NEC SocietyCategory: Raising Awareness
NEC Symposium to Address Disparities in the Care of Fragile Infants
The NEC Society, in partnership with the Section of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Michigan, with support from PCORI and the NICHD, is proud to announce the NEC Symposium will open with a session that addresses disparities in the…
Read MoreDefining NEC: beginning to shed light in a dark room
Written by Dr. Steven Mcelroy, a neonatologist at the University of Iowa “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” –Old Chinese Proverb Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the oldest diagnoses in the field of…
Read MoreNEC Society Receives PCORI Engagement Award
The NEC Society has received an Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to support the 2019 NEC Symposium. The NEC Symposium is made possible through a partnership between the NEC Society and the Section of Pediatric Surgery…
Read MoreVIDEO: NEC Prevention Through Collaboration
Check out our new video designed to encourage providers and patient-families to partner to improve care for babies!
Read MoreThe Story Behind the Tree of Courage Painting
By Leslie Napolitano, artist of the Tree of Courage, whose grandson died from NEC My grandson Micah developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) when he was nearly six weeks old, after being born just shy of 28 weeks gestation. Like many babies…
Read MorePatient-Family Keynote Panel Announced for 2019 NEC Symposium
The NEC Society, in partnership with the Section of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, is thrilled to announce the Patient-Family Keynote Panel at the 2019 NEC Symposium. The goal of the Patient-Family Panel is…
Read MoreBecoming an Advocate for My Son
Mom Heather works tirelessly to get her son the care he needs.
Read MoreHonoring My Son by Working to Reduce the Burden of NEC
Written by Guy’s mother, Joanne Ferguson, contributor to the Special Interest Group (SIGNEC) in the United Kingdom This picture of my son, Guy, is used to raise awareness of what is possibly the most complex condition that affects premature babies….
Read MorePresident of VON to Keynote the NEC Symposium
The NEC Society, in partnership with the Section of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, is honored to announce that Dr. Roger Soll, President of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON), will keynote the NEC Symposium….
Read MoreFighting the Phantom Menace of NEC
Written by David J. Hackam, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon-in- Chief Johns Hopkins Children’s Center “They don’t just suffer, they suffer alone.” Necrotizing enterocolitis is not just a major disease that affects premature infants. Rather, it is the very…
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