Vanessa L. Shanks, MD
Contact Information
Vanessa Shanks, MD, is a neonatologist who is originally from Baltimore, Maryland where she completed medical school at University of Maryland. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics here in Columbus before moving back to the east coast for Neonatology fellowship at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She is currently a certified lactation counselor and neonatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, as well as the Medical Director for Lactation Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Her special interest is in providing parental support throughout all phases of lactation.
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Clinical Nutrition and Lactation
Medical Director -
Neonatology
Physician Team -
Neonatology Fellowship
Faculty -
Primary Department
Pediatrics -
Primary Section
Neonatology
Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/01/2015
Board Certifications
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatrics
| Fellowship | Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (Nemours/A.I | Date Completed: 08/08/2015 |
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| Residency | Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Date Completed: 06/30/2012 |
| Medical School | University of Maryland | Date Completed: 05/16/2008 |