About Nationwide Children’s Section of Neonatal Medicine

Each year more than 2,100 babies receive the highest level of care in Nationwide Children's Newborn Intensive and Special Care Units. As one of the largest neonatal centers in the nation, we dedicate ourselves not only to treating, but ultimately preventing all complications of prematurity, including Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. This extraordinary number of patients allows us to provide the highest level of experience and translate that expertise into programs that address fetal diagnosis and therapies, across the spectrum of newborn conditions, to essential long-term follow-up care.

Some of these programs include our newly developed Comprehensive Center for BPD, which provides inpatient, outpatient and telemedicine treatment for babies across the country, as well as our Neonatal and Infant Feeding Disorders Program, which works hand-in-hand with Children’s Center for Perinatal Research.

It’s the combination of all of these things with the dedication and commitment of our teams and families, that allows us to provide babies with cutting-edge interventions, exceptional care and, in turn, remarkable outcomes.

Advanced facilities enable us to provide an advanced concept of care.

From the newly renovated NICU on our main campus to our multiple off-campus special care units, our patients and their families receive care in the most technologically advanced and family-centered environments available anywhere. Nationwide Children's offers one of the few private-room NICU spaces in the country, as well as a select number of double and quad rooms to accommodate multiple births; all designed to care for the needs of babies and their families.

The Section of Neonatal Medicine – 2009 Fast Facts