Our mission
The Division of Newborn Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital is a world leader in the critical care of newborns. We are dedicated to caring for newborns and their families through excellent, science-driven clinical care, and to transforming the field of neonatology through discovery, innovation, and medical education.
Our expertise in neonatal care
We provide comprehensive pre- and postnatal consultations, specialized intensive care, and continuous follow-up services for congenital conditions and conditions that develop after birth.
Advancing the field of newborn medicine
Faculty in the Division of Newborn Medicine have productive and active research programs spanning basic and translational science, clinical investigation, medical education, and medical ethics.
The Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program was founded in 1974 by Dr. Mary Ellen Avery — renowned internationally for her groundbreaking discovery of surfactant deficiency as a cause of respiratory distress syndrome — and is based within the Division of Newborn Medicine. Originally called the Joint Program in Neonatology, the program is dedicated to training the next generation of academic neonatologists who excel in newborn care and research. The program has been an NICHD T32-funded training program since 1994, and more than 80 percent of its graduates continue in academic research careers, going on to hold major leadership roles at national and international levels.
Modifying macrophages in the lung could head off pulmonary hypertension
In the 1980s, when Stella Kourembanas, MD, began her career in neonatology, she cared for newborns with pulmonary hypertension, a ...Read More about Modifying macrophages in the lung could head off pulmonary hypertension
My son is a NICU GraD: Here’s what I’ve learned
My husband and I aren’t first-time parents, but when our twins were born nine weeks early a year ago, everything ...Read More about My son is a NICU GraD: Here’s what I’ve learned
Mending injured hearts: Lessons from newborns?
When the heart is injured, as in a myocardial infarction, the damaged heart muscle cannot regenerate — instead, scar tissue ...Read More about Mending injured hearts: Lessons from newborns?
