Charles Njinimbam MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
M.D., A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, 1982
Internship & Residency, John F. Kennedy Medical Center,
Monrovia, Liberia 1985 – 1988;
James W. Riley Hospital for Children, 1989 - 1992
Fellowship, New England Medical Center,
Tufts University School of Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Dr. Njinimbam is an attending physician at the Methodist Hospital Newborn ICU, and his primary interest is in the clinical care of sick newborns, in addition to participating in the education of medical students, residents and fellows at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is currently the director of Outreach Education of the Perinatal Continuing Educational Program (PCEP) in collaboration with the Indiana Perinatal Network for the community hospitals in the state of Indiana. Dr. Njinimbam’s research interest is in the area of neutrophil function in newborn infants. In collaboration with Dr. Merv Yoder, he is determining Rac2 concentrations in cord blood neutrophils compared with Rac2 concentrations in neutrophils isolated from adult blood. Rac2, which is a GTP-binding protein, exclusively expressed in hematopoietic cells, including neutrophils, is an essential regulator of neutrophil function. At present there are no obvious mechanisms to explain the decrease in neutrophil function in newborn infants.
