1. Teaching Staff - Fourteen faculty neonatologists of the Medical College of Wisconsin currently staff the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin NICU. There are three neonatal nurse practitioners as well as pharmacists, nutritionists, respiratory therapists, and social workers, in addition to a full complement of sub specialists in pediatrics based throughout the hospital.
2. Facilities - Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital is the primary institution where the fellow will spend time for the delivery room activities as well as a one month rotation in the Newborn Nursery. There are 2-3 faculty perinatologists and an active obstetric residency-training program. Fetal diagnostic procedures including ultrasound, percutaneous umbilical blood sampling, intrauterine fetal transfusions, are carried out as well as routine fetal heart rate and acid base monitoring during labor. High-risk pregnancies constitute nearly 40% of the total patients and more than 30% of newborns born here are admitted to the NICU at Children's Hospital. The perinatologists and neonatologists interact closely and have weekly perinatal rounds and monthly morbidity and mortality conferences. An elective rotation is available for the fellow to learn basic fetal monitoring techniques.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is connected to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and was established in 1988. The NICU has 41 beds in a state of the art facility that opened in September 2002, and the number of admissions annually is approximately 650. The annual number of neonatal transport admissions is approximately 350. ECMO, high frequency oscillation, and inhaled nitric oxide are frequently carried out in appropriate patients. There is a well-organized, active high-risk developmental follow-up clinic. All eligible patients from the NICU are seen in this clinic, and the faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin staffs it.
In addition to the Newborn Nursery and NICU rotations, a community based hospital, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, as well as a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit rotation, and Maternal Fetal Medicine have recently been added.