Professional Development

Certification

• Neonatoal Resuscitation Program (12/2018 - 12/2020)
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics - Board certification expires in Dec 2027 (03/2012 - 12/0000)
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) - renewed July 2013 (07/2003)
• Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) (03/1995 - 03/2000)

Seminars and Conferences

• 27th Annual Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Conference (09/2022)
• National Perinatal Association Conference (05/2022)
• 25 Annual International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Virtual Conference November 5-7, 2020 (11/2020)
• 32nd Annual Gravens Conference on Developmental Care in the NICU, March 6-9, 2019, Clearwater Beach, FL 4 days of presentations on Family Centered Developmental Care in the NICU and on NICU Design (03/2019)
• International Lactation Conference and Annual Meeting Celebrating Baby Friendly in the Hospital and Beyond:  Helping Families Trive Worldwide - Chicago, IL, July 20-23, 2016. (07/2016)
• 36th Annual National Perinatal Association Conference Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Perinatal Decision Making in the 21st Century - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, April 28-29, 2016, (04/2016)
• California Association of Neonatologists Conference Cool Topics in Neonatology - Coronado, CA - March 4-6, 2016 (03/2016)
• 6th Annual California Breastfeeding Summit Creating a Constellation and Charting the Course for Breastfeeding Success.  Sacramento, CA, February 3-5, 2016 (02/2016)
• 19th International Congress of the Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Washington, DC, December 3-6, 2015 (12/2015)

Special Projects

• CPQCC Project - NEOBrain - A multi-NICU QI collaborative to promote optimal neurodevelopment of very preterm infants by promoting positive touch by staff and parents and skin-to-skin contact with parents in the NICU. (05/2021 - Present)