| Position | Neonatology Full-Time Staff |
| Credentials | MD, Neonatology BC |
| Starting Date | ASAP |
| Name | David Kanter |
| Title | Medical Director |
| Organization | Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center |
| City | Columbia |
| State | MD |
| ZIP | 21044 |
| dkanter3@jhu.edu | |
| Phone | 14107407557 |
Located in popular Columbia Maryland, HCGH is an 18 bed Level III NICU and functions as a community-based practice within the Division of Neonatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution. As such, this role includes a non-faculty, senior staff appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Howard County Medical Center has an active obstetrical service with close to 2500 deliveries a year. Maternal fetal medicine (MFM) services are deeply integrated into the functioning of the obstetrical ward and monthly conferences between obstetrics / MFM / NICU keep us apprised of complicated patients.
As a neonatologist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, the primary responsibilities would be on-site patient care including day time service weeks, in-house call at night and weekend coverage. We are constantly improving our unit and currently able to support infants at the limit of viability. We utilize many types of ventilatory techniques including volume and pressure ventilation, oscillator ventilation, bubble CPAP and high flow nasal cannula. A wide breadth of consultative support is provided through collaboration with pediatric subspecialists at Johns Hopkins.
As part of a bigger system, the NICU at HCGH has opportunities for teaching clinical staff, quality improvement projects and participation in many of the wonderful educational conferences provided by the Department of Pediatrics / Division of Neonatology at Johns Hopkins.
The special skills required for this position include: Knowledge and skill in neonatal resuscitation/stabilization/maintenance. Knowledge of parenteral nutrition administration. Skill in intubation, use of respirators and respiratory assist devices, umbilical catheter placement, thoracentesis and chest tube placement, and lumbar puncture. Knowledge and skill in interpretation of neonatal x-ray studies. NRP Certification.