Rate My Professor Andra Dingman

Andra Dingman, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She earned her MD from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2010 and her BA from Wellesley College in 2002. Dr. Dingman completed her internship and residency in Child Neurology at Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, where she served as Chief Resident in 2015. Her career at the Anschutz Medical Campus encompasses clinical practice, medical education, and translational research focused on neonatal brain disorders.

In clinical settings, Dr. Dingman specializes in pediatric neurology, addressing brain injury in newborns, abusive head trauma, pediatric stroke, and congenital brain malformations. She attends on the Neuro-ICU service, leads the Neonatal Neurology clinic, and directs the NICU discharge clinic for neurology follow-up. As Associate Program Director for the Child Neurology Residency Program, she oversees resident training. Dr. Dingman's research, conducted through her basic-translational lab in the Neuronal Injury and Plasticity program, examines cellular mechanisms of injury and repair after neonatal stroke and cerebral ischemia in the developing brain. Her investigations include oligodendrocyte subpopulation changes, microglia interactions with dendritic spines, and neuroprotective targets. Key publications are 'Sewell E et al., Building a Neonatal Neurocritical Care Program: A Practical Guide to Initial Implementation' (Neoreviews, 2025), 'Frazier AP et al., Chronic changes in oligodendrocyte sub-populations after middle cerebral artery occlusion in neonatal mice' (Glia, 2023), 'Dietz RM et al., Cerebral ischemia in the developing brain' (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2022), 'Orfila JE et al., Experimental pediatric stroke shows age-specific recovery of cognition' (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2019), and 'Orfila JE et al., Delayed inhibition of tonic inhibition enhances functional recovery following experimental ischemic stroke' (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2019). Her collaborative efforts advance therapeutic strategies for pediatric neurological recovery.