PROVIDENCE – Dr. Marcia W. VanVleet, director of the newborn nursery at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, was given the 2015 Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award. The award is given to a physician who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s health in Rhode Island through research, service or educational endeavors.
“When I think of state leaders in newborn and pediatric health in Rhode Island, Dr. VanVleet first comes to mind. The contributions she has made to the field in the last 15 years are immeasurable. This special achievement award from the R.I. chapter of the AAP is well-deserved,” said Dr. James F. Padbury, pediatrician in chief and chief of neonatal/perinatal medicine at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and the William and Mary Oh-William and Elsa Zopfi Professor of Pediatrics for Perinatal Research at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
An assistant professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, VanVleet develops curriculum to advance resident and medical student learning in the newborn nursery, specifically. Her research interests focus on the advancement of medical education, breastfeeding, neonatal abstinence syndrome, survey methodology and public health.
