The Newborn Brain Society now has three membership levels – General, Junior, and General-LMIC (for those living in low-middle income countries). A General Member (LMIC) is a person residing and working in a country with “low-income economy,” “lower-middle-income economy,” or “upper-middle-income economy” as defined by the World Bank’s most recent available data. For 2020, please …
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Newborn Brain Society’s Educational Committee has launched a weekly webinar series. Join experts in the field of neonatal neurology as they speak on clinical and research guidelines, educate on new techniques, and answer your questions! Registration is free for all our live webinar sessions, but the recordings are only available to members. To learn more …
Joseph J. Volpe, MD is awarded the “Newborn Brain Society Inaugural Honorary Fellow” for his lifetime achievements in the field of newborn brain care Boston, Mass. – Joseph J. Volpe, MD has been awarded the Newborn Brain Society’s Inaugural Honorary Fellow title for his contributions and developments in Neonatal Neurology. Dr. Volpe will be honored on …
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Newborn Brain Society’s Educational Committee has launched a weekly webinar series. Join experts in the field of neonatal neurology as they speak on clinical and research guidelines, educate on new techniques, and answer your questions! May Speakers & Dates: May 14th: Christopher McPherson, PharmD, BCPPS Sedation, Analgesia, and the Newborn Brain May 21st: Christopher Smyser, MD, MSCI Neonatal …
From Telehealth patient visits to shuttered labs, online classes and medical students removed from clinical rotations, our entire world has been affected by the spread of COVID-19. As an organization of clinicians, researchers, trainees and families, this is undoubtedly a time that brings additional expectations for each of us. It is also a time to …
Dr. Khorshid Mohammad, MD, MSc (Pediatrics), FABP, FRCP (Edin) Neonatal nurses are in a unique position as front line caregivers, and can play a vital role when it comes to early initiation of brain monitoring (EEG, aEEG and NIRS), as well as the implementation of neuroprotective management strategies in neonates. Bedside nurses are also essential …
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Newly Launched Newborn Brain Society Now Accepting Memberships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, Mass. — A collective of the world’s leading newborn brain care providers have come together and launched the Newborn Brain Society (NBS). This new organization is focused on advancing newborn brain care through international multidisciplinary collaboration, education, and innovation. With founding leadership representation from …
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Joseph J. Volpe, MD, Neurologist-in-Chief Emeritus, Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School As requested by Dr. Mohamed El-Dib, President of the Newborn Brain Society, the following consists of brief reflections on the past, present and future of neonatal neurology. The reflections are highly selective and will not include names, to avoid the inevitable, …
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Betsy Pilon, President, Hope for HIE & NBS Board Member In 2012, my first child was born. After a routine pregnancy with exceptional prenatal care, he unexpectedly stopped moving at 37 weeks gestation. He was born through an emergency c-section, intubated, assessed, and transferred to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit to begin hypotermic cooling for …
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Professor Alistair Gunn, Departments of Physiology and Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Therapeutic hypothermia is a dream revisited, first suggested in antiquity (1). The possibility that it could improve recovery after a period of hypoxia-ischemia at birth was first tested in small uncontrolled studies in the 1950s and 1960s (2). In those first …
