Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD

Medical director, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics; Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine

Specialties

Autonomic medicine
The Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (C.A.M.P.) at Children's Memorial is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the study of diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is the system that functions automatically to regulate breathing, heart rate, temperature regulation, gut motility and more. Learn more »

Special interests

Research in genetic disorders of the autonomic nervous system, respiratory control abnormalities, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), rapid onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and Rett syndrome

Medical school

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1978

Postgraduate training

Fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and control of breathing, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1982-1986; Residency in pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1978-1981

Certifications

Board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1987; Pediatrics, 1982

Professional organizations

American Thoracic Society Statement on Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome; American Autonomic Society Statement on Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics; CJ Foundation for SIDS Scientific Advisory Board; RADICA-FRE Scientific Advisory Board; American Thoracic Society Foundation

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