Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine providers offer care for babies with challenges due to premature birth, severe illness, or a congenital anomaly in North Carolina Children’s Hospital’s Newborn Critical Care Center (NCCC). Following discharge, many patients are evaluated in the Special Infant Care Clinic (SICC), a specialty outpatient clinic staffed by Neonatal-Perinatal providers and designed to promote the best developmental outcomes for these children. Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine is extensively involved in ongoing clinical research with the goal of improving care delivered to critically ill newborns throughout the nation and around the world.
NEONATAL-PERINATAL MEDICINE NEWS
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Stephenson Awarded $700,000 from The Duke Endowment to Expand Statewide Care for Infants and Children with Premature Lung Disease
UNC Children’s is proud to announce that The Duke Endowment has awarded $700,000 to launch “Expanding Care for Infants and Children with BPD across North Carolina – an Interdisciplinary Care and Outreach Program”, a new statewide initiative led by Nicole Stephenson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology.
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Laughon Leads UNC Study Confirming Early Use of Medications May Lead to Life-Threatening Conditions in Preterm Infants with Heart Defect
A clinical trial led by Dr. Matt Laughon, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, weighs medications versus ‘wait and see’ approach for treatment of patent ductus arteriosus.
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2025 Children’s APP Excellence Award Winners
The APP Center has announced the winners for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards, and we are proud to two of our Children’s teammates recognized, Athena Samaras, DNP, MPH, PPCNP-BC and Wayne Price, MD. Congratulations to our winners and to all the UNC Children’s nominees for your outstanding contributions and unwavering dedication.
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Bauserman Elected Member of American Pediatric Society
Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), North America’s first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization. The society recognizes distinguished academic leaders, educators, and researchers whose contributions have earned national and international acclaim.