Intensive Care Nursery
Provides antenatal consultation, comprehensive delivery room care, state-of-the-art management of critically ill neonates, infant transport services, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and high-frequency jet ventilation. Available facilities for parents of infants in the NICU include Mother’s Haven for breast-feeding moms, Parents Lounge with extensive educational material and Dad’s Nest specifically for fathers.
Contact name: K. N. Siva Subramanian, M.D., Chief; or attending neonatologist on call.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8469
Appointment hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Developmental Evaluation Clinic
Provides follow up for children at risk for later developmental problems, and allows early identification of potential handicaps in infants and babies at risk for developmental delays. The evaluation team includes developmental pediatricians, physical therapists and psychologists.
Contact names: Chahira Kozma, M.D.; Kathy S. Katz, Ph.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8569
Appointment hours: Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (EC MO)
Provides long-term extracorporeal life support for critically ill infants unresponsive to conventional treatment.
Contact name: K. N. Siva Subramanian, M.D.; or neonatologist on call.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8569
Appointment hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
High-Frequency Ventilation
High-frequency jet ventilators and oscillators are available to treat term or premature infants who have severe respiratory failure with or without air leak.
Contact name: Kabir Abubakar, M.D.; or neonatologist on call.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8469
Appointment hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Infant CPR Training Program
Regional center for NRP training for physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers in collaboration with the CPR Center.
Contact name: Deborah A. Hoy, M.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8569
Appointment hours: Please call for appointment times.
Lactation Center
Provides counseling, education and research in breast-feeding. International board certified lactation consultant (IBLC) staff provide full lactation support services 7 days a week. Inpatient consults and visits available anytime for new moms who are still in the hospital with their newborns. Other new moms can schedule outpatient visits.
Contact name: Nitin Mehta, M.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-MILK (6455)
Appointment hours: Staff available anytime, 7 days a week for new moms in the hospital. Please call for a consult.
Neonatal Extended Outpatient (NEO) Clinic
Continuing comprehensive postdischarge management for NICU graduates and infants who have apnea, BPD and other continuing medical needs. Coordinates inpatient and outpatient evaluation and follow up of technology-dependent infants.
Contact names: Deborah Hoy, M.D.; Ildiko Kunos, M.D.; Secelela Malecela, M.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-4778
Appointment hours: Services available 24 hours a day.
Neonatal Transport Service
Provides a specially trained team to move critically ill newborns and infants to and from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital via ambulance or helicopter 24 hours a day. Infants can be transported even while on high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitrous oxide (iNO) therapy.
Contact name: Deborah A. Hoy, M.D.; or neonatologist on call.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8469
Appointment hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Parents of Preemies
Provides a support group for parents of critically ill infants.
Contact name: K. N. Siva Subramanian, M.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8569
Appointment hours: Please call for appointment times.
Transitional Neonatal Neurodevelopmental
Services (TNNDS )
TNNDS provides developmental assessments of high-risk babies between 6 and 8 weeks of age following their discharge from the nursery. Such services will allow for transitional neurodevelopmental monitoring before these babies are seen by a multidisciplinary team at approximately 6 months of age. The assessment consists of an age-appropriate neurodevelopmental evaluation (a modified Brazelton test) and recommendations to the family.
Contact name: Chahira Kozma, M.D.
Appointment line: (202) 444-8569
Appointment hours: Please call for appointment times.
