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NEONATOLOGY Does Marijuana Affect a Breastfeeding Infant? Neonatologist Erica Wymore, MD, MPH, is conducting one of the first robust, high- quality studies that investigates how much marijuana makes its way into breast milk and how long it stays there. LEADERSHIP: Randall Wilkening, MD, Division Head, Neonatology The Lenore T. Stoddart - La Cache Chair, Neonatology Theresa Grover, MD, Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Danielle Smith, MD, Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care READ MORE ABOUT NEONATOLOGY: “Saving ‘The Sickest Baby in the Hospital’,” p. 44 She leads the study at Children’s Colorado, along with Maya Bunik, MD, MPH, Medical Director of the Primary Care and Breastfeeding Management Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and with cooperation from University of Colorado Hospital and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control, it’s an early foray into an area of intense public inquiry and few definitive answers. The study is currently recruiting mothers who intend to breastfeed and who have a positive urine sample for i