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#311 - 🔬 The Placenta Holds the Answers: A Researcher’s Perspective
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode of At The Bench , Drs. Misty Good and Betsy Crouch speak with Dr. Stephanie Gaw, a maternal-fetal...
May 21, 2025


#310 – 🗞️ NeoNews - Operation Stork Speed, Parents and Social Media, and more…
Hello friends 👋 In this week’s episode of NeoNews , the team reflects on a quiet Mother’s Day before diving into a full slate of stories...
May 18, 2025


#309 - 🌍 World Pediatrics: A Mission to Save Children's Lives
Hello friends 👋 In this conversation, the guests from World Pediatrics discuss their mission to improve pediatric healthcare,...
May 14, 2025


#308 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from May 11th 2025
Hello friends 👋 In this special anniversary edition of the Journal Club, Ben and Daphna celebrate four years of The Incubator Podcast...
May 11, 2025


#307 - 🚀 Tech Tuesday – Empowering Parents in the NICU: The Consult Cards Project with Dr. Theodor Uzamere
Hello friends 👋 This week on Tech Tuesday, we sit down with Dr. Theodor Uzamere, a graduating neonatology fellow from Texas Children’s...
May 7, 2025


#306 - BPD Care: The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Model
Hello friends 👋 In this inspiring and deeply informative episode of The Incubator Podcast , Dr. Audrey Miller, neonatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and newly appointed Medical Director of their BPD Service, joins the hosts to unpack the intricacies of chronic lung disease care and her rapid career ascent. Miller outlines the five key principles guiding her team’s nationally recognized approach to BPD: ventilator strategies tailored to BPD physiology, aggressive i
May 4, 2025


#305 – 🔬Satyan Lakshminrusimha on Science, Mentorship, and Building a Better NICU
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of the Incubator, David McCulley and Misty Good talk with Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimha, a leading figure...
Apr 30, 2025


#304 – 🗞️ NeoNews - What is new in neonatal and perinatal care
Hello friends 👋 In this week’s episode of NeoNews, the team takes a deep dive into global fertility trends and the complex forces...
Apr 27, 2025


#303 - Improving resident debriefing following critical events in the NICU
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Kelsey Kirkman who is now a third year Neonatology fellow at...
Apr 25, 2025


#302 - 👶 Tracheostomy in the NICU | Shakeema’s Journey as a “Trach Mama”
Hello friends 👋 Leah and Shakeema Smiley discuss the challenges and triumphs of navigating life with a child in the NICU, particularly...
Apr 23, 2025


#301 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from April 20th 2025
Hello friends 👋 In this Journal Club episode, Ben and Daphna review several impactful studies shaping neonatal care. They begin with a...
Apr 20, 2025


#300 - 🌍 Neonatal Care in Trinidad & Tobago: Challenges & Triumphs (ft. Dr. Marlon Timothy)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, Dr. Marlon Timothy shares his journey as a neonatologist, discussing his experiences in Trinidad and...
Apr 16, 2025


#299 - The Hidden Language of NICU Billing with Dr. Scott Duncan
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator, Ben and Daphna speak with Dr. Scott Duncan, Division Chief at the University of Louisville, about the critical importance of medical billing and coding in neonatology. The discussion explores how accurate documentation and thoughtful use of codes can impact everything from individual reimbursement to hospital funding and staffing. Dr. Duncan explains the key differences between critical care and intensive care coding, highli
Apr 13, 2025


#298 - 🚀 New solution for non-invasive blood pressure monitoring in the NICU
Hello friends 👋 In this Tech Tuesday episode, Ben and Daphna welcome Xina Quan, co-founder and CEO of PyrAmes, to introduce a...
Apr 9, 2025


#297 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from April 6th 2025
Hello friends 👋 In this week’s Journal Club, Ben and Daphna dissect six critical studies reshaping our understanding of neonatal care....
Apr 6, 2025


#296 - Understanding Delirium in the NICU
Hello Friends 👋 Delirium in the NICU is an under-recognized and under-assessed challenge. In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Karishma Rao and clinical pharmacist Alex Oschman from Children’s Mercy Hospital to explore the complexities of neonatal delirium. Drawing on their collaborative work and recent publication in Frontiers in Pharmacology , they unpack the nuances of distinguishing delirium from pain, agitation, withdrawal, and seda
Apr 2, 2025


#295 – 🗞️ NeoNews: Vaccine Schedule, Birthright, Trust in our Doctors, and more…
Hello Friends 👋 In this packed episode of Neo News, Eli, Ben, and Daphna dive into the headlines impacting neonatology and public...
Mar 30, 2025


#294 – Dynamics of human milk expression after very preterm birth in the NICU: Dr Ilana Levene
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Ilana Levene, who is now a Neonatology subspeciality trainee at...
Mar 28, 2025


#293 - 👶 Skin to skin: How parents can buffer pain, improve sleep, and decrease stress of their NICU babies
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode of Beyond the Beeps, Leah discusses the importance of understanding a baby's senses in the NICU with...
Mar 26, 2025


#292 - Neonatology Staffing Practices (ft WiN Group)
Hello Friends 👋 In this week’s episode, Daphna hosts a powerful roundtable featuring Drs. Kerri Machut, Milenka Cuevas-Guaman, Emily Miller, Christine Bishop, and Christiane Dammann—leaders of a national effort to improve neonatology staffing. Together, they share insights from their recently developed recommendations, created through a Delphi consensus process and supported by a strategic grant from the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. These evidence-informed gui
Mar 23, 2025
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