Aaron Hamvas, MD
*Pediatrics
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NICU 5Th Floor
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6148
Education
Internship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Health Plans Accepted
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Admar |
Aetna PPO |
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BCBS of IL HMO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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CMR (Care Management Resources) |
Community Care Network PPO |
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Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP) |
Coventry PPO (formerly GHP) |
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First Health |
Great Rivers Network |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West PPO |
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Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
Home State-MC+ |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
IPA Secondary to Medicare |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Preferred Plan of MO PPO/Takecare |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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ProAmerica PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO |
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
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United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
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United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
United Payors & Provider |
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Wellborn HMO |
Bacterial DNA content in the intestinal wall from infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.Bucher BT, McDuffie LA, Shaikh N, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Hamvas A, White FV, Erwin CR, Warner BW.J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jun;46(6):1029-33.
- PMID:
- 21683193
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsEvaluation and management of inherited disorders of surfactant metabolism.Hamvas A.Chin Med J (Engl). 2010 Oct;123(20):2943-7. Review.
- PMID:
- 21034611
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citations[Risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit].Tian LY, Hamvas A.Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi. 2010 Aug;12(8):622-4. Chinese.
- PMID:
- 20704794
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsSurfactant protein-C promoter variants associated with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome reduce transcription.Wambach JA, Yang P, Wegner DJ, An P, Hackett BP, Cole FS, Hamvas A.Pediatr Res. 2010 Sep;68(3):216-20.
- PMID:
- 20539253
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsMeasurement of human surfactant protein-B turnover in vivo from tracheal aspirates using targeted proteomics.Tomazela DM, Patterson BW, Hanson E, Spence KL, Kanion TB, Salinger DH, Vicini P, Barret H, Heins HB, Cole FS, Hamvas A, MacCoss MJ.Anal Chem. 2010 Mar 15;82(6):2561-7.
- PMID:
- 20178338
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsA method for isolating and analyzing human mRNA from newborn stool.Bennett WE Jr, González-Rivera R, Shaikh N, Magrini V, Boykin M, Warner BB, Hamvas A, Tarr PI.J Immunol Methods. 2009 Sep 30;349(1-2):56-60. Epub 2009 Aug 3.
- PMID:
- 19660464
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsInherited surfactant deficiency caused by uniparental disomy of rare mutations in the surfactant protein-B and ATP binding cassette, subfamily a, member 3 genes.Hamvas A, Nogee LM, Wegner DJ, Depass K, Christodoulou J, Bennetts B, McQuade LR, Gray PH, Deterding RR, Carroll TR, Kammesheidt A, Kasch LM, Kulkarni S, Cole FS.J Pediatr. 2009 Dec;155(6):854-859.e1. Epub 2009 Aug 3.
- PMID:
- 19647838
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsDecreased surfactant phosphatidylcholine synthesis in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Janssen DJ, Zimmermann LJ, Cogo P, Hamvas A, Bohlin K, Luijendijk IH, Wattimena D, Carnielli VP, Tibboel D.Intensive Care Med. 2009 Oct;35(10):1754-60. Epub 2009 Jul 7.
- PMID:
- 19582395
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsMetabolic precursors of surfactant disaturated-phosphatidylcholine in preterms with respiratory distress.Cogo PE, Ori C, Simonato M, Verlato G, Isak I, Hamvas A, Carnielli VP.J Lipid Res. 2009 Nov;50(11):2324-31. Epub 2009 May 27.
- PMID:
- 19474458
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsQuantification of rare allelic variants from pooled genomic DNA.Druley TE, Vallania FL, Wegner DJ, Varley KE, Knowles OL, Bonds JA, Robison SW, Doniger SW, Hamvas A, Cole FS, Fay JC, Mitra RD.Nat Methods. 2009 Apr;6(4):263-5. Epub 2009 Mar 1.
- PMID:
- 19252504
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsStrategic plan for pediatric respiratory diseases research: an NHLBI working group report.Abman S, Jobe A, Chernick V, Blaisdell C, Castro M, Ramirez MI, Gern JE, Cutting G, Redding G, Hagood JS, Whitsett J, Abman S, Raj JU, Barst R, Kato GJ, Gozal D, Haddad GG, Prabhakar NR, Gauda E, Martinez FD, Tepper R, Wood RE, Accurso F, Teague WG, Venegas J, Cole FS, Wright RJ, Gail D, Hamvas A, Kercsmar C, Kiley J, Weinmann G; NHLBI working group report.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Jan;44(1):2-13.
- PMID:
- 19086051
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsDevelopmental and genetic regulation of human surfactant protein B in vivo.Hamvas A, Heins HB, Guttentag SH, Wegner DJ, Trusgnich MA, Bennet KW, Yang P, Carlson CS, An P, Cole FS.Neonatology. 2009;95(2):117-24. Epub 2008 Sep 6.
- PMID:
- 18776725
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsRecombination as a mechanism for sporadic mutation in the surfactant protein-C gene.McBee AD, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Wambach JA, Yang P, Heins HB, Saugstad OD, Trusgnich MA, Watkins-Torry J, Nogee LM, Henderson H, Cole FS, Hamvas A.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008 May;43(5):443-50.
- PMID:
- 18383112
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsPopulation and disease-based prevalence of the common mutations associated with surfactant deficiency.Garmany TH, Wambach JA, Heins HB, Watkins-Torry JM, Wegner DJ, Bennet K, An P, Land G, Saugstad OD, Henderson H, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A.Pediatr Res. 2008 Jun;63(6):645-9.
- PMID:
- 18317237
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsComprehensive genetic variant discovery in the surfactant protein B gene.Hamvas A, Wegner DJ, Carlson CS, Bergmann KR, Trusgnich MA, Fulton L, Kasai Y, An P, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Cole FS.Pediatr Res. 2007 Aug;62(2):170-5.
- PMID:
- 17597650
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsGenetic disorders of surfactant proteins.Hamvas A, Cole FS, Nogee LM.Neonatology. 2007;91(4):311-7. Epub 2007 Jun 7. Review.
- PMID:
- 17575475
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsNeonatal peripherally inserted central catheter team. Evolution and outcomes of a bedside-nurse-designed program.Linck DA, Donze A, Hamvas A.Adv Neonatal Care. 2007 Feb;7(1):22-9.
- PMID:
- 17536330
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsNovel mutations in the gene encoding ATP binding cassette protein member A3 (ABCA3) resulting in fatal neonatal lung disease.Saugstad OD, Hansen TW, Rønnestad A, Nakstad B, Tølløfsrud PA, Reinholt F, Hamvas A, Coles FS, Dean M, Wert SE, Whitsett JA, Nogee LM.Acta Paediatr. 2007 Feb;96(2):185-90.
- PMID:
- 17429902
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsA major deletion in the surfactant protein-B gene causing lethal respiratory distress.Wegner DJ, Hertzberg T, Heins HB, Elmberger G, MacCoss MJ, Carlson CS, Nogee LM, Cole FS, Hamvas A.Acta Paediatr. 2007 Apr;96(4):516-20.
- PMID:
- 17391469
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsInherited surfactant protein-B deficiency and surfactant protein-C associated disease: clinical features and evaluation.Hamvas A.Semin Perinatol. 2006 Dec;30(6):316-26. Review.
- PMID:
- 17142157
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]












