Neonatologist and NICU Physician Business Cards

Neonatologists are the pediatric subspecialists who provide critical care to the most vulnerable patients in medicine — premature newborns (some as young as 22-23 weeks gestation), full-term infants with complex medical problems, and babies requiring surgical support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or complex transition care. The NICU is one of medicine's highest-acuity environments, and neonatologists carry relationships with families at the most emotionally charged moments of their lives.

What Neonatologist Cards Must Include

Your Credentials

• MD or DO — medical degree
• Neonatologist / Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine specialist
• Board Certified in Pediatrics (ABP) — base board certification
• Board Certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (ABP) — subspecialty board certification — the key credential to display
• FAAP (Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics)
• AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine member
• State medical license

Additional credentials:

• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) — standard, but signals NICU readiness
• ECMO specialist / ECMO coordinator — if trained in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• Research interests: surfactant therapy, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS/NOWS), therapeutic hypothermia (TH), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

Your NICU Level

NICUs are classified by capability level:

• Level IV NICU: Most complex — cardiac surgery, ECMO, subspecialty support — usually academic/children's hospital
• Level III NICU: Full subspecialty consultative support, most preterm infants
• Level II: Moderate care, stable preterm infants
• "Attending neonatologist at [Level IV NICU] | [Hospital name]"

Your Clinical Specialties

• Extreme prematurity (22-28 weeks)
• Respiratory distress syndrome / surfactant therapy
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) management
• Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
• Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
• Neonatal seizures
• Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) / therapeutic hypothermia
• Neonatal abstinence syndrome / NAS
• Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
• ECMO
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
• Developmental follow-up clinic

Referral Context

Neonatologists receive perinatal consultation referrals from:

• Maternal-fetal medicine / high-risk OB
• OB/GYN
• Labor and delivery teams

Design for Neonatologists

Medical Authority, Pediatric Warmth, NICU Precision

Neonatologist card design:

• Medical professional standard
• Pediatric warmth (children's hospital context)
• High-acuity clinical precision

Color palette:

• Navy + white: physician professional
• Teal + white: pediatric/neonatal warmth
• Soft blue + white: NICU, infant care

Back of Card

1. "MD | FAAP | Board Certified: Pediatrics & Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | [State]"
2. "NICU Level [II/III/IV] | [Hospital] | Neonatal Intensive Care | ECMO"
3. "Extreme prematurity | HIE/TH | RDS | IVH | NEC | NAS | CDH"
4. "Perinatal consultation: [fax/phone] | Academic affiliation: [University]"
5. "[Institutional email] | [LinkedIn QR for academic networking]"

Checklist

• [ ] MD/DO degree
• [ ] ABP pediatrics board certification
• [ ] ABP neonatal-perinatal medicine subspecialty board
• [ ] FAAP fellowship
• [ ] NRP certification
• [ ] ECMO training (if applicable)
• [ ] NICU level (II/III/IV)
• [ ] Clinical specialties (HIE, ECMO, prematurity)
• [ ] Perinatal consultation contact (fax)
• [ ] Academic affiliation and research interests