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.
UMass Memorial Medical Center provides the option to donate your baby’s umbilical cord blood at the time of delivery. The blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby's birth is rich in stem cells that are found in bone marrow. It used to be thrown away as waste, but by donating it you can help advance medical research.
Cord blood donation for research is easy and at no cost to you.
UMass Memorial Health is the only program in the region where you’ll find perinatologists, doctors with advanced training in high-risk obstetrical care. We are with you throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum providing personalized services that protect you and your growing baby. Our depth of experience helps more people experience positive birth outcomes.
If you need assistance growing your family, diagnosing irregular periods, or managing midlife hormonal changes, you can count on UMass Memorial. Our program is home to leading fertility specialists (reproductive endocrinologists) who deliver a broad range of personalized services. You also receive ongoing support from highly skilled nurses who are with you every step of the way.
When you need physical therapy treatment for orthopedic and musculoskeletal injuries or conditions, neurological problems or sports injuries, excellent care is right here in Central Massachusetts.
You have the ability to save a life—or even several lives—by being an organ and tissue donor. And you can do this in two ways: