Overview
Children’s Minnesota neonatology program encompasses the largest high-risk neonatal care program in the Upper Midwest with nearly 200 neonatal beds. Our fetal intervention program is also nationally recognized for exceptional clinical outcomes. Children’s Minnesota neonatology provides everything from consults to air and ground transportation for babies in need. We are committed to consistent care across the community, limiting unnecessary variation, identifying and spreading best practices, and rapidly addressing opportunities for improvement.
Services offered
- Level II-IV NICU
- High-risk delivery support at The Mother Baby Center locations
- 24/7 regional neonatal transport with specialized neonatal nurse practitioners and respiratory therapy team
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Inpatient and outpatient lactation consultations and complex feeding support
- Developmental and rehabilitative care including: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, child life specialists, dieticians, music therapy and massage therapy
- Consultations for high-risk prenatal and pediatric subspecialty care
- Neonatal cardiovascular program, including complex cardiology, cardiac surgery and neonatal hemodynamics program
- High-risk fetal diagnosis, intervention and surgery offered through The Mother Baby Center Specialty Services
- Neurodevelopmental and small baby programs
- Neuro-NICU program
- Ophthalmologic and retinal services, including retinopathy screening
- Mild systemic hypothermia (MSH) for infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- General and specialty surgical services
- Psychosocial assessment, support and referrals
- Respiratory support
- Inhaled nitric oxide therapy
- Noninvasive, conventional and high-frequency ventilation
- Diagnostic testing
- Apnea testing
- At-home apnea monitoring
- Infant pulmonary function testing
- Screenings, including CCHD and hearing
- Long-term neonatal follow-up
- The Kid Experts® At Home monitoring program, including NG tube home feeding support program
- Virtual consultation services for neonatal stabilization (for partnering organizations)
Resource guide
Related specialties
- Critical care transportation
- ECMO
- Feeding clinic
- Fetal care
- Genomic medicine and genetics
- The Mother Baby Center specialty services
Scheduling for Children’s Minnesota locations
Minneapolis:
- NICU: 612-813-6295
- Infant Care Center: 612-813-6875
- Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic: 651-220-6144
- Special Care Nursery: 612-813-4442
St. Paul:
- NICU: 651-220-6210
- Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic: 651-220-6144
Coon Rapids:
- NICU: 763-236-2229
Our physician team
Interim Senior Medical Director, Neonatology
Medical Director, Neonatal Research
Associate Program Director, University of Minnesota Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Interim Medical Director, Neonatology
Director of Neonatal Quality
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, St. Paul Level III NICU
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Neonatal Outreach
Sit Investment Associates Endowed Chair in Neonatology
Medical Director of Methodist Hospital Special Care Nursery, Regions Hospital Special Care Nursery, Lakeview Hospital Special Care Nursery and Hudson Hospital Enhanced Care Nursery
Professor and Associate Residency Program Director, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Minneapolis Level IV NICU and ECMO
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Neonatal Outpatient Clinic Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Ridgeview Medical Center NICU, St. Francis Special Care Nursery, Mercy Level III NICU
Children's Minnesota Employee
Staff neonatologist
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Neonatal Transport and Neonatal Virtual Care
Children's Minnesota Employee
Staff neonatologist
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Staff neonatologist
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Staff neonatologist
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Staff neonatologist
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Sara Stucker, MD
Staff neonatologist
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Staff neonatologist
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Medical Director, Infant Care Center and Special Care Nursery
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Minnesota Employee
Advanced practice leadership team
Children's Minnesota Employee
Program directors
Melissa Markfort, MBA
Director of Provider Practice
Karen Martin, MAN, BSN, NEA-BC
Director of Neonatal Care Services
Neonatology locations
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Children’s Minnesota – St. Paul hospital
345 North Smith Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center
Garden View Medical Center
347 North Smith Avenue, Suite 601
St. Paul, MN 55102
The Mother Baby Center at United and Children’s Minnesota
345 North Smith Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
Coon Rapids
The Mother Baby Center at Mercy with Children’s Minnesota
4020 Coon Rapids Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Shakopee
St. Francis Family Birth Place Level 2 Special Care Nursery
1455 St. Francis Ave.
Shakopee, MN 55379
Waconia
Ridgeview Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
500 South Maple St.
Waconia, MN 55387
