The Rutgers Health Neonatology practice provides 24-hour care to critically ill newborns and premature infants. The practice has staff at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, NJ, and University Hospital (UH) in Newark, NJ. RWJUH is an academic affiliate of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UH is an academic affiliate of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Both are parts of Rutgers University, one of the top research institutions in America.

The staff at UH provides 24-hour inpatient care in its Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which is also a New Jersey State-designated Regional Perinatal Center. The medical professionals at BMSCH, the highest-level referral center in the state, staff a Level 4 NICU, one of only two in the state, and the only one with a full spectrum of support for many pediatric subspecialties.

High-Level Care

Our practice provides the most advanced level of specialized neonatal care in New Jersey for babies and children with complex diseases. Our staff of physicians is available 24 hours per day/7 days per week, and we have immediate access to many pediatric subspecialists who serve Rutgers Health. These include pediatric neurologists; speech, physical, and occupational therapists; nutritionists; and developmental pediatricians. We are also the only practice in the region with access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which provides prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to patients whose heart and lungs cannot provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or blood flow.

We have fellowship-trained neonatologists. These physicians use the latest technology and strategies to provide high-quality care to newborns, including:

• High-frequency ventilation
• Humidified and target oxygen therapy beginning in the delivery room to prevent blindness among premature babies
• Inhaled nitric oxide
• Noninvasive ventilation
• Protocol-based pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for babies who suffer from neonatal abstinence syndrome due to in-utero opioid exposure
• Volume ventilation

Our practice also provides care in nurseries and the intensive care nursery at UH. We deliver an integrative palliative care to pregnant moms, newborn infants, and their families as well as educational, emotional, and bereavement support.

Highly Trained Neonatologists

Our neonatologists are involved in research and in teaching about all aspects of pediatric medicine and pediatric neonatology, and many are part of research projects. Each brings leading-edge knowledge from the classroom to the exam room.

The Rutgers Health Neonatology practice participates and benchmarks our outcomes with about 1,000 NICUs across the United States to help improve the quality and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families. We have recognition as being leaders in caring for critically ill infants and are the only center in New Jersey where physicians come to train to provide neonatal care.

If you are the parent of a child who may be in need of neonatology services, the Rutgers Health Neonatology practice can provide outstanding, compassionate care.