Newborn Nursery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Excellent Care from the Moment of Birth
Stanford Medicine News about Pediatric Care and Research
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Looking Forward to 2030 with the American Heart Association
Every ten years the American Heart Association sets some health-related goals for the coming decade.
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Huge variation in newborn antibiotic use
Researchers at the School of Medicine and their collaborators found that some hospitals in the state rarely administer antibiotics to newborns, while others give antibiotics to nearly half of the newborns in their care.
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Immune cells speed aging brains’ demise
Stanford researchers have found intrusive immune cells in a place in the brains of humans and older mice where new nerve cells are born. The intruders appear to impair nerve cell generation.
Expectant Parents
For information about maternity services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, please visit the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services website.
About this Site
Part of the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, we specialize in the medical evaluation and care of newborns who are at or near term.
We designed this site to be a resource for our pediatric trainees as well as health professionals worldwide who care for newborns.
The transition from life in the womb to the outside world is an amazing process. We are priviledged to care for babies as they make this transition and adapt to their new surroundings.