Deborah Campbell, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Program Director for the fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Director of the Division of Neonatology at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She conducts the Low birth weight infant Evaluation and Assessment Program (LEAP). Her research interests include regionalization of perinatal care and health services delivery, psychosocial support interventions for mothers of premature babies, perinatal ethics and collaborative decision-making, outcomes for very low birth weight infants, and newborn hearing screening. Dr. Campbell is a member of the Academic Pediatric Society and a fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has served as a member of Montefiore’s Infant Bioethics Review Committee and is working closely with members of the Neonatology Division who are creating a formal Neonatal Palliative Care Program at Montefiore.
Dr. Campbell plays an active role in perinatal activities at the city, state and national levels, having served various leadership roles at the American Academy of Pediatrics, the New York State Association of Regional Perinatal Programs and Networks, the NYC Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council and the Greater New York March of Dimes Health Professionals Advisory Board and National March of Dimes. She has worked with the NYS Department of Health (DOH) and the AAP on several initiatives: (1) NYS DOH initiative on perinatal regionalization, implementation of a statewide perinatal data system and quality of care management, (2) Implementation of the state’s universal newborn hearing screening program, and (3) NYS Early Intervention Program IDEA General Supervision Enhancement Grant.
