Clinical Training
The Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine staffs the neonatal units at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH) and Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital (LBJ). Both facilities are teaching hospitals for McGovern Medical School that provide a full range of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialty services.
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Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
Neonatal High Risk Clinic
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital is located in the Texas Medical Center and has a 118 bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit. With 5000 deliveries and 1500 admission both inborn and Life Flight transfers a year, we provide comprehensive care for the sickest of patients. Our NICU provides care for neonates of all gestations greater than 22 weeks and various congenital medical and surgical conditions with access to all pediatric medical and surgical subspecialist care. Our facility provides ECMO, inhaled nitric oxide, hypothermia, and care for infants with pre-surgical congenital heart disease. Patient care is provided by multidisciplinary teams including specialized nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical pharmacists, Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Neonatology Fellows, and Pediatric Residents and is directly supervised by Attending Neonatologists 24 hours a day.
The children’s hospital is located within Memorial Hermann TMC with capabilities for comprehensive obstetrical services including routine and high risk prenatal care, a busy labor and delivery service, and adult ICU settings to care for even the sickest of mothers. The Fetal Center provides care for complicated pregnancies and innovative interventions such as prenatal meningomyelocele repair, fetal endotracheal occlusion for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, endoscopic laser treatment for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, and treatment for conditions requiring EXIT procedure surrounding deliveries.
The patient volume and clinical pathology provided by Children’s Memorial Hermann NICU prepares trainees for any conditions they encounter in post-training practice.
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJ) is a county hospital with an active perinatal service primarily serving a culturally diverse population in Houston with healthcare disparities, varied health care needs, and limited resources. Our NICU is a Level III designation through the state of Texas. The delivery service at LBJ is approximately 6,000 births per year of combined high and low risk pregnancies. LBJ obstetric services provide maternal-fetal care and prenatal maternal interventions such as amniocentesis. Our NICU provides care for neonates greater than 22 weeks gestation including those who require high frequency oscillatory ventilation, stable neonates requiring whole body cooling, as well as pediatric surgery and pediatric anesthesia services for conditions such as necrotizing enterocolitis, mild abdominal wall defects, inguinal hernias, and surgical central line placement.
Patient care is provided by multidisciplinary teams including specialized nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical pharmacists, Neonatology Fellows, and Pediatric Residents, and is directly supervised by Attending Neonatologists during the day. Faculty on call overnight provide indirect supervision of in-house fellows from home. They are immediately available by phone, have remote access to hospital electronic health records, and are available to provide direct supervision if needed within 20 minutes. This practice allows our fellows to develop the autonomy needed for independent practice in a safe supported environment.
Neonatal High Risk Clinic
The Neonatal High Risk Clinic, located inside the UT Professional Building, tracks the post-discharge health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of all infants < 30 weeks gestation discharged from Memorial Herman Children’s Hospital. Our multidisciplinary team coordinates all-inclusive clinical services for infants with ongoing specialized healthcare needs after discharge from the NICU.