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