Meet Your Team

Neonatologists in Seattle Children’s NICU

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  Maneesh Batra, MD, MPH

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  Sara K Berkelhamer, MD

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  Zeenia Cyrus Billimoria, MD

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  Robert John DiGeronimo, MD

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  Sara Mubashir Durrani, MD

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  Meenakshi Rina Dutta, MD

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  Kendell Riley German, MD

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  Megan Mariner Gray, MD

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  Sarah J Handley, MD

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  Anna Bruett Hedstrom, MD

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  David Taylor Hendrixson, MD

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  Craig Jackson, MD, MHA

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  Elizabeth Noelle Jacobson, MD

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  Sandra E Juul, MD, PhD

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  Janessa Law, MD

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  Ulrike Mietzsch, MD

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  Jose Antonio Perez, MD

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  Krystle Marie Perez, MD, MPH

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  Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, MD, MPH

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  Taylor Lee Sawyer, DO, M.Ed, MBA

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  Kendra M Smith, MD

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  Rachel Amie Umoren, MD, MS

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  Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME

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  Stephen E Welty, MD

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Our Neonatologists at Affiliate Hospitals’ NICUs

We provide care for sick newborns in the NICUs at the University of Washington, Providence Regional Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, CHI Franciscan Health, Highline Medical Center and UW Medicine Valley Medical Center. These include:

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  Shilpi Chabra, MD

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  Toby Linda Cohen, MD

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  Meenakshi Rina Dutta, MD

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  Cyril Mark Engmann, MD

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  Sarah J Handley, MD

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  Anna Bruett Hedstrom, MD

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  Janessa Law, MD

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  Christina Marieke Long, DO

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  Davia Liba Loren, MD

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  Dennis E Mayock, MD

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  Thelben Annyse Mullett, MD

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  Sara Kappraff Neches, MD

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  Michael D Neufeld, MD, MPH

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  Colin J Parker, MD

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  Krystle Marie Perez, MD, MPH

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  Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, MD, MPH

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  Angel Rios, MD

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  Thomas P Strandjord, MD

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  Rachel Amie Umoren, MD, MS

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  Gregory Charles Valentine, MD, M.Ed, FAAP, MEd

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  Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME

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  Stephen E Welty, MD

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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett

Seattle Children's neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners and physician assistants also care for patients at CHI Franciscan Health, Providence Regional Medical Center and UW Medicine Northwest Hospital and Medical Center. The leaders and their medical director partners of that program are:

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  Maya Kaneyasu, ARNP

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  Michael D Neufeld, MD, MPH

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  Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, MD, MPH

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UW Medicine Northwest Hospital and Medical Center

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  Angel Rios, MD

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  Thomas P Strandjord, MD

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Seattle Children's Hospital

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  Zeenia Cyrus Billimoria, MD

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  Robert John DiGeronimo, MD

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  Melissa Corinne Koll, ARNP

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CHI Franciscan Health

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  Robin G LaGrandeur, MD

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  Stephen E Welty, MD

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  Justine Claire Wood, ARNP

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UW Medicine Valley Medical Center

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  Toby Linda Cohen, MD

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  Christina Marieke Long, DO

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  Tacie Anne Reger, ARNP

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Critical Care Transport

Our Critical Care Transport program partners with Airlift Northwest to provide the specialized care needed to safely transport critically ill infants by ground or air. We transport more than 600 newborn patients each year. A NICU nurse and a respiratory therapist always ride along with the newborn on critical care transports. This team is in frequent contact with a neonatologist throughout the transport process to ensure the highest quality of patient care. The leaders of the Critical Care Transport program who specialize in transporting newborns and infants are:

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  Chris Baker, nurse manager, Critical Care Transport Services

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  Robert John DiGeronimo, MD

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Leaders in improving patient care and outcomes

Our faculty hold national leadership and research roles that strengthen our patient care and outcomes. Both of these leaders work with the HEAL trial and other clinical research on improving brain development in premature babies.

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  Sandra E Juul, MD, PhD

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  Dennis E Mayock, MD

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Neonatal Advance Practice Providers (APP)

Seattle Children’s Neonatal APPs partner with neonatologists to provide excellent care across the greater Seattle region. APPs include advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNP) and physician assistants (PAs) who have specialty training for complex care of newborns. Neonatal APPs are present in the Seattle Children’s NICU, along with all the affiliated NICUs. Neonatal APPs are able to diagnosis, treat, and provide medications, while also providing support to families during critical moments.

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  Inna Vasilyevna Adzhigirey, ARNP

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  Haley Leighton Archer, ARNP, DNP-NNP

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  Emily Kathleen Arroyo, PAC

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  Elena Marie Bosque, ARNP, PhD

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  Gabrielle Margaret Brown, PAC

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  Sara Nadine Brown, ARNP

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  Emily Jeanette Chakkera, PAC

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  Julie Chang, PAC, MMS

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  Katherine Rose Clark, ARNP

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  Hannah D Cody, PAC

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  Christine Marie Cooper, ARNP, DNP

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  Heather Anne Cruz, ARNP

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  Christina Marshel Dinnall, ARNP, MSN

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  Alesia Gene Autumn Eaton, ARNP, DNP

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  Michele Suzie Frame, ARNP

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  Kelsie Shizuyo Furutani, ARNP

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  Brandy Nicole Galloway, ARNP

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  Kimberly Rae Gustafson, ARNP

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  Kathy Elizabeth Harris, ARNP, DNP-NNP

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  Shwu Shin Hou, ARNP, MN

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  Nathaniel Thomas Johnson, ARNP, MSN

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  Maya Kaneyasu, ARNP

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  Meg G Keith, ARNP

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  Karen Ann Knuth, ARNP

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  Melissa Corinne Koll, ARNP

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  Karolina Maria Kowalczyk, PAC

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  Katie Alison Lapsa, PAC

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  Erin Tudor Ledden, PAC

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  Kristy Cho Liu, ARNP

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  Aimee Enzian Madding, ARNP

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  Kathryn Kovar Moore, ARNP

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  April Lynn Morris, ARNP

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  Carol Lau Otto, ARNP

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  Kaylee Michelle Palachuk, ARNP

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  Stephanie Jessica Partin, ARNP, DNP-NNP

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  Denny Van Pittman, ARNP

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  Tacie Anne Reger, ARNP

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  Sarah Gabrielle Reilly, ARNP

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  Jenna Rose Ryan, ARNP

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  Julie Heidi Schiefelbein, ARNP, DNP

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  Nathanael John Schooley, ARNP

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  Kimberly Belle Seyer, PAC

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  Margaret Meg Simonian, ARNP

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  Brenda Lynn Kawas Smith, ARNP

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  Emily Christine Watson, ARNP

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  Cheryl A White, ARNP

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  Justine Claire Wood, ARNP

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  Joseph B Yanity, PAC

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