Neonatology Care Team

Our Neonatology physicians are based at several locations throughout the Bay Area, with some practicing at more than one location. Our Stanford Medicine physicians are faculty at the Stanford School of Medicine. Our hospitalists are physicians who specialize in clinical, hospital-based care. Please see our list of neonatologists below, organized alphabetically by their primary location:

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Neonatologists

Lawrence Prince, MD, Division Chief, Neonatology, Co-director Johnson Center for Pregnancy & Newborn Services
Cody Arnold, MD
Lisa Bain, MD, Associate Chief for Quality Improvement
William Benitz, MD
Shazia Bhombal, MD
Sonia Bonifacio, MD
Valerie Chock, MD, Associate Director of Neonatal Services, Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program
Ronald Cohen, MD, Medical Director, Packard Intermediate Care Nursery
Alexis Davis, MD, Medical Director, Packard Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Janene Fuerch, MD
Louis Halamek, MD, Director, Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education
Susan Hintz, MD, Director, Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program
Ritu Chitkara, MD
Henry Chong Lee, MD
Anca Pasca, MD
Jochen Profit, MD
Anoop Rao, MD
Nilima Ragavan, MD
William Rhine, MD
Melissa Scala, MD
David Stevenson, MD
Philip Sunshine, MD
Krisa Van Meurs, MD
Nicole Yamada, MD

Neonatal hospitalists

Elizabeth Blecharcyzk, MD
Kenneth Christensen, MD
Chandani Dezure, MD
Alma Erice-Taganas, MD
Adam Frymoyer, MD
Arun Gupta, MD
Armando Huaringa, MD
Irene Jun, MD
Shamita Punjabi, MD
Michael Scahill, MD
Wendy Si, MD
Nichole Wang, DO
Jadene Wong, MD

Advanced practice providers

Kathy Beall, NP
Kristine Boyle, NP
Kaitlyn Cline, NP
Elizabeth Fluharty, NP
Lauren Benjamin-Gale, NP
Cecelia Glennon, NP
Katie Hunt, NP
Abby Jacobs, NP
Savannah Kahn, NP
Diana Kobayashi, NP
Sharon Lau, NP
Matthew Ly, NP
Courtney MacDowell, NP
Christine Manipon, NP
Audrey Moore, NP
Amanda Moy, NP
Diana Ng, NP
Laura Popovich, NP
Arlene Sheehan, NP
Rachael Small, NP
Kirsten Strzok, NP
Jacklin Tong, NP
Shelby Vallandingham, NP
Nicole Weigel, NP
Danielle Wetzel, NP
Lorin Winters, NP

El Camino Hospital

Neonatologists

Malathi Balasundaram, MD
Christine Johnson, MD
Rachel Land, MD
Katherine McCallie, MD
Meera Sankar, MD
Dharshi Sivakumar, MD, Medical Director, El Camino Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal hospitalists

Suzanne Nourmand, MD

Sequoia Hospital

Neonatologists

Nilima Ragavan, MD, Medical Director, Sequoia Special Care Nursery
Stephanie Miller, MD

Neonatal hospitalists

Azin Akbarnaejad-Oshagh, MD
Kenneth Christensen, MD
Eric Foote, MD
Suzanne Nourmand, MD
Wendy Si, MD
Alma Taganas, MD
Mohamed Hasan, MD
Armando Huaringa, MD

Dominican Hospital

Neonatologists

Magdy Ismail, MD, Medical Director, Dominican Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Antonios Issa, MD

Watsonville Hospital

Neonatologists

Edward McNamara, MD, Medical Director, Watsonville Special Care Nursery

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital

Neonatologists

Robert Castro, MD, Medical Director, Salinas Valley Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Greg Glasscock, MD
Tabitha Solomon, MD
Carl Yaeger, MD