Leslie Young, M.D.

Leslie Young, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Contact Information
E-mail: Leslie.Young@uvmhealth.org
Office Location:
The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Smith 575, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05401

Education

Fellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2014)

Residency, Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2010)

Internship, Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2008)

M.D., The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2007)

B.A., Psychology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (2003)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2021-present)

Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2015-2021)

Clinical Appointments

Attending Neonatologist, University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, Burlington, VT (2014-present)

Committee Appointments

Chair, Neonatal Resuscitation Committee, University of Vermont Children’s Hospital (2015-present)

Awards and Honors

The Teaching Academy, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (2017)

Becoming One Team Award, University of Vermont Medical Center (2014)

Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (2009)

Freeman Medical Scholarship, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (2003-2007)

Publications

Leslie W. Young, Zhuopei Hu, Robert D. Annett, Abhik Das, Janell F. Fuller, Rosemary D. Higgins, Barry M. Lester, Stephanie L. Merhar, Alan E. Simon, Songthip Ounpraseuth, P. Brian Smith, Margaret M. Crawford, Andrew M. Atz, Lesley E. Cottrell, Adam J. Czynski, Sarah Newman, David A. Paul, Pablo J. Sánchez, Erin O. Semmens, M. Cody Smith, Christine B. Turley, Bonny L. Whalen, Brenda B. Poindexter, Jessica N. Snowden, Lori A. Devlin and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network and the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Institutional Development Awards States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. Site-Level Variation in the Characteristics and Care of Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal. Pediatrics January 2021, 147 (1) e2020008839; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-008839

Snowden JN, Akshatha, Annett RD, Crawford MM, Das A, Devlin LA, Higgins RD, Hu Z, Lindsay E, Merhar S, Nesmith CC, Pratt-Chavez H, Ross J, Simon AE, Smith MC, Turley CB, Walden A, Young L, Whalen B. The ACT NOW Clinical Practice Survey: Gaps in the Care of Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Aug;9(8):585-592. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2019-0089. PMID: 31324654

Zozus MN, Young LW, Simon AE, Garza M, Lawrence L, Ounpraseuth ST, Bledsoe M, Newman-Norlund S, Jarvis JD, McNally M, Harris KR, McCulloh R, Aikman R, Cox S, Malloch L, Walden A, Snowden J, Chedjieu IM, Wicker CA, Atkins L, Devlin LA. Training as an Intervention to Decrease Medical Record Abstraction Errors Multicenter Studies. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;257:526-539. PMID: 30741251

Tarnow-Mordi W, Morris J, Kirby A,...Young L, et al.; Australian Placental Transfusion Study Collaborative Group. Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 29; 377:2445-2455. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1711281.

Young, LW, Berg MT, Soll RF.  Prophylactic barbiturate use for the prevention of morbidity and mortality following perinatal asphyxia (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2016)