Caring for Sick Newborns
As a physician assistant in the newborn intensive care unit, Alison Becker works with neonatologists and other team members to take care of premature and critically ill newborn babies.
She cares for infants with a range of conditions including:
- Congenital anomalies
- Congenital heart disease
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Prematurity
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Respiratory failure
- Seizures
- Sepsis
Alison also specializes in resuscitation and stabilization of infants at birth and is a member of the NICU Chronic Respiratory Care team providing specialized care for infants with chronic lung disease.
Speaks: English