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Learn more about Perinatal Medicine & Neonatal Medicine Doctors

A neonatologist specializes in caring for premature babies and full-term newborn babies with injuries, illness, or birth defects. Neonatologists typically work in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and collaborate with other healthcare providers, including obstetrician-gynecologists, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, nurses, nutritionists, and social workers.

A neonatologist typically:

  • Examines the newborn baby and evaluates his or her medical history including the mom’s medical history before and during pregnancy

  • Provides primary healthcare services and immunizations in the hospital

  • Orders and interprets laboratory and imaging tests

  • Diagnoses and treats diseases and conditions affecting a newborn baby’s health

  • Assesses growth and development

  • Prescribes medications

  • Educates the baby’s parents or caretakers about wellness and disease prevention

  • Consults with other members of the patient’s medical and team

  • Provides ongoing neonatal care in the hospital NICU

Neonatologists may also be known by the following names: baby doctor, newborn pediatrician, newborn doctor, newborn intensive care doctor, and NICU doctor.

There is 1 specialist practicing Neonatal Medicine in Houma, LA. There is 1 hospital near Houma, LA with affiliated Neonatal Medicine specialists, including Terrebonne General Health System.

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