Our Providers

American Family Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff in Madison, Wisconsin, provides excellent care for premature and full-term neonatal infants requiring complex surgical interventions and/or subspecialty medical care.

Our care team includes:

• Neonatologists: Physicians with special training in caring for premature babies and babies in need of complex care.
• Pediatric surgeons: Physicians with special training in performing surgery on newborns.
• Subspecialty physicians: Physicians with expertise in any of a number of medical specialties and conditions, called in to provide care recommendations as necessary.
• NICU hospitalists: Pediatricians who work exclusively in the NICU, working closely with neonatologists and other members of the care team.
• Residents and fellows: Physicians training for service in neonatology and in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
• Neonatal nurse practitioners: Advanced practice nurses with specialized training who work with the neonatologists and nursing staff in providing critical care to infants in the NICU.
• Nursing staff: Registered nurses specially trained to care for premature and sick infants. If a baby is in the NICU for a long period of time, a small group of nurses will take primary responsibility for the infant's nursing care and teach the parents and caregivers prior to taking the baby home.
• Respiratory therapists: Providers with expertise in treating newborns with lung problems.
• Health psychologists: Mental health professionals who help families cope with the stress of their stay at the hospital.
• Child Life specialists: Certified Child Life specialists help children, adolescents and families cope with the fear and anxiety associated with the medical environment and hospitalization.

Meet Our NICU Providers