The Division of Neonatology provides comprehensive care for premature and full-term infants with a myriad of neonatal problems. The Intensive Care Nursury (ICN) is a major referral center for term infants with respiratory failure and persistent pulmonary hypertension, perinatal asphyxia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and complex surgical problems, especially those with congenital diaphragmatic hernia where the survival for uncomplicated cases is greater than 90%. Special services offered in our nursery include high frequency ventilation, nitric oxide, hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia, and comprehensive neonatal health and developmental care. We also provide long-term follow-up for high-risk infants who are discharged from the intensive care nursery.

The Division of Neonatology, Duke Neonatal Intensive Unit, is a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network, a consortium of the top neonatal intensive care units in the country that performs cutting edge collaborative clinical research. We offer a NICHD sponsored training program for pediatricians interested in advanced training in neonatal basic or clinical research.

The Division houses the Jean & George Brumley, Jr., Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute which includes over 70 investigators at Duke interested in developmental biology and problems of the neonate and fetus.

Our Services: We offer services for a variety of conditions including: Premature infants Low birth weight infants Perinatal asphyxia Sepsis and septic shock Newborns with congenital malformations Critically ill newborns Respiratory failure in newborns Congenital diaphramatic hernia Our Division :   Patient Care Fellowship Program Research Activity Nursing Neonatal Links Pediatrics at Duke Site Map                     Site Created By: Jeffrey M. Ferranti M.D. Contact webmaster

Procedures:   We perform the following procedures and diagnostic tests: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation High frequency ventilation Inhaled nitric oxide Hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia          Staff: Ronald N. Goldberg, M.D Professor Chief     Patricia Ashley, M.D Medical Instructor Kamlesh Athavale, M.D Medical Instructor Richard L. Auten, M.D. Associate Professor Adrianne W. Bagley, MD Medical Instructor Margarita Bidegain, M.D., MHS Medical Instructor   C. Michael Cotten, M.D. Associate Professor Jeffrey Ferranti, M.D., MS Medical Instructor      Ricki F. Goldstein, M.D. Associate Professor    Susan Izatt, M.D. Medical Instructor      Susan Latuga, M.D. Medical Instructor       William Malcolm, M.D. Medical Instructor Hugo Navarro, M.D. Assistant Professor Brian Smith, M.D. Assistant Professor David T. Tanaka, M.D. Associate Professor Yui-Lin Tang, M.D. Medical Instructor