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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1953 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

D. Rittenberg was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a particular focus on neonatal respiratory health, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, and related pediatric care. Their research encompassed several subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, surgery, endocrine and autonomic systems, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Their main topics of scientific investigation included:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Uterine Myomas and Treatments

D. Rittenberg coauthored multiple studies with frequent collaborators such as Anup Katheria, Bradley A. Yoder, Georg M. Schmölzer, Brenda Hiu Yan Law, and Walid El-Naggar, each contributing six joint publications.

Their scholarly output included contributions to prominent journals, with repeated publications appearing in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, JAMA Network Open, and Obstetric Anesthesia Digest.

Notable research papers included:

  • "Umbilical cord milking in nonvigorous infants: a cluster-randomized crossover trial" (2022), published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Two-Year Outcomes of Umbilical Cord Milking in Nonvigorous Infants" (2024), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Umbilical Cord Milking in Nonvigorous Infants: A Cluster-Randomized Crossover Trial" (2023), published in Obstetric Anesthesia Digest
  • "Guideline No. 453: Endometrial Ablation in the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding" (2024), published in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • "Two-Year Outcomes of Umbilical Cord Milking in Nonvigorous Infants: A Secondary Analysis of the MINVI Randomized Clinical Trial" (2025), published in Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

The scientist was recognized by election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1953 and was also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the same year.

Best Publications

  • The life span of the human red blood cell.

    David Shemin;D. Rittenberg

  • A new procedure for quantitative analysis by isotope dilution, with application to the determination of amino acids and fatty acids.

    D. Rittenberg;G.L. Foster

  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM XI. FURTHER STUDIES ON THE BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE OF DEUTERIUM INTO ORGANIC SUBSTANCES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FAT AND CHOLESTEROL FORMATION

    D. Rittenberg;Rudolf Schoenheimer

  • STUDIES IN PROTEIN METABOLISM X. THE METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF BODY PROTEINS INVESTIGATED WITH l (-)-LEUCINE CONTAINING TWO ISOTOPES

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;S. Ratner;D. Rittenberg

  • On the origin of bile pigment in normal man.

    Irving M. London;Randolph West;David Shemin;D. Rittenberg

  • THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CHOLESTEROL TO CHOLIC ACID

    Konrad Bloch;Benjamin N. Berg;D. Rittenberg

  • The rate of utilization of ammonia for protein synthesis.

    David B. Sprinson;D. Rittenberg

  • The rate of interaction of the amino acids of the diet with the tissue proteins.

    David B. Sprinson;D. Rittenberg

  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM: VI. SYNTHESIS AND DESTRUCTION OF FATTY ACIDS IN THE ORGANISM

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;D. Rittenberg

  • On the utilization of acetic acid for cholesterol formation.

    Konrad Bloch;D. Rittenberg

  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM.

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;David Rittenberg

  • The biological utilization of glycine for the synthesis of the protoporphyrin of hemoglobin.

    David Shemin;D. Rittenberg

  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM III. THE RÔLE OF THE FAT TISSUES

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;D. Rittenberg

  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM IX. THE CONVERSION OF STEARIC ACID INTO PALMITIC ACID IN THE ORGANISM

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;D. Rittenberg

  • THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF ANIMALS WITH THE AID OF ISOTOPES

    Rudolf Schoenheimer;D. Rittenberg

  • An estimation of acetic acid formation in the rat.

    Konrad Bloch;D. Rittenberg

  • THE UTILIZATION OF ACETIC ACID FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF FATTY ACIDS

    D. Rittenberg;Konrad Bloch

  • Heme synthesis and red blood cell dynamics in normal humans and in subjects with polycythemia vera, sickle-cell anemia, and pernicious anemia.

    Irving M. London;David. Shemin;Randolph. West;D. Rittenberg

  • SOME INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN GENERAL NITROGEN METABOLISM

    David Shemin;D. Rittenberg

  • A method for the determination of the O18 concentration of the oxygen of organic compounds.

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  • DEUTERIUM AS AN INDICATOR IN THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM VIII. HYDROGENATION OF FATTY ACIDS IN THE ANIMAL ORGANISM

    D. Rittenberg;Rudolf Schoenheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Schoenheimer
Rudolf Schoenheimer Columbia University
Konrad Bloch
Konrad Bloch Harvard University
Michael Heidelberger
Michael Heidelberger New York University
Heinrich Waelsch
Heinrich Waelsch Columbia University
Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff Columbia University
Richard M. Caprioli
Richard M. Caprioli Vanderbilt University
Morris Ziff
Morris Ziff The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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