Title
Professor of Pediatrics

Education
MD – University of Innsbruck, Austria; 1964

Postgraduate Training
Pharmacology Postdoc – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Residency – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Pediatric Nutrition Fellowship – University of Iowa

Clinical Interests

• Neonatal medicine
• Nutritional management of term and preterm infants

Research Interests

• Nutrition of preterm infants
• Nutrition and growth of term infants.
• Absorption and retention of zinc, iron and other minerals
• Use of breast milk for premature infants

Research Facilities
Samuel J. Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit
Pediatric Nutrition Laboratory

Recent Publications

Back to Department of Pediatrics

Division of Nutrition

Division of Neonatology

Recent Publications

Contact Information: Office: 319-335-4570
Fax: 319-335-4856
E-mail: ekhard-ziegler@uiowa.edu