Guest: Dr. Elvira Parravicini, Neonatologist, Neonatal Comfort Care Program Director, Columbia University
In this episode:
- Explain how neonatal palliative care differs from adult or pediatric palliative care.
- List three things to refrain from saying to a family with a child that has a life-limiting or life-threatening condition.
- Name three things a palliative care program might do to honor the life of a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition.
About Dr. Elvira Parravicini
Dr. Elvira Parravicini is an attending neonatologist at NewYork Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, the Director of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and a Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. She obtained a certification in palliative medicine from Harvard University. She was born, raised and attended medical school in Milan, Italy, and moved to the United States in 1994. Her passion for helping the most fragile patients in the neonatal population inspired Dr. Parravicini to create a unique and innovative program for infants affected by life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. The Neonatal Comfort Care Program addresses the complex medical and non-medical needs of infants and their families. The interdisciplinary Neonatal Comfort Care team supports expectant mothers of babies diagnosed with a life-limiting condition during the perinatal journey, from diagnosis to delivery and beyond.
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