Craig Jackson, MD, MHA

Craig Jackson, MD, MHA

Neonatology, Fetal Care and Treatment Center

On staff since October 1982

Academic Title: Professor Emeritus

"It was a great privilege and greater responsibility to be the medical director of Seattle Children's NICU from 1992 to 2017. My current passion is counseling the parents of high-risk fetuses in the prenatal clinics at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center."

  • Biography

    Scholarly Focus: Development of methods to teach empathetic communication skills to clinicians, and methods to help parents make difficult medical decisions about their high-risk fetus or newborn in alignment with their goals and values.

    Administration/Education Roles: Neonatology liaison to the Fetal Care and Treatment Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center; member of the CONNECT program leadership team for teaching communication skills to Seattle Children's Hospital clinicians and non-clinical staff; member of the Education subcommittee of the CUMG Physician Education, Billing, Compliance Committee; member of the Seattle Children's Hospital/UW Pediatric Intern Retreat Steering Committee; and division educator for professional billing documentation. Distinguished faculty member at VitalTalk, an international non-profit organization that teaches communication skills such as responding to emotion with empathy, mapping patient values and goals of care, and proposing treatment plans that align with those values and goals.

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  • Publications

    Book Chapters

    • Cheng EY, Jackson JC
      Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling
      Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 11th Edition, ed. Sawyer & Gleason, 2024
    • Jackson JC
      Respiratory Distress in the Preterm Infant
      Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn,10th Edition, ed. Juul & Gleason, 2018

    Other Publications

    • Kunz SN, Tieder JS, Whitlock K, Jackson JC, Avansino JR
      Primary fascial closure versus staged closure with silo in patients with gastroschisis: a meta-analysis.
      23583145 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2013 April : 48(4)845-57 PMCID:PMC4103994
    • Hadeed AJ, Neufeld MD,Jackson JC
      Improved perinatal and very low birth weight infant outcomes following neonatal and perinatal regionalization in a rural setting.
      J Neonatal-Perinatal Med, 2009 : 2267-275
    • Wolfson MR, Hirschl RB, Jackson JC, Gauvin F, Foley DS, Lamm WJ, Gaughan J, Shaffer TH
      Multicenter comparative study of conventional mechanical gas ventilation to tidal liquid ventilation in oleic acid injured sheep.
      18496275 ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2008 May : 54(3)256-69
    • Klein EJ, Jackson JC, Kratz L, Marcuse EK, McPhillips HA, Shugerman RP, Watkins S, Stapleton FB
      Teaching professionalism to residents.
      12525406 Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2003 Jan. : 78(1)26-34

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Pediatrics

Medical/Professional School

University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Fellowship

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Clinical Interests

Counseling for prenatal patients and their partners whose fetuses are at high risk for life-threatening and complex surgical and medical problems.