Newborn Nursery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Excellent Care from the Moment of Birth

Stanford Medicine News about Pediatric Care and Research

  • Philip Sunshine dies at 94

    Over a 60-year career, one of the founding practitioners of neonatology shaped how premature babies’ lives are saved.

  • Population - maternal health

    In a global effort to increase access to quality emergency care for mothers and newborns, Peter Acker, MD an associate professor of emergency medicine is helping to improve emergency referrals.

  • Inequity of genetic screening: DNA tests fail non-white families more often

    Research is showing that advanced methods of genetic testing aren't equally useful for everyone: They're less accurate for non-white families, raising concerns about how historical gaps in whose DNA gets studied produce inequities in medical care.

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.