Michael K. Georgieff, MD, holds the position of the Martin Lenz Harrison Land Grant Chair in Pediatrics. He

is a Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Developmental Psychology, the Executive Vice

Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and the Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Development. He

received his MD from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He served his pediatrics internship and

residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a fellowship in neonatology at the University of

Minnesota. In addition to caring for patients on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Georgieff is Director of

the NICU Follow-up Program. Dr. Georgieff’s research focuses on fetal/neonatal nutrition and brain

development, specifically on the effect of early life iron nutrition and neurocognitive function. He has been

continuously funded in this field by the National Institutes of Health for 35 years and has published over 300

scientific articles. He advises the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health and

UNICEF on nutrition and early child development.