Sixto F. Guiang, III, M.D.

MMC 39, D-136 Mayo
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-4792 Tel
612-624-8176 Fax
guian001@umn.edu

Sixto F. Guiang, III, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology. Dr. Guiang earned his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1987. He subsequently continued his training at the University of Minnesota, completing his Pediatric Residency in 1990 and his Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship in 1993. Dr. Guiang currently serves as the Medical Director of the NICU at the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview. His research interests have included investigating the effects of hypoxia on fetal myocardial development, and the use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. He currently coordinates the Neonatal ECMO program at UMCH. Dr. Guiang's publications have appeared in the American Journal of Physiology as well as the Journal of Developmental Physiology. He is active in the educational program in the Department of Pediatrics, coordinating both the Pediatric residency and medical student clinical rotations on the NICU.

CURRICULUM VITAE FOR SIXTO F. GUIANG III, M.D.

EDUCATION
University of Minnesota Medical School; Minneapolis, Minnesota; M.D.
Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois; B.A., Chemistry

POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION
Research Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Clinical Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pediatric Resident, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology; University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; Minneapolis, Minnesota

Medical Director, NICU; University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

BOARD CERTIFICATION
National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Subspecialty Board

LICENSURE
Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
There are no research grants currently in progress.

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Kannan MS, Guiang SF III, Johnson DE. Nitric oxide: Biologic role and clinical uses. Indian J Pediatr 65(3):333-345, 1998.

Guiang SF III, Merchant JR, Eaton MA, Fandel KB, Georgieff MK. Intracardiac iron distribution in newborn guinea pigs following isolated and combined fetal hypoxemia and fetal iron deficiency. Can J Physiol Pharm 76(9): 930-936, 1999.

Cornfield DN, Maynard RC, deRegnier RA, Guiang SF III, Barbato JE, Milla CE. Randomized controlled trial of low dose inhaled notric oxide in the treatment of term and near term infants with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. Pediatrics 104:1089-1094, 1999.

ABSTRACTS

Guiang SF III, Sipple DP, Georgieff MK. Chronic neonatal hypoxemia increases cardiac myoglobin and is associated with presentation of in vitro myocardial contractility in iron-deficient guinea pigs. Pediatr Res 45:283A, 1999.

Premer DM, Robison L, Georgieff MK, Guiang SF III. A trial of ECMO for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: How long is long enough? Pediatr Res 47:427A, 2000.

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