3rd World Congress on Mother & Neonatal Nursing Care September 26-27, 2018 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lorraine Shields received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the UCLA School of Nursing and completed her Doctoral work at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville Tennessee. She is currently Assistant Professor of Nursing in the graduate nurse practitioner program at California Baptist University College of Nursing in Riverside California. She has 38 years experience in Neonatal Nursing as a bedside nurse, transport nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. She has served many positions in the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. Her passions include neonatal developmental care, family-centered care, and excellence in nursing.

Her passions include neonatal developmental care, family-centered care, and excellence in nursing

Dr. Ashlesha Kaushik is an American Board certified Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at Unity Point Health, and Siouxland Medical Education Foundation, Sioux City, Iowa, United States. She was the Former Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic and Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Dr. Kaushik earned her Postdoctoral Clinical and Research Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the prestigious University of Texas Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas at Dallas, Texas, United States. She is certified in Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship, by the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). She completed her residency in Pediatrics from St. Joseph's Children's Hospital (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University). Prior to this, she pursued a rigorous residency in Pediatrics from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India- one of the apex medical institutes in India. Dr. Kaushik has authored several publications in peer reviewed journals and has presented at numerous international, national and regional meetings.

Pediatrics

Rita P. Verma, MD is a practicing Pediatrician in Richmond Hill, NY. Dr. Verma graduated from Lalitnarayan Mithila University in 1973 and has been in practice for 45 years. She completed a residency at Suny Upstate. Dr. Verma also specializes in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She currently practices at Best Medical Care and is affiliated with Nassau University Medical Center. Dr. Verma accepts multiple insurance plans including MVP Health Plan, Medicare and Humana. Dr. Verma is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Verma also practices at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY. In addition to English, Dr. Verma's practice supports this language: Spanish.

Neonatal-Perinatal