Intensive Care Nursery at Pennsylvania Hospital
Our level III Intensive Care Nursery currently
has 45 bassinets, including intensive care and
transitional care sections. This Level III nursery
(the highest care level) is staffed by physicians
from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
and nurses who specialize in infant intensive
care.
Parents have additional space to be with their
babies, including an overnight room to use if
their child is critically ill, or if they are
preparing to take their baby home. Liberal visitation
policies include 24-hour access for parents, grandparents,
others designated by the parents, as well as a
sibling visitation.
Infant Development Program
The infant development program teaches parents
how to help their babies adapt to life outside
the womb. While all new parents have this responsibility,
the need is intensified with a premature or sick
newborn. The premature infant thrives best with
a staged program of sensory stimulation relating
to vision, hearing, psychomotor development and
feeding, including learning how to suck, swallow
and breathe simultaneously.
Parents and baby continue to receive support
from our team after leaving the ICN, including
daily contact by telephone for as long as necessary.
We are available to work with parents 24 hours
a day.
Our outpatient service for babies who have been
in the ICN provides specialized consultative care,
including neurodevelopmental assessment and pulmonary
function evaluation. Our team follows these babies
with their pediatrician until they are free of
medication, cardiac monitoring, or other special
needs. We strive to identify neurologic or developmental
problems at their onset, and intervene immediately
before they can alter the child's development
or self-perception.
Neonatal Care Team
Attending Neonatologists
- Jeffrey S. Gerdes, MD, Section Head, Newborn
Pediatrics
- Soroya Abbasi, MD
- Leonard Golub, MD
- Arlene G. Haynes-Laing, MD
- Eric B. Mallow, MD
- Thomas
Mollen, MD
- Kelly
Wade, MD
- June A. Wallison, DO
Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Physician's
Assistants
- Karyn Caravoulias, PA-C
- Jennifer Cooper, PA-C
- Charlene M. Deuber, CRNP
- Dagmar Keenan, CRNP
- Shella D. Sakraida, CRNP
- Giselle J. Yecco, CRNP
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