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Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
Neonatal and perinatal specialists at MUSC Children’s Hospital provide services for term and pre-term infants requiring Level III care, including high frequency ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Normal services are also provided for healthy newborns, and Level II care for infants requiring intermediate care. Lactation specialists provide support and education about breastfeeding. The Neonatal/Perinatal Division oversees the High-Risk Developmental Follow-up Clinic and the Infant Home Monitoring Program Clinic. The MUSC Children’s Hospital is recognized as the premier provider of care for high-risk newborns in the region.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team includes 10 board-certified and board-eligible neonatologists and 4 neonatology fellows as well as pediatric residents, specially trained neonatal nurses and nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, radiologists, transport specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, clinical pharmacists, nutritionists, educators, and social workers. The NICU is a 38-bed intensive and special care nursery located on the 8th floor of the MUSC Children’s Hospital. Resources include the clinical pharmacy program and a satellite laboratory within the NICU that is available 24/7. Imaging capabilities include bedside head ultrasound, bedside echocardiography, CT scanning, radionucleoside scanning, and MRI. Portable EEG evaluation is also available. A medical social worker devotes full-time effort to the obstetrical/nursery areas, and the families of babies in the NICU have access to an MUSC-supported domiciliary Ronald McDonald House across the street from the Children’s Hospital.