Providers at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center are here to help when your child faces physical, emotional and developmental challenges. We provide specialized services and support related to common health issues, puberty, reproductive health, mental health, life changes and more.
The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship is offered to medical school graduates who have completed an approved three-year pediatric residency or met Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved standards.
You are welcome to be with your baby any time you’d like. The following guidelines provide a private and safe place for the families and babies.
The UMass Memorial NICU provides programs and services focusing on the wellness your family and baby.
Screening Programs
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center is the region’s only Level III NICU, caring for extremely premature babies and newborns with complex medical needs. A Level III NICU is equipped to treat babies born as early as 22 weeks gestation. As a regional referral center, we also receive babies from other birthing centers who need the high level of care our team provides.
We know that children aren’t small adults. They have unique needs that need to be met. If your child is an inpatient at our UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center, you can be assured that our caregivers have special training in caring for infants, children and adolescents.
Injury and illness affect the entire family. Our UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center Pediatric Social Work Program helps you and your child cope with illness and with the adjustment to diagnosis and treatment.
Licensed pediatric social workers provide services based on the unique needs of your child and family.
Our caring team of clinical social workers assists in many areas, including:
The caregivers at the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center follow family-centered care core concepts. These concepts guide us in providing the best care possible to you and your family. The core concepts of family-centered care empower families in the care of their children.
The family is the constant in the child's life. We support and empower family members as partners and decision-makers in their child's care and help them cope more confidently with their child's illness.
