Neonatology Care Team

Our Neonatology physicians are based at several locations throughout the Bay Area, with some practicing at more than one location. Our Stanford Medicine physicians are faculty at the Stanford School of Medicine. Our hospitalists are physicians who specialize in clinical, hospital-based care. Please see our list of neonatologists below, organized alphabetically by their primary location:

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Neonatologists

David Stevenson, MD, Interim Chief of Neonatology
William Benitz, MD
Shazia Bhombal, MD
Vinod Bhutani, MD
Sonia Bonifacio, MD
Valerie Chock, MD, Associate Director of Neonatal Services, Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program
Ronald Cohen, MD, Medical Director, Packard Intermediate Care Nursery
Alexis Davis, MD, Medical Director, Packard Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Louis Halamek, MD, Director, Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education
Susan Hintz, MD, Medical Director, Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program, Co-Director Johnson Pregnancy & Newborn Center
Ritu Chitkara, MD, Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program
Henry Chong Lee, MD
Jonathan Palma, MD
Jochen Profit, MD
William Rhine, MD, Medical Director, Neonatology Quality Improvement
Meera Sankar, MD
Melissa Scala, MD
Philip Sunshine, MD
Krisa Van Meurs, MD
Nicole Yamada, MD

Neonatal Hospitalists

Fatima Eskandar-Afshari, DO
Elizabeth Blecharcyzk, MD
Ivana Brajkovic, MD
Kenneth Christensen, MD
Alma Erice-Taganas, MD
Kathleen Forcier, MD
Adam Frymoyer, MD
Arun Gupta, MD
Armando Huaringa, MD
Irene Jun, MD
Lucy Lee, MD
Joshua Parker, MD
Michael Scahill, MD
Dominique Suarez, MD
Brittany Weldon, MD
Nichole Wang, DO
Jadene Wong, MD

Advanced Practice Providers

Wendy Adams, NP
Kathy Beall, NP
Kristine Boyle, NP
Drew Chastain, PA
Erin Comolli, NP
Elizabeth Fluharty, NP
Ashley Forester, NP
Lauren Benjamin-Gale, NP
Cecelia Glennon, NP
Katie Hunt, NP
Diana Kobayashi, NP
Sharon Lau, NP
Adrianna Miranda, NP
Audrey Moore, NP
Amanda Moy, NP
Diana Ng, NP
Robin Niemeier, NP
Michelle Omdahl, NP
Katie Rinaldo, NP
Laura Popovich, NP
April Minor Saltzmann, NP
Arlene Sheehan, NP
Rachael Small, NP
Shelby Vallandingham, NP
Nicole Weigel, NP

El Camino Hospital

Neonatologists

Lisa Bain, MD
Malathi Balasundaram, MD
Ritu Chitkara, MD
Christine Johnson, MD
Katherine McCallie, MD
Stephanie Miller, MD
Meera Sankar, MD
Dharshi Sivakumar, MD, Medical Director, El Camino Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal Hospitalists

Suzanne Nourmand, MD

Sequoia Hospital

Neonatologists

Nilima Ragavan, MD, Medical Director, Sequoia Special Care Nursery

Neonatal Hospitalists

Fatima Eskandar-Afshari, DO
Azin Akbarnaejad-Oshagh, MD
Ivana Brajkovic, MD
Kenneth Christensen, MD
Fatima Eskandar-Afshari, DO
Gwendolyn Hamilton, MD
Suzanne Nourmand, MD
Joshua Parker, MD
Kathryn Ponder, MD
Lucy Rodriguez, MD
Dominique Suarez, MD
Alma Taganas, MD
Nichole Wang, DO
Mohamed Hasan, MD

Dominican Hospital

Neonatologists

Magdy Ismail, MD, Medical Director, Dominican Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Antonios Issa, MD

Watsonville Hospital

Neonatologists

Edward McNamara, MD, Medical Director, Watsonville Special Care Nursery

Neonatal Hospitalists

David Finnigan, MD
Eric Foote, MD
Carmin Powell, MD
Donna Takahashi, MD

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital

Neonatologists

Robert Castro, MD, Medical Director, Salinas Valley Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Greg Glasscock, MD
Carl Yaeger, MD