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Join us to offer all around support and wellbeing to our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) families, including not just intensive care but mental healthcare and overall wellness. With Carousel Care, we focus on the complete care that surrounds each child and their family. 

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

-Ian Maclaren

ABOUT

ABOUT CAROUSEL CARE

OUR MISSION

To provide education, increase awareness, and engage those impacted by the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in advocacy about FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE NICU.

OUR TEAM
  • Our team came together through the American Academy of Pediatrics Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (AAP TECaN) to create this content. To deliver thorough information, we purposely recruited a multi-disciplinary team of experts including neonatologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, maternal-fetal medicine obstetricians, child life specialists, social workers, and the premier expert - NICU parents.

OUR GOALS

KNOW: Equip NICU team members with knowledge to be able to recognize family mental health and wellness needs,

FEEL: so that staff feel empowered to help families with wellness and mental health needs,

DO: to be able to advocate for families and connect them with mental health and wellness resources in a timely and effective manner.

SPECIALTIES
  • NICU Parents

  • Neonatology

  • Psychiatry

  • Psychology

  • Palliative Care

  • Social Work

  • Child Life

  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine 

Meet the Leadership

Our leadership team came together through the American Academy of Pediatrics Trainees and Early Careen Neonatologists (AAP TECaN). With the help of many, we lead TECaN's National Advocacy Campaign, "Carousel Care".

Meet the Team

Meet our team of content experts and volunteers who made this information possible. 

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Faculty Content Experts

  • Amy Baughcum, PhD

  • Andrea Allmaguer-Butero, PhD, LPC

  • Carmina Erdei, MD

  • Chris Fortney, PHD, RN

  • Cynthia Rogers, MD

  • David Nelson, MD

  • David Willis, MD

  • Elizabeth Heyne, PsyD, PA

  • Hannah Clark

  • Heather K. Ousley, MSS, MS

  • Jochen Profit, MD

  • Kara Hansen

  • Mambarambath Jaleel, MD

  • Marlyse Haward, MD

  • Melissa Scala, MD

  • Melissa Simon, MD, MPH

  • Michael Hynan, MD

  • Natash Henner, MD

  • Richard J. Shaw, MD

  • Rochelle DeOliveira

  • Sarah Horwitz, PhD

  • Shelly Steinwurtzel, PsyD

  • Soudabeh Givrad, MD

  • Stephen Lassen, PhD

TECaN Phase Co-Directors

  • Emily Miller, MD

  • Tonia Branche, MD

  • Christine Pazandak, MD

  • Michelle Spencer, MD

  • Olivia Ruth, MD

  • Riddhi Desai, MD

NICU Parent Experts

  • Greg Peters

  • Heather Cohen Padratzik

  • Keira Sorrells

  • Kelli Kelley

  • Kristy Love

  • Michael Hynan, MD

  • Vishal Kapadia, MD

TECaN Phase Members

  • Allison Rose, MD

  • AnnaMarie Arias-Shah, MD

  • Anne Smazal, MD

  • Ashley Osborne, MD

  • Audrey Miller, MD

  • Courtney Kantzler, MD

  • Danielle Gonzales, MD

  • Daphna Yasova, MD

  • Daria Murosko, MD

  • Elaine Cheng, MD

  • Elise Loughman, MD

  • Emily Echevarria, MD

  • Hayley Friedman, MD

  • Igor Khodak, MD

  • Irina Prelipcean, MD

  • Janine Bernardo, MD

  • Jennie Godwin, MD

  • Jess Clem, MD

  • Jessica Gaulton, MD

  • Joe Asaro, MD

  • Jordan Reis, MD

  • Julie Johnson Rolfes, MD

  • Karen Hussein, MD

  • Katherine Bean, MD

  • Katherine Guttman, MD

  • Katherine Schwartz, MD

  • Kathryn Paul, MD

  • Kristen Noble, MD

  • Lauren Boudreau, MD

  • Lauren Frazer, MD

  • Lorraine Bautista, MD

  • Maryam O. Abubakar, MD

  • Mausma Bawa, MD

  • Melissa Schwedhelm, MD

  • Nina DeBenedictis, MD

  • Nitya Nair, MD

  • Rachel Witt, MD

  • Sarah Jordan-Crowe, MD

  • Sarah McAndrew, MD

  • Sarah Swenson, MD

  • Sasha Amiri, MD

  • Sharla Rent, MD

  • Sherry Bai-Tong, MD

  • Stephanie Kukora, MD

  • Stephanie Napolitano, MD

  • Yvonne Yui, MD

  • Zoya Cheema, MD

CONTACT

CONTACT US

We want to hear what you have to say. Please let us know your thoughts or reach out to get involved with the efforts of "Carousel Care" here.

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