There is input from many subspecialty services, including pediatric surgery and pediatric cardiology. The NICU has several types of ventilators and nitric oxide and ECMO therapies are provided. The fellows attend follow-up clinic where they learn skills in evaluation, management of the needs of the sick newborn after discharge and can develop an understanding of the impact on the family of the socioeconomic and psychological stresses involved. All of the consulting staff, laboratory and radiological facilities of a major teaching center are at hand. There is laboratory space and equipment for research, including computer facilities for data manipulation and analysis.
Statistical consultation is available.
The library offers excellent service and courses in the retrieval of information by the Internet. Fellows are supervised by faculty but expected to become independent over time. There is a Core lecture series at the start of the academic year. A lecture series is given in Statistics and every other year a Teaching Seminar series is offered. A Research Committee is set up for each fellow.