Facilities
The training program in NPM at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is a regional program encompassing three collaborative institutions in New Jersey, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. These three regional perinatal centers admit over 1500 high-risk infants into their intensive care nurseries, staffed by a full complement of medical and surgical subspecialists, pediatric residents, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital
The neonatal facility of the Department of Pediatrics is located in the Bristol-Myers Squib Children’s Hospital of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the primary teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. All pediatric subspecialties are represented including nephrology, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, neurology, allergy/immunology, genetics, developmental pediatrics, psychology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nutrition, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, rheumatology, radiology, ethics and ambulatory pediatrics. The pediatric surgical services include general pediatric surgery, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics and otolaryngology. The pediatric anesthesia and pathology services are very active.
Children’s Regional Hospital Cooper University at Cooper University Hospital
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital is the major academic medical center and the Regional Children’s Hospital for 7-10 counties in southern New Jersey. The Cooper University Hospital is a Regional Perinatal Center staffed by 7 full-time perinatologists. Cooper is also home of the Mid-Atlantic Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) Center – one of only sixteen such Centers in the world. Approximately 2,500 babies are born at Cooper annually of which 450-500 high risk babies are admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU is a 37 bed, state-of-the-art facility that was recently completely renovated in 1999. The Division of Neonatology currently has 6 full-time neonatologists, a PhD nurse scientist (Director of the NIDCAP Center), and a PhD physiologist (in our research laboratory) with academic appointments through Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden. The NICU is staffed by faculty neonatologists who are in-house 24 hours a day in addition to Neonatal fellows, Cooper pediatric residents and neonatal nurse practitioners. The Division of Neonatology also runs an active high risk infant follow-up program and apnea clinic.
Saint Peter's University Hospital
St. Peter’s University Hospital is a partner teaching hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Its Division of Neonatology is a component of the hospital's State-designated Level III Perinatal Center. The Division specializes in the delivery of sophisticated care to distressed newborns with emphasis on the care of very low birthweight infants. It provides 24-hour transport service for neonatal referrals from outlying hospitals using a specially trained transport team. The staff is available for physician-to-physician consultation regarding problem cases. Attending board-certified neonatologists work closely with referring physicians in planning ongoing care following the immediate crisis, with return of the infant to the local hospital when feasible.
In addition to low birthweight cases, the division cares for infants with sepsis, blood loss, seizures, respiratory distress syndrome, congenital anomalies, hyperbilirubinemia, surgical conditions, and diagnostic problems. Its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit offers opportunities in expanding research programs for fellows. The Division provides long-term follow-up care of neonatal intensive care graduates in collaboration with pediatric neurology, child development, social services, and nutrition.
