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Bradley T Thach, MD

Bradley T Thach, MD

Dr. Thach specializes in newborn medicine and neonatology, caring for infants with sleep apnea and pulmonary disease.
Division Of Newborn Medicine
71
Male
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - certified
*Pediatrics - certified
St. Louis Children's Hospital

For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

 

  Public transportation available |   Handicap accessible
One Children's Place
NICU 5Th Floor
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6148
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Education

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Internship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Montreal General Hospital Canada
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School Cambridge Massachusetts

Health Plans Accepted

Admar
Aetna PPO
BCBS of IL HMO
BCBS of IL PPO
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO)
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS
Cigna PPO
CMR (Care Management Resources)
Community Care Network PPO
CorVel PPO
Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP)
Coventry PPO (formerly GHP)
First Health
Great Rivers Network
Great-West HMO/POS
Great-West PPO
Health Alliance HMO & PPO
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS
Healthlink PPO
Home State-MC+
Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network
IPA Secondary to Medicare
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet
Medicare
PPO Next/HealthStar
Preferred Plan of MO PPO/Takecare
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary
Private Health Care Systems PPO
ProAmerica PPO
Providers Network of America
Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+
United Healthcare PPO/ Options
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS
United Payors & Provider
USA Managed Care Org
Wellborn HMO

Does swaddling decrease or increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome?Thach BT.J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):461-2. No abstract available.

PMID:
19772994
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsDevelopmental aspects of the upper airway: report from an NHLBI Workshop, March 5-6, 2009.Marcus CL, Smith RJ, Mankarious LA, Arens R, Mitchell GS, Elluru RG, Forte V, Goudy S, Jabs EW, Kane AA, Katz E, Paydarfar D, Pereira K, Reeves RH, Richtsmeier JT, Ruiz RL, Thach BT, Tunkel DE, Whitsett JA, Wootton D, Blaisdell CJ.Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2009 Sep 15;6(6):513-20.

PMID:
19741259
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsThe sudden infant death syndrome.Kinney HC, Thach BT.N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 20;361(8):795-805. Review. No abstract available.

PMID:
19692691
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsPulmonary arteriolar muscle thickening in sudden infant death syndrome.Thach BT, Harris KA, Krous H.BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. pii: bcr10.2008.1026. Epub 2009 Jun 1.

PMID:
21686498
[PubMed]

Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsThe role of arousal related brainstem reflexes in causing recovery from upper airway occlusion in infants.Wulbrand H, McNamara F, Thach BT.Sleep. 2008 Jun;31(6):833-40.

PMID:
18548828
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsSome aspects of clinical relevance in the maturation of respiratory control in infants.Thach BT.J Appl Physiol. 2008 Jun;104(6):1828-34. Epub 2008 Apr 17. Review.

PMID:
18420716
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free ArticleRelated citationsDeaths and injuries attributed to infant crib bumper pads.Thach BT, Rutherford GW Jr, Harris K.J Pediatr. 2007 Sep;151(3):271-4, 274.e1-3. Epub 2007 Jul 25.

PMID:
17719936
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsMaturation of cough and other reflexes that protect the fetal and neonatal airway.Thach BT.Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2007;20(4):365-70. Epub 2006 Dec 15.

PMID:
17374497
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAspiration of gastric contents in sudden infant death syndrome without cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Krous HF, Masoumi H, Haas EA, Chadwick AE, Stanley C, Thach BT.J Pediatr. 2007 Mar;150(3):241-6.

PMID:
17307537
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsSudden infant death syndrome: risk factors for infants found face down differ from other SIDS cases.Thompson JM, Thach BT, Becroft DM, Mitchell EA; New Zealand Cot Death Study Group.J Pediatr. 2006 Nov;149(5):630-633.

PMID:
17095333
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsCan we breathe and swallow at the same time?Thach BT.J Appl Physiol. 2005 Nov;99(5):1633. No abstract available.

PMID:
16227455
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free ArticleRelated citationsThe role of respiratory control disorders in SIDS.Thach BT.Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2005 Nov 15;149(1-3):343-53. Review.

PMID:
16122993
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsWhere should baby be put back to sleep?Thach BT.J Pediatr. 2005 Jul;147(1):6-7. No abstract available.

PMID:
16027684
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsInfluence of sleep position experience on ability of prone-sleeping infants to escape from asphyxiating microenvironments by changing head position.Paluszynska DA, Harris KA, Thach BT.Pediatrics. 2004 Dec;114(6):1634-9.

PMID:
15574627
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free ArticleRelated citationsInhibitory effects of hyperthermia on mechanisms involved in autoresuscitation from hypoxic apnea in mice: a model for thermal stress causing SIDS.Kahraman L, Thach BT.J Appl Physiol. 2004 Aug;97(2):669-74.

PMID:
15247199
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free ArticleRelated citationsHeat stress and sudden infant death syndrome incidence: a United States population epidemiologic study.Scheers-Masters JR, Schootman M, Thach BT.Pediatrics. 2004 Jun;113(6):e586-92.

PMID:
15173541
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Free ArticleRelated citationsThe brainstem and vulnerability to sudden infant death syndrome.Thach BT.Neurology. 2003 Nov 11;61(9):1170-1. No abstract available.

PMID:
14610114
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsGraded arousal responses in infants: advantages and disadvantages of a low threshold for arousal.Thach BT.Sleep Med. 2002 Dec;3 Suppl 2:S37-40.

PMID:
14592377
[PubMed]

Related citationsCharacterization of successful and failed autoresuscitation in human infants, including those dying of SIDS.Sridhar R, Thach BT, Kelly DH, Henslee JA.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003 Aug;36(2):113-22.

PMID:
12833490
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citationsOccurrence and mechanisms of sudden oxygen desaturation in infants who sleep face down.Patel AL, Paluszynska D, Harris KA, Thach BT.Pediatrics. 2003 Apr;111(4 Pt 1):e328-32.

PMID:
12671147
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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