Bio: Dr Annie Janvier is a Professor of pediatrics and clinical ethics at University of Montreal. She is neonatologist and clinical ethicist at the Sainte-Justine University health center. She holds a PhD in Bioethics and co-directs the Masters and PhD programs in clinical ethics at University of Montreal. She works first hand with patients and families confronted with difficult decisions such as end-of-life issues, and decision-making in the face of uncertainty. She is also

Hello Friends 👋 Today we have the pleasure to chat with Dr. Ariel Salas from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Salas is truly an inspiration for many of us. As an international medical graduate from Bolivia he has managed to reach the pinnacle of academia and has been a prolific researcher. His work on neonatal nutrition has given him a notional notoriety and he was recently presenting his work at PAS 2022. If you would like to reach out to Dr. Salas, he graciousl

Hello Friends 👋 We could not be more excited to have on the show this week the legend herself... Dr. Kristi Watterberg. Dr. Watterberg is a humble neonatologists who has accomplished an incredible amount of work in the field of neonatology. Whether you have read her papers or not, there is no doubt that your practice has been shaped by her work. She recently first authored the study of hydrocortisone prophylaxis on survival of extremely preterm infants without BPD in the New

Hello friends 👋 No journal club this week as, like many of you, we are prepping for the neonatology boards on March 29th. We are so happy to bring to you the second installment of our Giants of Neonatology series. This time we have the pleasure and the honor of interview the amazing Dr. Richard Polin. Dr. Polin is a one-of-a-kind educator and we were fortunate to pick his brain on education, mentorship, and clinical teaching. We hope you enjoy this episode! - Ben Bio : Dr. R

Hello friends 👋 This week we have the pleasure of hosting Sue Ludwig. She is an occupational and neonatal therapist who talks to us today about the role of therapists in the NICU. She is also presenting her new book, Tiny Humans Big Lessons, where she describes how she pulled a multitude of lessons from her experiences in the NICU to get her life on track. We hope you enjoy this episode. Find out more about Sue at: https://sueludwig.com Bio : Sue Ludwig is a sought-after spe

Hello Friends. We are very excited to release this special episode of the podcast. We are partnering with the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research in honor of the 1st annual medical research conference, taking place March 10-12 2022. ESPR was generous enough to sponsor a giveaway and to put us in touch with Dr. Paul Offit whom we had the pleasure of interviewing for the podcast. We spoke about his most recent book (you bet your life - link below) , scientific progress and h

Bio: Professor Maria Katarzyna Borszewska-Kornacka is the former president of the polish neonatal society and former chair of the Neonatology division at the Princess Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital of the Medical University in Warsaw. She authored over 600 peer reviewed publications, She founded in 2012 the Colaition for preemies in an effort to foster collaboration between neonatologists dedicated to improve neaonatal outcomes. She officially retired in 2018, her retirem

Hello friends! We are very excited to welcome to the show Dr. Monica Arroyo to the podcast. She is a neonatal neurologist working in South Florida. She talks to us this week about her work as a neonatal neurologist, the art of being a consultant in the NICU and life after loss. Dr. Arroyo excels in her ability to interact with families of neonates with neurological injury, a population she follows up well after the nicu discharge. In this episode Dr. Arroyo gives us a multitu

Hello friends ! 👋 First and foremost, thank you for all your support. We have been hitting record download numbers these past few weeks and we are so grateful for our amazing community. This week we are lucky to have a NICU celebrity on the podcast. Dr. Prem Fort, also known as The NICU doc on social media, is sharing with us stories about his background, his passion for research and the importance of social media as a medium for education and communication with the communit

Hello friends! Daphna and I are starting a new series of podcast entitle "Giants of Neonatology" where we interview some of the pioneers of our field. We have the pleasure of kicking this series off wit Dr. Wally Carlo who in a short hour imparted on us so much knowledge, wisdom and experience. We are confident you'll thoroughly enjoy this episode. Thank you for your support. - Ben Short Bio : Dr Wally Carlo is the division chair of neonatology at the University of Alabama in

Hello Incubator gang! We welcome this week the amazing Mary Coughlin who introduces us to trauma informed care in the NICU. Short Bio : Mary E. Coughlin, MS, NNP, RNC-E, is a global leader in neonatal nursing and has pioneered the concept of trauma-informed, age-appropriate care as a biologically relevant paradigm for hospitalized infants, families, and professionals. A seasoned staff nurse, charge nurse, neonatal nurse practitioner, administrator, educator, coach and mentor

We are very excited to welcome Dr. Jennifer Beck and Dr. Christer Sinderby on the podcast this week. This husband and wife couple co-invented and pioneered one of our most favorite modes of ventilation: NAVA. Dr Jennifer Beck's Bio : Dr. Beck obtained her MSc and PhD from McGill University and studied extensively the function of the human diaphragm – the most important respiratory muscle. Dr. Beck developed a method to accurately measure the electrical activity of the diaphra

Join us this week for an inspiring discussion with pediatrician and author Dr. Perri Klass. Perri Klass is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston. She writes the weekly column, “The Checkup,” for the New York Times Science Section. She has written extensively about medicine, children, literacy, and knitting. Her n

Join us this week for a fascinating discussion about artificial intelligence in neonatology with doctors Kristyn and Andrew Beam. Dr. Kristyn Beam is an attending neonatologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. She is also an Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She recently completed her clinical fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine in the Harvard Combined Neonatal-perinatal fellowship as well as the Harvard Wide Ped

Keliana O’Mara, PharmD, is a Pharmacist and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Pharmacy Specialist at WakeMed Health and Hospitals. Keliana is a graduate of UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY1 at Moses Cone Health System and a neonatal pharmacotherapy research fellowship at Women’s Hospital of Greensboro. Her areas of research interest include neonatal pain and sedation management, dosing accuracy of medication delivery devices in neonates and pediatrics, n

Dr. Benjamin Rattray is a newborn critical care physician in North Carolina where he serves as Associate Medical Director of Neonatal Intensive Care at the Cone Health Women’s and Children’s Center. He completed a pediatric residency and a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, holds an MBA from LSU Shreveport, and is a Certified Physician Executive. He lives with his wife, three children, and a Golden Retriever in Greensboro, North Carolina

Dr. Jimmy Turner is a practicing anesthesiologist at Wake Forest. Dr. Turner hosts the physician philosopher podcast and blog where he take an uncurated and unapologetic look into physician life. He also cohosts the podcast Money meets medicine with Ryan Inman where they discuss finance topics that healthcare providers desperately need to know. He is also the author of the book The Physician Philosopher's Guide to Personal Finance . And finally, he is the founder of the alph

Pr Minesh Khashu is a clinical leader reimagining healthcare with a focus on systemic wide transformation, continuous quality improvement and family centered care. Prof Khashu has held multiple hospital, regional and national leadership roles in neonatal and perinatal care. Professor Minesh Khashu is a neonatologist at University Hospitals Dorset. He is the founder of the special interest group NEC (SIGNEC; signec.org ). He also works actively on advocating for fathers' invol

Dr. Erik Jensen is an attending neonatologist in the division of neonatology at the Children's hospital of Philadelphia. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Jensen’s research seeks to improve the long-term respiratory health of premature infants through: (1) clinical and translational studies that aim to develop evidence-based strategies to prevent and treat BPD; (2) novel characterization of dis

Dr. Diana Montoya-Williams is an attending neonatologist in the division of Neonatology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a clinician scientist in CHOP’s PolicyLab and an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in the History of Science and received her medical degree from Columbia University. Subsequently, she completed her residency in Pediatrics and her fellows