Neonatology

We conduct ongoing research in the areas of pulmonary biology, including study of the pulmonary vasculature, cell and molecular biologic studies of acute and chronic lung injury of the newborn, pulmonary hypertension, oxidant lung injury, inflammation and nitric oxide.

Clinical research areas of interest include the role of breast milk in preventing nosocomial infection, varying oxygen concentrations levels for premature infant resuscitation, post-PPHN systemic hypertension, the effect of dexamethasone on nitric oxide pathway metabolites, osteopenia of prematurity, aspiration and gram-negative pneumonia in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, booster surfactant during the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and the use of HVAC ultraviolet germicidal irradiation in decreasing nosocomial infection.

The 64-bed NICU at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo admits more than 740 babies each year and has an average daily census of 50 babies.

Approximately one-third of admissions are transported from an outlying hospital by our Neonatal Transport Team. Our team consists of neonatal nurse practitioners and specially trained neonatal respiratory therapists, readily available to provide stabilization and transport for any infant in our region.

Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo is the only center in the region with pediatric surgery and pediatric surgical subspecialists, a full complement of pediatric medical subspecialists, and obstetricians with board certification in maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk obstetrics). The hospital’s NICU admits approximately 150 infants each year who weigh less than 1,500 grams at birth. As the regional referral center, we provide support to 18 other hospitals in our region, including our Level I unit at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.

Our Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program provides training in all aspects of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine including clinical neonatology and research.

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