The Incubator
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Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#386 - 🟢 HOT TOPICS 2025 COVERAGE - The section on neonatal perinatal medicine: the hope for neonatology
14 minutes Posted Dec 8, 2025 at 8:00 pm.
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Send us a text Dr. Clara Song, Chair of the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, discusses urgent workforce challenges facing neonatology. With average neonatologist age around 50-55 and stable fellowship applications despite growing positions, the field faces potential shortages. The section launched initiatives addressing fair compensation, including a new website comparing negotiated commercial payer rates across states and engaging state chapters for payer advocacy. Song highlights...