Dr. Narendra Dereddy is board certified in both Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and General Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He served as a faculty member in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, and an attending Neonatologist at the LeBonheur Children's Hospital from 2012-2017.  He is currently the Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, AdventHealth, Medical Director of Neonatology at AdventHealth for Children and the Neonatal Transport Medical Director. He is also a board member for Florida Birth-related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA). Dr. Dereddy's academic interests include Neonatal nutrition, post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, Point of Care Ultrasound and Targeted neonatal echocardiogram. He is also interested in Quality Improvement and leads several QI initiatives in the NICU. He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications in neonatal clinical research and was the primary investigator on several randomized clinical trials. 

EDUCATION & TRAINING 

Education:    Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 

Residency in Pediatrics: Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. 

Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. 

Board Certifications: General Pediatrics & Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine. 

Publications and Bibliography:  

• Williams, S., Bostain, R., Couch, N., Kamdar, T., Oh, W., Thompson, L., Dereddy, N. (2023). Routine versus no assessment of gastric residual volumes in preterm infants receiving enteral feeding via intermittent feeding tubes: a randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 36(1), 2211200. 

• Blanco C, Chang W, Bhatt AJ, Gerday E, Talati AJ, Dereddy N, Singh R, Ryan E, Senterre T. Essential fatty acid deficiency, olive oil-based intravenous lipid emulsion, and genetic  

      polymorphisms: A pediatric randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 May 25. doi: 10.1002/jpn3.70072  

• Dereddy, N., Ruth, D., Zhu, J., Pepe, J., & Oh, W. (2025). Insensible water loss in extremely preterm infants cared for in incubators with 70% and 90% relative humidity. Journal of Perinatology, 2025 Mar 16.  doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02261-w. 

• Dereddy N, Moats RA, Ruth D, Pokelsek A, Pepe J, Wadhawan R, Oh W. Maternal recorded voice played to preterm infants in incubators reduces her own depression, anxiety and stress: a pilot randomized control trial. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2024;37(1):2362933 

• Cohen, S., Mietzsch, U., Coghill, C., Dereddy, N., Ducis, K., El Ters, N., Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Neurosurgery Focus Group. (2021). Survey of quaternary neonatal management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. American journal of perinatology, 40(08), 883-892. 

• Sewell, E., Cohen, S., Zaniletti, I., Couture, D., Dereddy, N., Coghill, C. H., ... & Flibotte, J. (2024). Surgical interventions and short-term outcomes for preterm infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus: a multicenter cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition.