Neonatologists
If your newborn needs medical care he may be treated by one of Stamford Hospital's neonatologists. Since newborn babies are not just small adults, a medical problem can mean a special challenge. Neonatologists have the special training required to evaluate and treat newborns' medical problems. In addition, neonatologists use equipment that is designed specifically for the tiniest patients.
Neonatologists can:
- Diagnose and treat newborns with conditions such as breathing disorders, infections, and birth defects.
- Coordinate care and medically manage newborns born premature, critically ill, or in need of surgery.
- Ensure that critically ill newborns receive the proper nutrition for healing and growth.
- Provide care to the newborn at a cesarean or other delivery that requires medical intervention in the delivery room.
- Stabilize and treat newborns with any lifethreatening medical problems.
Our neonatologists work mainly in our Level IIIa NICU facility (able to care for babies as young as 25 weeks), providing warm, compassionate, family-centered care not only to the babies but also their families.
Meet Our Neonatologists
Gerald B. Rakos, M.D.,
Director of Neonatology, Chairman of Pediatrics
Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center
Residencies: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowships: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Certifications: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Pediatrics
Teaching Appointments: Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Bharati Banerjee, M.D.
Medical School: Gauhati Medical College, India
Residencies: Monmouth Medical Center, NJ
Fellowships: Monmouth Medical Center, NJ, Neonatalogy
Vasudeva Kamath, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, NY
Fellowship: John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Board Certified: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
For more information or to make an appointment please call
1-877-233-WELL (9355).