Our Level IIIc Intensive Care Nursery provides the most advanced technology in neonatal and surgical care available in the region, including ECMO and nitric oxide therapy. Patients and referring physicians have immediate access to our board-certified neonatologists and pediatric subspecialists who support the intricate medical and developmental needs of sick and high-risk newborns. We also provide the only 24-hour-per-day ground and air transport service in the region dedicated to neonatal patients.
| Lisa Castro , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Ikechukwu Ekekezie , MD | Neonatologist; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Medical Director, Donald W. Thibeault, MD Neonatal Research Laboratories |
| Linda Gratny , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director of Home Ventilator Program; Director of St. Joseph Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center Nurseries |
| Frederick Hall , DO | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director of Medical Services/Medical Compliance; Director of the Shawnee Mission Medical Center Nursery |
| Paul G. Johnson , DO | Hospitalist in Neonatology; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Ayman Khmour , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Howard Kilbride , MD | Section Chief, Neonatology; Director, Intensive Care Nursery; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director of North Kansas City Hospital Nurseries |
| Amy C. Knapitsch , MD | Special Care Clinic; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Charisse I. Lachica , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Winston Manimtim , MD, FAAP | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Emily McNellis , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director of Transport |
| Vydehi Murthy , MD | Hospitalist in Neonatology; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Felix Okah , MD | Neonatologist; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program |
| Steven L. Olsen , MD | Neonatologist, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Okunola Oluola , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Adebayo Oshodi , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Joshua E. Petrikin , MD | 2009 Neonatology Fellow; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Gary Pettett , MD | Neonatologist; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Office of Research Integrity; Fellow, Center for Practical Bioethics; Director, E.Grey Dimond Program in International Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Christine Robertsen , MD | Pediatrician in Neonatology; Director, Special Care Clinic-Neonatal; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Jotishna Sharma , MD | Neonatologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Michael Sheehan , MD | Neonatologist; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director of Truman Medical Center Nurseries |
| William Truog , MD | Neonatologist; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Sosland Chair in Neonatal Research; Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs-Faculty Development |
| E. Wendy Turnbull , PhD | Developmental Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Julie A. Weiner , DO | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |