Neonatologists :

• 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 involves medical problems in the mother or baby that may compromise the infant’s health and require medical intervention in the delivery room.
• Stabilize and treat newborns with any life-threatening medical problems.
• Consult with obstetricians, pediatricians, and family physicians about conditions affecting newborn infants.