 Dr. Attardi joined the Monmouth Neonatal Group at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J. in July 1999. She received a B.A. from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. in 1989 and then attended Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA from 1989-93. She pursued further training in pediatrics in Philadelphia (residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children between 1993-96) and in neonatology (fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital between 1996-99). Dr. Attardi is Board Certified in Pediatrics and in the subspecialty of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. As a member of a team of four neonatologists she cares for acutely ill infants in the “RNC” or Regional Newborn Center and is also active in resident, neonatal nurse practitioner and medical student education and mentoring. Dr. Attardi holds an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine. Currently she is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the AAP Section of Perinatal Medicine and the American Medical Association. Dr. Attardi is also part of the New Jersey Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Program. Dr. Attardi introduced and promoted the use of “Kangaroo Care”, a form of skin-to-skin holding of infants by their caregivers, and continues to have a strong interest in the role of developmental care and family centered practices in the management of all premature and fragile term neonates.
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