Le Bonheur Neonatology is ranked as a top program by U.S. News & World Report and has a large patient census and wide spectrum in infant pathology. Fellows will have the opportunity to train in two units. These include:

• Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center at Regional One Health
  • 60-bed, Level III NICU
  • 1,300 admissions per year
  • 4,500 deliveries per year
    
    
• Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
  • 60-bed, Level IV NICU
  • 400 admissions per year
  • Surgical and cardiac neonates
  • Infants needing multispecialty care

Fellows will also have dedicated learning opportunities such as ECMO training, ethics curriculum and research workshops.

Learn more about UTHSC's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine program and apply.

Research Interests:

• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Microbiome in gut and lung of premature infant and association with different morbidities
• Cerebral circulation in the premature brain
• Nutrition in the premature infant
• Morbidities from blood transfusions
• Quality improvement initiatives to improve outcomes in the premature infant including delay cord and increased expressed breast milk utilization