Newborn Nursery
The Newborn Nursery at Monroe Carell focuses on providing family-centered care to promote family and infant bonding. We care for healthy newborns and those with special medical needs. We can often provide additional services without transferring you to an intensive care unit. Our lactation consultants provide prenatal education and consultations to new mothers.
Meet Your Care Team
Sunny D. BellMD
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate ADHD Management, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Kathryn L. CarlsonMD, MMHC
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
William O. CooperMPH, MD
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Joseph GiganteMD
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate ADHD Management, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Primary Care Prevention
Jennifer K. GreenMD, MPH
- Adolescent Primary Care, Adolescent and Young Adult Health, General Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Primary Care, Primary Care, Well Child Care
Rosemary J. HunterMD
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate ADHD Management, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Primary Care Prevention
Why Choose the Newborn Nursery at Monroe Carell
- Comprehensive care
Our faculty provide pediatric care in both the newborn nursery and the Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care Clinic. This means we can be your child’s medical home from their time of birth. Our comprehensive outpatient services include breastfeeding support, postpartum depression screening and monitoring of common newborn issues. We have onsite interpreter services, and case management and social work services available if needed.
- Expert care
Our health care team will examine your baby each day he or she is in the hospital, support maternal-child bonding, provide practical hands-on assistance to support breastfeeding, answer your questions about caring for your newborn and practice evidence-based medicine. We follow the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, and our newborn nursery faculty have additional breastfeeding training.
- Expert care
Depending on your baby’s needs, your medical team include many specialists. Pediatric surgeons, neonatology doctors and nurses, pediatric radiologists, respiratory therapists, pediatric pharmacists, nutritionists, lactation specialists, social workers, child life specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists are part of our 24-hour NICU team that only cares for children.