Neonatology

The responsibilities of a neonatologist may include:

• Consult with obstetricians, pediatricians, and family physicians about conditions affecting newborn infants
• Provide care to the newborn at a cesarean or vaginal delivery if the baby may require medical intervention, including resuscitation
• Assess and manage the medical care of normal newborn births
• Coordinate care and medically manage (diagnose and treat) newborns who are in the newborn (neonatal) intensive care unit (NICU) because they were born premature, critically ill, with birth defects, or in need of surgery
• Ensure that critically ill newborns receive the proper nutrition for healing and growth
• Medically manage newborns and act as team leader during neonatal transport (ground and air) from one facility to another

Dr. Supriya Ganesh Wakchaure - A consulting pediatrician and neonatologist has worked in top medical colleges and government hospitals like KEM hospital , Mumbai and Civil Hospital Surat , Gujrat.