Dr. Edward K. James is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Neonatology at Connecticut Children’s and Medical Director of Neonatology at Backus Hospital.

Dr. James has provided clinical care in Neonatology for over three decades. In addition, he has served as a medical director of newborn intensive care units in Danbury and New London. He currently provides leadership at the Backus Hospital NICU in Norwich, Connecticut. His main clinical interest is respiratory diseases of the newborn. He also has a strong interest in the clinical training of providers at all levels in Neonatology (Nurses, Physician Assistants, Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, and Pediatric Hospitalists).

In his free time, Dr. James enjoys watching a variety of sports, loves to exercise, and tinkers with all manner of audio-visual gadgets.

Education

Weill Cornell Medical College

Residency

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Fellowship

New York Presbyterian Hospital

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics 

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

  • Norwitz, H.W., Kilchevsky, E., Haber, S., Aguero-Rosenfeld, M., Kranwinkel, R., James, E., Wong, S.J., Chu, F., Liveris, D., Schwartz, I. (1998, August). Perinatal transmission of the agent of human granulocytic erlichiosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 399(6), 375-383
  • Wung, J-T., James, L.S., Kilchevsky, E., James, E.K. (1985, October). Management of Infants with Severe Respiratory Failure and Persistence of the Fetal Circulation, Without Hyperventilation. Pediatrics,76(4), 488-494.