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DMC and Children's Hospital of Michigan Advanced Skill

Physicians throughout Michigan refer their high-risk obstetrics patients to DMC Women and Infant Services, in part because of the neonatal care available, and the Maternal Special Care unit at Hutzel Women’s Hospital, the only one of its kind in the tri-county area.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) vs. Special Care Nursery (SCN)

We have both Special Care Nurseries (SCNs) and Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Michigan. While NICU is reserved for critically ill infants, our SCNs provide care and monitoring for newborns facing complications during their first days of life, but they’re not critically ill.

Special Care Nurseries

A step below the level of advanced care available in our NICU, the special care nurseries at both DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital and DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital provide specialized care and monitoring for newborns who are facing complications during their first days of life. The nursery is staffed by specially trained nurses and respiratory therapists and is prepared for several therapies, including IV therapy, oxygen, nutritional therapy and phototherapy.

Neonatal Intensive Care Units

The NICUs at DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital and DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital provide advanced care to critically ill newborns and premature babies, some delivered as early as 23 weeks. Whether they are born at a DMC hospital or transferred from another hospital, infants here receive multidisciplinary care from our team of specialists, including:

  • Physicians specializing in neonatology
  • Registered nurses with extensive training in newborn care
  • Neonatal pharmacist
  • Respiratory therapists

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Children’s Hospital of Michigan NICU

Children's Hospital of Michigan logo and US News 2021 award badgeAdditionally, our nationally acclaimed Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides the highest level of neonatal care for the sickest and most high-risk infants. As a Regional Level IV NICU, the hospital has the capability to provide surgical repair of complex congenital or acquired conditions and maintains a comprehensive range of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists and pediatric anesthesiologists on site. It is a leader in cooling therapy for infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, repair of abdominal wall defects and care of infants with chronic lung disease.

Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s Pediatric and Neonatal Ambulance service (PANDA One) serves as a mobile extension of the hospital, providing highly specialized care and transport of critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients from all over Michigan.

In addition to our NICUs, our locations offer specialized neonatal care in other areas:

  • Children’s Hospital of Michigan, in partnership with Hutzel Women’s Hospital, has pediatric specialty services in hematology, nephrology, endocrinology, neurology, gastrointestinal, infectious diseases, genetics and dysmorphology.
  • Our nationally acclaimed Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides a continuum of advanced care for newborns, including pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, pediatric orthopedics and more than 40 subspecialties. They are ranked by U.S. News and World Report 2021-2022 as a Best Children’s Hospital in six pediatric specialties:
    • Cardiology & Heart Surgery
    • Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
    • Nephrology
    • Neurology & Neurosurgery
    • Orthopedics
    • Urology

Family-Centered Care in the SCN and NICU

While our staff provides highly specialized medical and nursing care, we encourage parents to participate in the basic care and nurturing of their infant, to help meet the developmental needs of your newborn – feeding, bathing, comforting and holding the baby. This helps ensure parents are ready to take care of the baby when it is time to go home.

Disclaimer: All patients who are being admitted or are symptomatic will receive a COVID-19 test. We currently allow two support persons per patient.

Obstetrics at the DMC

Why Choose the Detroit Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Michigan?

At the DMC, we have pregnancy and birthing specialists in convenient locations all around our community, including Hutzel Birthing Center at Hutzel Women’s Hospital in Midtown Detroit; Harris Birthing Center at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Commerce Township; and the Sinai-Grace Birthing Center at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Northwest Detroit.

Our nationally acclaimed Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides a continuum of advanced care for newborns, including pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, pediatric orthopedics and more than 40 subspecialties and a dedicated Fetal Care Center.

Our OB/GYN and pediatric specialists and experienced staff are ready to serve you with warmth and understanding, as well as the technical skill, and clinical judgement that are vital to a positive experience for mother and baby. You can be confident that you’ll be in good hands – hands that are both competent and compassionate.