Neonatologist Karin Potoka, MD, FAAP, joined Noveome as their new Chief Medical Officer in 2023. Dr. Potoka earned her Medical Degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She competed her residency in General Pediatrics and fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She has a bachelor’s degree of science in Nursing, also from the University of Pittsburgh. During her fellowship and following completion of her training she joined the Vascular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, under the mentorship of Mark Gladwin, MD. There she was active in translational research in vascular molecular biology. Her scientific focus was on the use of small molecules to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Potoka is currently a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical University and attending Neonatologist at Akron Children’s Hospital of Mahoning Valley. Prior to joining Akron Children’s, Dr. Potoka was an attending Neonatologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital where she was the Director of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension and was involved in various neonatal clinical trials.