For the consultation meeting with expectant parents and their referring physicians, the Fetal and Neonatal Medicine Program brings together a group of specialists based on the unique needs of each patient. These specialists may include the following:

The fetal and neonatal medicine team includes many of Chicago's top pediatric specialists. Team members include:

Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Program

Department of Anesthesia

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Neonatology

• Robert Kimura, MD, Codirector, Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Program
• Jean Silvestri, MD, Clinical Director, Special Care Nursery
• Werner Meier, MD, Codirector, Perinatal Center
• Kousiki Patra, MD , Director, Neonatal High-Risk Follow-Up Clinic
• Harold Bigger, MD
• Aloka Patel, MD
• Stefanie Spanier-Mingolelli, MD

• Arvind Shukla, MD
• Alok Rastogi, MD
• Urmila Chaudhry, MD

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Debbie Gist, Unit Leader
• Ann McPhearson, RN, CNS
• Joan Hill, RN CNC
• Jody Selenica, RN CNC

Pediatrics

Pediatric Cardiology

• Ziyad Hijazi, MD, Director, Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease
• Ra-id Abdulla, MD
• Bettina Cuneo, MD
• Andrew Griffin, MD
• Barbara Santucci, MD
• Mary Wilkie, MS, RN, CCNS
• Marcela Gatitica, RN

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Pediatric Nephrology

• Farahnak Assadi, MD

Pediatric Neurology

• Peter Heydemann, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Orthopedics

Pediatric Surgery

• Allen Browne, MD
• Ai-Xuan Holterman, MD
• Mark Holterman, MD
• Trupti Parikh, MSN, RN, CPNP

Perinatal Center

Radiology

Genetics

Labor & Delivery

• Marcia Patterson, Unit Leader  
• Jill Riechers , RN, CNC
• Ramona Hunter, RN, CNS

Religion, Health and Human Values

• Rev. Clayton Thomason, JD, MDiv, Chairperson