The Oakland Medical Center has a multidisciplinary team to provide parents with information and to provide immediate and coordinated care for babies born with conditions requiring corrective surgery. The High Risk Obstetrical Service and state-of-the-art Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provide care to pregnant women and their newborn babies delivered at the Oakland Medical Center. Labor and delivery and post partum are in close proximity to the NICU. Prenatal counseling is routine. In addition, the NICU is a regional referral center caring for critically ill newborns or those requiring specialized surgical care brought to Oakland by a dedicated, highly-trained Neonatal Transport Team. Transfers are accepted from all of Northern California.

The pediatric surgeons at the Oakland Medical Center have extensive experience in providing specialized surgical care to neonates. Common problems diagnosed and treated include:

• Diaphragmatic hernia
• Congenital lung malformations – cysts and sequestrations
• Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula
• Omphalocele
• Biliary atresia
• Choledochal cyst
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Intestinal obstruction or atresia
• Anorectal malformations
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease

If you would like to find out more about the Neonatologists at the Oakland Medical Center, please visit their home pages:

http://www.permanente.net/doctor/shannonalexander
http://www.permanente.net/doctor/michaeljennis
http://www.permanente.net/doctor/leedellxreuben