Frequently Asked Questions Important Numbers
Q. When will my baby come home? University Hospital A. Most babies below 33 weeks come CCN (Level II Care) ...... 205 934-6822 home a few weeks before their due Discharge Planning Nurse ...... 205 975-5126 date, if there are no major Hospital Business Office ...... 205 934-6400 complications. Babies must be able to Lactation Consultant ...... 205 975-8334 Division gain weight on full bottle/breast feedings Neonatology Billing Office ...... 205 934-4948 and maintain their temperature in an Newborn Nursery ...... 205 934-6120 open crib. Patient Representatives ...... 205 934-2273 of Pastoral Care ...... 205 934-4254 Q. Will the hospital contact my insurance RNICU (Level III Care) ...... 205 934-7310 company when my baby is born? Social Worker ...... 205 934-4737 Neonatology A. It is up the parent/caregiver to contact the insurance company within 30 days of the baby’s birth. Children’s Health System th Children’s NICU 6 Floor ...... 205 939-9480 th Q. If I can’t find a pediatrician, can I bring Children’s NICU – 7 Floor ...... 205 939-5470 my baby back here for a follow-up visit? Discharge Planning Nurse ...... 205 939-6198 A. The neonatologists take care of Lactation Consultant ...... 205 939-6600 hospitalized babies only. Operator ...... 205 939-9100 Pastoral Care ...... 205 939-9090 Q. Who will be my child’s pediatrician? Patient Representatives ...... 205 939-9191 A. The parent/caregiver is responsible for Special Care Nursery ...... 205 939-9484 choosing a pediatrician. Contact the Social Worker ...... 205 939-5790 Hospital Social Worker for assistance.
Q. How do I get into the Ronald McDonald Our Hospitals House? Cooper Green (NICU) ...... 205 930-3575 A. The Hospital Social Worker can give BHS Princeton (NICU) ...... 205 783-3260 you the contact information. BHS Shelby (NICU) ...... 205 620-7054 St. Vincent’s East (NICU) ...... 205 838-3600
Q. Where can I get my baby’s birth Trinity Medical Center (NICU) ...... 205 592-1451 certificate and Social Security card? UAB West (NICU) ...... 205 502-6555 Neonatology Billing Office ...... 205 996-2246 A. Someone from Birth Records will contact you to fill out the necessary forms.
Miscellaneous Disability Determination Service .... 800-292-6743 University of Alabama at Birmingham Ronald McDonald House ...... 205 933-0693 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Town House ...... 205 975-8820 Women and Infants Center Birmingham, AL 35249-7335 205 934-4680 – office / 205 934-3100 – fax
A Little About UAB Neonatology Health Care Providers Our Neonatologists
The UAB Division of Neonatology has In addition to your baby’s Neonatologist, other health care professionals will assist in thirteen fulltime, board-certified/ board-eligible Neonatologist - a physician who neonatologists and one pediatrician. specializes in the study of, care your baby’s care. They include: of, and treatment of sick and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners – specially premature infants. trained physician “extenders” who have Wally A. Carlo, M.D.
Neonate – infant from birth to extensive experience caring for sick Director, Professor of Pediatrics four weeks of age. infants. Neonatology Fellows – physicians who are Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D. board certified/board eligible pediatricians Associate Director, Professor of Pediatrics who are in subspecialty training to become The Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit Neonatologists. Carl H. Coghill, III, M.D. (RNICU) at University Hospital is the Pediatric Residents – physicians who Professor of Pediatrics oldest and largest newborn ICU in the have finished medical school and are in State. Because of strong clinical specialty training to become pediatricians. Reed A. Dimmitt, M.D., M.S.P.H. research ties, many cutting edge Associate Professor of Pediatrics therapies are available in the RNICU before they are introduced elsewhere. RNICU/CCN Visitation George El Ferzli, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics The RNICU at UAB is a 120 bed Level III The RNICU and CCN Nurseries are open to nursery and the primary referral nursery for visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Virginia A. Karle, M.D. maternal-fetal patients, critically ill neonates, unless otherwise posted. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and sick infants with congenital heart Parents and grandparents are welcome to disease. The Division accepts referrals of visit when the Unit is open. Rees E. Oliver, M.D. neonates with any illness including Siblings and other visitors may visit only Assistant Professor of Pediatrics genetic, cardiac, and surgical problems when accompanied by a parent. Joseph B. Philips, III, M.D. from the state, the nation, and from Phone information is given to the Professor of Pediatrics overseas. parents.
David A. Randolph, M.D., Ph.D. The Newborn ICU at The Children’s Our Hospitals Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Hospital of Alabama is available for babies with surgical problems or The UAB Division of Neonatology covers the Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D. complex, multi system congenital Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the following Assistant Professor of Pediatrics disorders. The University of Alabama at hospitals: Birmingham is one of the top medical Thomas D. Soltau, M.D. centers in the U.S. The Department of University Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatrics in one the best pediatric Children’s Health System research centers in the U.S. Cooper Green Hospital Elaine B. St. John, M.D. Baptist Health System – Shelby Associate Professor of Pediatrics Baptist Health System – Princeton St. Vincent’s East Rune Toms, M.D. Trinity Medical Center Assistant Professor of Pediatrics UAB Medical West Kathryn B. Buchan, M.D. Pediatrician
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