Advanced Delivery Program
Exceptional Care for High-Risk Newborns and Their Mothers
Staffed by Advanced Delivery Physicians and Nurses 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
It鈥檚 not easy to learn that the baby you鈥檙e carrying needs medical attention soon after birth. For newborns with certain conditions, treatment within hours, and even minutes, can make a big difference in the challenges they鈥檒l face. In some cases, it鈥檚 needed to save their lives.
The Advanced Delivery Program at Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Delaware gives healthy expectant mothers the option to deliver where their babies can get treatment right away. Your newborn will have immediate access to nationally renowned pediatric specialists, and you鈥檒l receive top-notch care in the same place.
From the moment you learn your newborn needs extra care, our team gets to work. You鈥檒l meet the specialists caring for you and your baby. Together, with you and your care team, we plan for your safe delivery and baby鈥檚 treatment after birth. And we do everything we can to honor your birth wishes.
Experts from more than 30 pediatric specialties partner with our core team. Together we treat high-risk newborns with a range of health conditions. We鈥檙e here for your child before pregnancy, at delivery and beyond.
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Brittany and Raegan's Story
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Perinatal and Fetal Cardiology Program
With our Advanced Delivery Program, healthy moms whose babies will need immediate, advanced care can deliver their babies right at our hospital.
Conditions & Treatments
Many of the conditions we treat are heart conditions that are present at birth, called congenital heart defects. Here are some of the other conditions that can be diagnosed during pregnancy and treated after birth at Nemours.
Related Specialties
Your Baby's Health Is Our #1 Priority
Our multidisciplinary, team-based approach includes specialists, nurses, respiratory and physical therapists, social workers, and other providers who meet daily to work for a common goal. We offer the highest level of coordination.
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As participants in the Nemours Quality Champions program and the Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative, we鈥檙e听dedicated to safe, excellent and evidence-based care for mother and baby.
We have听vast experience in treating congenital heart defects听and offer complex newborn heart surgery, heart-lung support (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO) and a dedicated cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
Our听neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a Level IV facility听(the highest rating). We can handle the most complex, life-threatening challenges newborns face. And, our Advanced Delivery Physicians are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Meet the Team
The Nemours advanced delivery team is experienced and focused on your child's healthiest future. Meet them now.听
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Betsy Ayala Castro
Perinatal Coordinator -
Chris Beaty, MSN
Senior Director, Nursing, Perinatal Program, NICU and Advanced Delivery Program -
Diane Fitzgerald, BSN, RN, MEd
Perinatal and Advanced Delivery Program Manager -
Amanda Jones
Perinatal Coordinator -
Tracy Krakowski
Perinatal Coordinator -
Richard Owen Lorber, MD
Cardiology Medical Director, Fetal Heart ProgramPrimary Office
Wilmington, DE -
Stephanie S. Ng, MSN, NP-C
Fetal Cardiac Coordinator -
Erica Dolores Sood, PhD
Psychology Director, Cardiac Learning and Development (LEAD) Associate Professor of Pediatric Psychology, Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrimary Office
Wilmington, DE -
Shubhika Srivastava, MD
Cardiology Division Chief Cardiology, Co-Director Cardiac Center; Medical Director, Echocardiography, Congenital Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography Professor of Pediatrics 鈥 Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrimary Office
Wilmington, DE
What Are Prenatal Tests?
Prenatal tests are screening or diagnostic tests that can help identify health problems that could affect pregnant women or their unborn babies. Some of these conditions can be treated, so it's important to find them as early as possible. Learn more from the experts at Nemours庐 KidsHealth庐.
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