James W. Antoon, MD, PhD, MPH
Specialty
General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
M.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Ph.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
M.P.H.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
M.S.
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Residency
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Clinical Interests
Care of hospitalized children, children with medical complexity, pediatric respiratory illness
Research Information
Dr. Antoon is an NIH-funded clinical and health services researcher with a program focused on pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety in the pediatric population. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Antoon evaluates the relationship between serious adverse events and medication exposures, as well as determining the role of drug-drug interactions and underlying infections in the development of serious adverse events in children. His recent studies have investigated medication-related neurologic and psychiatric adverse events, severe cutaneous adverse reactions (e.g, Stevens Johnson Syndrome), and anaphylactic reactions, among others.
Dr. Antoon is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, Academic Pediatric Association and the Society for Hospital Medicine. He was a 2021 recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the Academic Pediatric Association.