Medical Director, Newborn Nursery: Michael Barone, M.D.
Medical Director, Maternal Care: Cynthia Argani, M.D.
Patient Care Manager: Linda Carrick, RN
Telephone: 410-550-0394; Nursery: 410-550-0397
Care Team:
Nurse Practitioners
Cheryl Harrow, MS, CRNP (FNP)
Lisa McHargue, MS, CRNP (NNP
Lactation Consultant
Cheryl Harrow, RN-C, MS, IBCLC
Christine Moore, RN-C, BSN, IBCLC
We practice a Mother-Baby Care model, in which stable newborns may room-in 24 hours per day with their mothers. Nurses trained in this model provide both post-partum care to mothers and regular newborn care to their infants.
Nurse practitioners support the pediatricians' care of newborns. Consultations and immediate back-up are available from neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners, with intermediate and intensive care nurseries adjacent to the Mother Baby Unit.
Family Services
1. Breastfeeding counseling on-site.
2. Social work consultation
3. Education materials, pamphlets and handouts are provided; videos also are available for in-hospital education
4. Interpreter services/TDY
5. Hearing screening: AABR
6. Newborn metabolic screening
