b'BUILDING ON A LEGACY, DEAR COLLEAGUES,LEANING INTO THE FUTURE Even after more than 30 years as a neonatologist, I still find a babys in utero development, birth and growth awe-inspiring. My colleagues and I work collaboratively with specialists, subspecialists, MISSION advanced practice providers, nurses, respiratory therapists and many Since 1913, the mission of Childrens Health SMhas been to make life better for children. Our other disciplines to give every baby the very best start in life. That unique skills and expertise, combined with leading-edge techniques and technology, allow commitment is what inspired me to come to Childrens Health and us to provide award-winning neonatal and perinatal care to children in Texas and beyond.UT Southwestern more than 15 years ago with the vision of building the worlds most comprehensive, technologically advanced and These attributes, along with our dedication to research, patient care and medical highest-quality Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine program.education, have allowed us to achieve our vision of making Childrens Health among Weve made tremendous progress. We built a Level IV NICU, now the very best medical centers, ranking in all 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News with 47 beds, that serves more than 750 fragile newborns each & World Report.year. We offer a comprehensive Fetal Center that provides antenatal In fact, as the eighth-largest pediatric health care provider in the nation, we saw nearly consultation with access to over 50 specialties and subspecialties. 300,000 children in 2019 alone with nearly 800 NICU admissions and 200 fetal consults. We pioneered a TeleNICU program, the first in Texas, that connects physicians in our program with nine partner sites. Originally foundedRashmin Savani, MBChB, welcomes NICU graduates and their There is just no better affirmation of our mission than seeing healthy patients leave families to the annual NICU Reunion. In 2020, the team held by Liz Heyne, PA-C, Psy.D., and directed by her husband Roy Heyne, the event virtually to accommodate COVID-19 precautions.the hospital. M.D., we expanded the Thrive Program (formerly the Low BirthACADEMIC AFFILIATIONWeight Clinic) that offers families of NICU graduates a primary home for comprehensive care, as well as neurodevelopmental follow-up until age 5. Altogether, our Our success is the result of a close collaboration with UT Southwestern. In addition to program touches more than 2,000 lives each year with outstanding outcomes.extending our academic mission of training the next generation of physicians, this one-Therefore, our Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine program delivers comprehensive care from fetus of-a-kind relationship affords patients access to world-renowned expertise in everyto age 5 and focuses on achieving excellence in clinical care, advancing new discoveries and aspect of fetal and neonatal care. With leading research, high-quality care and life-savingtraining the next generation of expert neonatologists. We are committed to saving lives for treatment options like the EXIT surgery and ECMO, we offer a full continuum of care fromlifetimes and working to raise the bar even higher by: fetus to five years of age and beyond.Launching one of the nations first TeleTransport programs, where every neonatal transport will be equipped with telehealth tools. This will enable neonatologists to evaluatebabies from afar, so we can guide the transport team on which immediate treatments to deliver en route.Equipping our transports with active and monitored whole-body cooling. Building the infrastructure for a fetal intervention program that will ensure babies have access to the most advanced prenatal care and interventions, all under one roof. Our commitment to excellence and innovation, combined with outstanding outcomes, helps explain why families from across our region turn to us for careand why U.S. News & World Report continues to rank our neonatology program among the best in the country. I invite you to learn more about our program and to contact me anytime to collaborate with our team. Rashmin Savani, MBChBDivision Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Childrens Health Professor, UT Southwestern'