Antoine N. Soliman, M.D. has joined Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach as the new medical director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which provides care for babies who are born prematurely or with a congenital birth anomaly at Miller Children’s.
Soliman previously taught as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine and as a clinical instructor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He also was the director of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Program (Small Baby Unit) in the Children’s Specialists, Neonatology Division at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).
“With the addition of Dr. Soliman as our NICU medical director, we are expecting to see many exciting new initiatives come forth,” says Suzie Reinsvold, chief operating officer, Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach. “His proven track record in quality improvement initiatives combined with our excellent care team should help to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.”
Soliman’s clinical interests are in extremely-low-birth-weight infants and quality-improvement initiatives. His research helped him co-create a program at CHOC that improved the outcomes of extremely-low-birth-weight infants, born weighing less than two pounds, who were generally thought to be untreatable in certain aspects. This is essential at Miller Children’s, where some of Southern California’s sickest babies are seen at in the level III NICU, according to a press release from the hospital.
“I am excited to be a part of one of the largest NICU programs in California,” Soliman said. “My main goal at Miller Children’s will be to lead our expert multi-disciplinary team of specialists and care team to ensure that quality improvements are made, which will increase the already outstanding care provided here.”
Soliman is involved as a member of several professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the California Association of Neonatologists. He is double board-certified with the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and sub-specialty neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Soliman plans to not only focus on the treatment and outcomes of NICU patients but to transform the patient and family experience as well, according to Miller Children’s.
Soliman received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University and completed his pediatric residency, as well as his research fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases, and his fellowship in neonatology and perinatology, at UCLA School of Medicine/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Source: Miller Children’s
