Is there a doctor who takes care of babies only?

Question

i want to be a doctor who specializes in babies after they are born... like the first couple months or something... can someone give me a name for that type of doctor? i know that there is a pediatrician, but they take care of infants, kids, teens, and so on... i want to work with babies only

Answer 1

You would have to attend medical school first and become an intern at a hospital.  Neonatologists work out of hospitals because they usually care for ill babies.  They usually do not have their own practices.  If you wanted your own practice, you can certain limit your practice to infants but most parents want a longer lasting relationship with their child doctor...not just a few months.

Answer 2

what you're looking for is a neonatal pediatrician....they specialize in neonatal illnesses so I'm not sure if you can find one just for general purposes.

Answer 3

That's a neonatologist.  It takes a lot of schooling though because you actually have to become a pediatrician before you can become one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatology will give you more information.

Answer 4

A neonatalogist will usually ONLY be available (if going through hospital) if your baby needs intensive care or special care in the first few weeks / months, which  you certainly hope is not the case. You cannot just pickup the phone and book an appointment with them.  You have to go through a pediatrician or the hospital.  

However, you can try to find pediatrican that has specialized neonatalogy.  Hard to find those as not many of those and they are often full-time neonatalogist only (not practising general pediatrics). If you call around, you can try to find one that is part-time neonatalogist at the hospital but also has a pediatric practice.

Good luck.

Answer 5

PEDETRICIAN

Answer 6

I believe that specialty would be called a neonatologist.

Answer 7

you can be like a neonatal nurse or specialize in neonatal care