Nahla Zaghloul, M.D.

Dr. Zaghloul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology at UF Health, University of Florida. She completed her Residency Training at the Stony Brook University Hospital and her Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, NY. Dr. Zaghloul has received several honors and awards. She is active on several Society memberships, Editorial boards and Journal reviewer. Dr. Zaghloul has received many appointments as Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University Hospital, OH and Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, NY. Dr. Zaghloul was an Associate Professor at Diamond Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Currently she is Associate Prof. of Neonatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Dr. Zaghloul’s research focuses on neonatal brain injury in both term and preterm infants. She serves as a site Investigator and Co- Investigator for several clinical trials involving infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and conducts clinical research in this domain. Dr. Zaghloul is the Co-director of the Neuro-NICU alongside Dr. Michael Weiss and also holds the position of Director of the NICU Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) program.

Dr. Zaghloul’s research focuses on neonatal brain injury in both term and preterm infants. She has developed a mouse model to investigate hypoxic-ischemic injury in the preterm brain, facilitating the use of transgenic mouse manipulation for the prevention and treatment of neonatal brain injury. Her research encompasses a variety of neurotherapeutics targeting hypoxic-ischemic injury in the immature brain, including drug therapies, anti-microglial activation targets, and neuro-steroids. Furthermore, she serves as a site Investigator and Co- Investigator for several clinical trials involving infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and conducts clinical research in this domain. Dr. Zaghloul is the Co-director of the Neuro-NICU alongside Dr. Michael Weiss and also holds the position of Director of the NICU Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) program.