In the Spotlight
David K. Stevenson, MD David K. Stevenson, MD, is the recipient of the 2009 Albion Walter Hewlett Award. This award, developed by the Department of Medicine, is designed to honor physicians who are dynamic role models for future academicians and practitioners of scientific medicine. More>
Anna Penn, MD, PhD Anna Penn, MD, PhD, was recently awarded an NIH New Innovator Award to study the placenta's role in regulating fetal brain development.
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About Us
‘America’s Best Children's Hospitals’ survey by U.S.News ranks Packard Children’s as one of nation’s best. Neonatal Care program ranked #5 in the nation.
Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services
The Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford represents collaboration in the best sense. The center, funded by a gift from the Johnsons and officially formed on October 1, 1997, combines perinatal, neonatal, and developmental medicine services. The center brings together clinical services for the mother, fetus and newborn and formalizes academic partnerships among participating faculty and staff. 
Congratulations to Packard's ECMO Programs! The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital ECMO Programs were awarded the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Excellence Award at the 20th Annual ELSO Meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 14, 2009. The ECMO Program was initiated at Stanford in 1988 and to date, has been used to support almost 500 infants, children and young adults with life-threatening heart and/or lung failure at Stanford and LPCH with outstanding results. The LPCH ECMO Programs support patients in the NICU, PICU, and CVICU. The Neonatal ECMO Program is directed by Krisa Van Meurs, MD and William Rhine, MD. It is coordinated by Arlene Sheehan, RN, NNP.
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News
Ronald Ariagno, MD, has been honored with The Neonatal Education Award in Perinatal Pediatrics, given by the American Academy of Pediatrics. More > Susan Hintz, MD, MS Epi, is the Director of the new Center for Comprehensive Fetal Health & Maternal and Family Care. The Center provides collaborative care for families facing complex fetal problems. More > Vinod Bhutani, MD, is one of the authors of a new paper updating the American Academy of Pediatrics bilirubin testing guidelines. Krisa Van Meurs, MD, has been appointed Associate Chair for Clinical Research for the Department of Pediatrics.
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