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Sarah Mulkey

Sarah Mulkey, M.D., Ph.D., is a fetal-neonatal neurologist in the Prenatal Pediatrics Institute at Children’s National Hospital. She grew up in South Florida and earned a medical degree from the Florida State University College of Medicine in 2005. She completed a residency in child neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2015, Dr. Mulkey earned a Ph.D. in clinical and translational sciences. Her research interests include brain injury in the fetus and newborn, brain growth and development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in newborns at risk for brain injury.

Dr. Mulkey is a fetal-neonatal neurologist in the Children’s National Congenital Zika Program. She has contributed to national guidelines for the care of the Zika-exposed infant. Her research in this area has focused on neuroimaging and long-term neurodevelopment of infants exposed to in utero Zika-virus infection. 

Dr. Mulkey is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the Child Neurology Society. Her clinical expertise and interests focus on abnormal development or injury to the developing brain. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts on topics related to newborn brain injury, neuroprotection, neuroimaging of the newborn brain, and on neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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