Our neonatology team has the expertise to deliver the most advanced care for any condition that might affect a neonate, regardless of how rare or critical.
We care for their families, too. To help them through this stressful time, our providers offer parents daily care briefings and 24-hour access to their baby in a setting as close as it can feel to home.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Our Level IV NICU is among the first in the nation to be named a Center of Excellence for Neonatal Services by United Resource Networks.
Because we see more than 300 infants annually who require surgery while in our NICU, our providers have diverse expertise caring for an array of complex conditions.
Our Colorado Fetal Care Center is a national referral site for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, setting the national bar with outcomes among the best in the world. Our NICU maintains 81 percent rate of survival to discharge for neonates with CDH, far exceeding the national benchmark of 70 percent.
BREAKTHROUGHS Pioneers of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pulmonary hypertension( see p. 40)
Innovators in the development of optimal nutritional strategies for low birth weight babies( see p. 42)
Early adopters of brain and body cooling for perinatal brain injury( see p. 38)
455 + SPECIALISTS INCLUDING:
neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, maternal fetal medicine providers, neonatal nurse practitioners, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, dieticians, social workers, case managers, lactation consultants, child life specialists, family support specialists
15
PEDIATRIC SURGICAL SPECIALISTS
1,400 +
NEONATES TREATED PER YEAR
NEONATOLOGY
37
Leaders defining surfactant replacement for premature babies’ lungs
LEADERSHIP
RANDALL WILKENING, MD, DIVISION HEAD OF NEONATOLOGY
TIMOTHY M. CROMBLEHOLME, MD, KENNETH LIECHTY, MD, CO-DIRECTORS OF THE COLORADO FETAL CARE CENTER