2018. He completed his pediatric residency at NYU-Langone Long Island hospital in 2015. He then went to complete his Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, in 2018. Dr Ibrahim has particular interest in the care of extremely premature neonates, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and ECMO and has several publications in this regard. Dr Ibrahim is also the chair of the Golden hour program at UPMC Magee Womens’ Hospital as well as the Co-Chair for nasogastric (NG) feeds at discharge program at both UPMC Magee Womens’ Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr Ibrahim is also the director of the POCUS program in the Newborn Medicine division. In addition, he currently serves as IRB member for the University of Pittsburgh and serves as a site Co-PI for several multicenter trials.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • Member of Egyptian Medical Syndicate, 2012-Present
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012-Present
  • American Academy of Pediatrics-Section of Perinatal Pediatrics-Section for Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists, 2016-2023
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Perinatal Section, 2016-Present
  • AAP section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP), 2018-2023
  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, 2020-Present

Education & Training

  • MBBCH, Ain Shams Medical School, 2007
  • Resident House Officer, Ain Shams University Hospitals, 2007-2008
  • Residency in Clinical Pathology, Ain Shams University Hospitals, 2008-2009
  • Residency in Pediatrics, NYU-Winthrop University Hospital, 2012-2015
  • Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2015-2018

Academic and Research Interests

  • ECMO
  • Brochopulmonary dysplasia
  • Golden Hour for extremely premature neonates