Michael Kara Georgieff MD

Michael K. Georgieff, MD, holds the position of Martin Lenz Harrison Land Grant Chair in Pediatrics. He is a Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Developmental Psychology, the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and the Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Development. He received his MD from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He served his internship, residency, and neonatal fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a fellowship in neonatology at the University of Minnesota. In addition to caring for patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Georgieff is the Director of the NICU Follow-up Program. 

Dr. Georgieff’s research focuses on fetal/neonatal nutrition and brain development, specifically on the effect of early-life iron nutrition and neurocognitive function. He has been continuously funded in this field by the National Institutes of Health for 30 years and has published over 250 scientific articles. He advises the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health, and UNICEF on nutrition and early child development.