{"377861":{"#nid":"377861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineer with a medical mission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor a baby developing inside of a mother, the last weeks before birth are crucial.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConnections are formed among nerves to support breathing, swallowing and other functions. Skin becomes thicker and more protective. The kidneys build their filtering capacity. The brain grows at an exponential rate; as of 35 weeks, it has just two-thirds of its volume.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuffice to say, babies born too early enter the world at a great disadvantage. And caring for prematurely born infants \u2014 defined as having arrived at 37 weeks of gestation or sooner \u2014 is an immensely delicate and complicated mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Atlanta, a prominent leader of this mission is Dr. David Carlton (B.S.\u0026nbsp;ChE\u0026nbsp;\u201979), head of Emory University\u2019s\u0026nbsp;neonatal-perinatal\u0026nbsp;medicine division. Carlton not only cares for preemies and babies born with undeveloped organs and other complications; he also oversees a cooperative of neonatal intensive care involving Emory, Grady Hospital and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarlton took time out of a hectic schedule to talk about his path from majoring in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech to overseeing one of the nation\u2019s most sophisticated collections of neonatal intensive care units.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/engineer-medical-mission\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering news page.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery hour, 50 babies in the United States are born prematurely. Dr. David Carlton (B.S. \u201979) works to ensure that those in his care have the best chance for a healthy life.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Every hour, 50 babies in the United States are born prematurely. Dr. David Carlton (B.S. \u201979) works to ensure that those in his care have the best chance for a healthy life."}],"uid":"28045","created_gmt":"2015-02-12 11:50:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:46","author":"Amy Schneider","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"377911":{"id":"377911","type":"image","title":"David Carlton","body":null,"created":"1449246205","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:25","changed":"1475894388","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:48","alt":"David Carlton","file":{"fid":"75200","name":"david_carlton_smaller.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/david_carlton_smaller.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/david_carlton_smaller.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":412289,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/david_carlton_smaller.jpg?itok=04o9U4ug"}}},"media_ids":["377911"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmy Schneider\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-2299\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:news@chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enews@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}