UCONN - Pediatric Residency Program

Residents spend two rotations in each of the two neonatal intensive care units served by the program. The Connecticut Children's Medical Center NICU serves a delivery service of approximately 5,000 annually with 26 intensive care beds and is the referral center for the Regional Newborn Cardiac Program. The John Dempsey Hospital NICU has 40 beds and serves as the major focus for tertiary referral of high-risk mothers and infants for Northern Connecticut. The units have a follow-up clinic which residents may choose to attend longitudinally. The Neonatal Fellowship Program contributes to the teaching at each site, and many residents have elected to pursue their fellowship in this program.

The division has broadly based research programs in both clinical and laboratory research. Clinical areas of interest center in neonatal behavior management, neonatal nutrition, cerebral blood flow measurement, BPD, and neonatal pharmacology and white cell function. Laboratory research interests include surfactant production and cerebral metabolism and nutrient uptake.

Mom and Baby A number of residents and neonatology fellows have been involved in neonatal research projects which have resulted in presentations at regional and national meetings and publications in peer-reviewed journals. Special elective and research electives in neonatology are encouraged.