The faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) provides care to newborns at our main campus in Boston and at other locations in and around Boston. The department faculty also conduct research and educate medical students and postgraduate trainees.
Referring a Patient
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Pediatrics cares for infants in two hospital settings: Brigham and Women's Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital. BWH is the largest delivering hospital, with roughly 6,000 births each year and services designed to provide specialized care to the most high-risk pregnancies. In addition, Brigham and Women's Hospital houses the region's largest newborn intensive care unit (NICU) with more than 60 beds for the smallest and sickest infants requiring care for preterm or any other complex birth-related issue.
Our Neonatal Transport Program, in collaboration with Boston MedFlight, provides rapid transfer of critically ill infants from community hospitals throughout New England to the Level III NICUs at Brigham and Women's Hospital or Mass General for Children.
Clinical Services
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joanne Wolfe, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Helen Christou, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chief of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Elizabeth Y. Flanigan, MD, MPH
Chief of Clinical Operations
Office Phone: (617) 732-7739
Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Elisa Abdulhayoglu, MD
Medical Director, NICU, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Office Phone: (617) 732-7739
NICU Phone: (617) 732-5420
Division of Newborn Services
Katharine Barefoot Herrick, MD
Medical Director, Well Newborn Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Office Phone: (617) 732-7739
Antenatal Fetal Services
Simon Manning, MD
Director of Fetal Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Medical Director, NICU, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Phone: (617) 732-4232
Transport Services
Phone (Boston MedFlight Transport Request): (800) 233-8998
Phone (Office): (617) 732-7739
Education and Training
Tanzeema Hossain, MBChB
Director of Education, Department of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Phone: (617) 732-8405
