Department of Pediatrics

Division of Neonatology

Intensive Care Nursery Service

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
P.O. Box 2601, Room G1-N11
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732) 253-3834

Program Description:

The Intensive Care Nursery Service at the Bristol-Myers-Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital operates the premiere academic neonatal ICU in the greater New Jersey area. The team will respond promptly to a transfer request for a neonate or will attend a high-risk delivery, if requested. The transport team is a mobile ICU with total ventilator capability and staffed by a neonatal fellow, an experienced ICU nurse and a neonatal respiratory therapist.

After the baby arrives, there is frequent feedback to both the referring physician and the hospitalized mother. Parents may visit 24 hours a day. There are breast-feeding rooms and overnight rooms for families. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) moved into a new 19,000-square-foot facility in March 2003. The new NICU has computerized state-of-the-art equipment, including both high-frequency jet and oscillatory ventilation. Non-invasive cardiac and neurologic techniques are available. The nursery is staffed by seven full-time neonatologists, specially trained nurses and neonatal respiratory therapists, and a clinical psychologist.

The following Pediatric subspecialists serve the NICU population: surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesia, orthopedic surgery, urology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, cardiology, neurology, radiology and pathology. Special services exist for congenital anomalies and a multidisciplinary follow-up program is available.

This Program is the only one approved for the training of neonatal fellows in the state of New Jersey. The Program experiences a 96 percent survival rate of all infants and a 50 percent survival rate of those weighing under 750 grams. To minimize family disruption, babies are transported back to the referring nursery as soon as the infants' conditions permit.

Director:

Participating RWJUMG Physicians & Professionals:

  • Barbara Ostfeld, Ph.D.

 

John Chuo, MD, MS


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

chuojo@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 2001

Degree:  

New York University School of Medicine, 1994

Internship:  

Surgery, UTSA Health Science Center University Hospital, 1995

Residency:  

Neurosurgery, UTSA Health Science Center, 1998

Fellowship:  

Neonatology, Children's Hospital Boston, 2004


Thomas Hegyi, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

hegyith@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 1977

Degree:  

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1972

Internship:  

Pediatrics, Bronx Municipal Hospital, 1975

Residency:  

Pediatrics, Bronx Municipal Hospital, 1975

Fellowship:  

Neonatology, Babies Hospital, 1977


George H. Lambert, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

glambert@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Neonatal-perinatal medicine, pharmacology, toxicology, environmental toxicology

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 1979

Degree:  

University of Illinois, 1972

Internship:  

Pediatrics, John Hopkins Hospital, 1973

Residency:  

Pediatrics, John Hopkins Hospital, 1974

Fellowship:  

Neonatal Pharmacology, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, 1977


Steven R. Leff, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Specialty:  

Pediatric Ophthalmology - American Board of Ophthalmology, 1985

Degree:  

Columbia University, 1980

Internship:  

Internal Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, 1981

Residency:  

Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center, 1984

Fellowship:  

Retina, Wills Eye Hospital, 1986


Rajeev Mehta, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

mehtara@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 1990

Degree:  

University College of Med. Sciences, 1978

Internship:  

Rotating, Safdurjung Hosp, 1979

Residency:  

Pediatrics, Stony Brook Hospital, 1990

Fellowship:  

Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 1993


Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

puvabasu@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Neonatology

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 1987

Degree:  

Ramathibodi Faculty of Medicine, 1977

Residency:  

Pediatrics, Brooklyn Jewish Hospital aka Interfaith Med., 1983

Fellowship:  

Pediatrics/Neonatology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 1985


Barry I. Weinberger, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-5699

Fax:  

732-235-6609

Email:  

weinbebi@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Developmental Immunology

Specialty:  

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics, 1993, 1999

Degree:  

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1987

Residency:  

Pediatrics, Cornell Medical Center, 1990

Fellowship:  

Neonatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1993