Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training
The University of Oklahoma program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine provides subspecialty residents with the background to understand the physiology and altered structure and function of the fetus and the neonate and to diagnose and manage problems of the neonate emphasizing the fundamentals of clinical diagnosis and management of problems seen in the continuum of care from fetal status through neonatal care to after hospital follow-up.
The program was reaccredited by the RRC in October 2007.
Facilities
Our clinical neonatal services are located at The Womens' and Newborn Pavilion at The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center with an NICU of 88 beds (including 13 beds for care-with-parent private rooms) on the 7th floor, resuscitation and transition area in the obstetrical area as well as high-risk maternal beds on the 4th floor, and the Mother-Baby Unit and Baby Care Area on the 5th floor.
In the new NICU we have semi-private patient rooms (2 babies to a room) equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and monitors. These rooms have floor to ceiling windows that provide natural light as well as sufficient area for families to be with their baby in a more private setting. Resident and faculty workrooms are all equipped with computer access to medical records, the laboratory system, and the radiological PACS system.
The neonatology faculty offices and conference room are also located on the 7th floor of the same building.
Faculty
The section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine consists of 13 full-time neonatologists. We also have 2 full-time pediatricians who staff the Mother-Baby Unit and supervise residents in the newborn nursery setting.
Education
The fellows participate in various conferences: fetal and neonatal physiology, perinatal and neonatal case conferences, mortality case conference, post-neonatal case conference, journal review, and pediatrics and OB grand rounds.
They also attend conferences related to grant preparation, study design, clinical and lab research methodology, biostatistics, IRB protocols, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement, and ethics.
Research
Neonatal-Perinatal faculty and fellow mentors have produced 73 publications in the last 5 years. There are currently 6 funded projects in progress.
Clinical Service
The fellows participate in 12 months of clinical service during the 3 years of the fellowship. They are directly involved in patient care decisions and supervision of residents and nurse practitioners.
