Dr. Sonia Lomeli Bonifacio, is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the NeuroNICU, at Stanford University School of Medicine. She was a founding member of the Newborn Brain Society, has served as Chair of the Guidelines and Publications Committee and now is serving as Secretary. 

Dr. Bonifacio’s primary interests are the development and implementation of neonatal neurocritical care, neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm and sick term newborns, and therapeutic interventions for neonatal encephalopathy. She enjoys collaborating with other leaders to advance neonatal neurocritical care as a unique sub-specialty of neonatology and to educate trainees on this topic. 

Sonia is also passionate about quality improvement and health equity. As the daughter of immigrants, raised by a single mother, she draws on her life experiences to provide compassionate and equitable care to all infants and their families. She aims to reduce inequities in care to reduce morbidity and mortality in minoritized populations.