One might say that random circumstances and unexpected doors opening led Dr. Dhanireddy to both a life in medicine and to the specialty of neonatology. However, Dr. Dhanireddy believes a greater force led him to be right where he needed to be to find his passion for saving babies. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, M.D., oversees one [...]
September is Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month This is a time to honor babies, families, caregivers and anyone else who may experience life in the NICU. Please consider raising awareness and funds this month during NICU awareness month by participating in our fundraiser Support the NICU and Earn Prizes Top fundraising individuals [...]
Spring break seemed like a good time for a Caribbean cruise. Sarah Davies is an elementary school teacher in Blytheville, Arkansas, so the academic calendar plays a role in any vacation planning. At 26 weeks pregnant, she was just under the cruise travel cutoff for pregnant women. Her physician gave her the OK to [...]
Spring break seemed like a good time for a Caribbean cruise. Sarah Davies is an elementary school teacher in Blytheville, Arkansas, so the academic calendar plays a role in any vacation planning. At 26 weeks pregnant, she was just under the cruise travel cutoff for pregnant women. Her physician gave her the OK to [...]
Stephanie, due on Dec. 24, came a few months early on Sept. 29. Today Stephanie Lemley is an assistant professor in the Mississippi State University College of Education, mom of a baby boy, and enjoying a happy life with her husband in Starkville. But in the fall of 1983, Stephanie was a [...]
Familia nicaragüense encuentra cuidado compasivo en Memphis La familia Vargas nunca imaginó que tendría su bebé en Memphis pero está agradecida de que lo hicieron. “Estoy agradecido por una Regional de la salud”, dijo Erenia Vargas. “Me sentí tan perdido”. Erenia y Héctor Vargas nunca se imaginaban que tendría un bebé en Memphis, Tennessee. [...]
The aim of the collaborative focus between Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center and Vermont Oxford Network is to improve outcomes in very low birth-rate babies by establishing a small baby unit by the end of 2019. Since opening in 1968, Regional One Health’s Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center successfully has treated more [...]
Ms. Jean Brooks began her nursing career at Regional One Health in July 1968, where she continues to work 50 years later. Taking care of more than 1,300 premature or critically ill newborns each year takes a lot of passion from a NICU team of nurses, physicians and other health care providers. [...]
We celebrate every baby’s life saved, and over the past 50 years there has been much celebration at the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center. Since its founding in 1968, the Newborn Center has treated more than 45,000 premature babies. The dedicated nurses, physicians and other health care providers who have staffed the Newborn Center [...]
Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center Medical Director Dr. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, MD, (right) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager Kelley Smith shared knowledge with a new hospital in India. Regional One Health has one of the oldest and largest neonatal intensive care units in the United States. The Sheldon B. Korones Newborn [...]