PERINATAL HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE

ALABAMA

Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care at Hospice Family Care, in affiliation with Huntsville Hospital. Huntsville, Alabama


ALASKA

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital perinatal bereavement program. Contact: (907) 458-3014. Fairbanks, Alaska

Hospice of Anchorage, providing support to parents before and after birth as well as coordination with medical providers. Contact: Bereavement services coordinator Lisa Fleischer, (907) 561-5322. Anchorage, Alaska

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Providence Medical Group perinatal palliative care. Contact: Kelsey Terland MD, (907) 212-7997. Anchorage, Alaska

ARIZONA

Babies Remembered perinatal palliative care and baby loss family support, a community-based organization offering support for families in the Tucson area as well as long distance. Contact: President and co-founder Sherokee Ilse, (952) 201-8667 or visit the list of independent advisors and doulas in other states. Tucson, Arizona

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Dignity Health Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Heaven's Hummingbirds perinatal bereavement support, including prenatal support. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Lori Remley, (480) 728-7423. Gilbert, Arizona

Hospice of the Valley Pediatric Care, including perinatal hospice. Phoenix, Arizona
 

MB&Sphere virtual and in-person doula services, specializing in pregnancy with complex diagnosis, perinatal hospice and bereavement. Contact: Berdette Carrasco RN, (623) 330-4963‬.

 

Northern Arizona Healthcare Perinatal LOSS Palliative Care Program at Flagstaff Medical Center & Verde Valley Medical Center. Contact: Perinatal Educator Lynn Harris RN BSN, (928) 214-3997.  Flagstaff, Arizona

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Phoenix Children's Perinatal Palliative Care. Phoenix, Arizona

 

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ARKANSAS

Arkansas Fetal Diagnosis and Management, a collaborative program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital. Contact: Shannon Barringer (501) 296-1745 ext. 1415 or Sara Peeples MD, (501) 526-3570. Little Rock, Arkansas
 

Circle of Life Hospice Perinatal Transitions in Care Program. Springdale and Bentonville, Arkansas

 

St. Vincent Health System Journey perinatal bereavement program, including perinatal hospice support. Little Rock, Arkansas
 

CALIFORNIA
 

Angel Babies/Bebitos Angelitos of Hinds Hospice. Perinatal palliative care and grief support. Contact: (559) 248-8579. Fresno and Merced, California

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Community Hospice pediatric hospice, including perinatal support. Modesto, California

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Elizabeth Hospice Perinatal Program, including grief counseling and support. Contact: Pediatric Department at (833) 349.2056, Escondido, California

 

George Mark Children's House, including perinatal palliative care consults. San Leandro, California

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Hospice of Santa Cruz County KidWISE concurrent care for children, including perinatal palliative care. Contact: Clinical Program Manager Danny Parker RN, (831) 430-3000. Scotts Valley and Watsonville, California

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic, including perinatal palliative care. Contact: Perinatal palliative care coordinator Katherine Wall RN BSN MEd. Loma Linda, California

 

Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Perinatal Connections Program. Contact: Meg Goris APRN MSN(R) FNP-BC ACHPN. Long Beach, California

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Providence Medical Group Fortuna - Obstetrics and Gynecology, including perinatal palliative care. Fortuna, California

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Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo Maternity Services, including perinatal palliative care. Mission Viejo, California

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Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Holistic Healing Program, including perinatal palliative care. Fortuna, California

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Providence St. Joseph Health Hospice-Anaheim Perinatal Comfort Care Program. Anaheim, California

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Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka Palliative Care, including perinatal palliative care. Eureka, California

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Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange Mother-Baby Unit, including perinatal palliative care. Orange, California

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Providence TrinityKids Care, including perinatal palliative care. Torrance, California  

 

Rady Children's Hospital Perinatal Hospice Care. Contact: Krishelle Marc-Aurele MD, board-certified in neonatology and hospice & palliative medicine, (619) 543-3759. San Diego, California

Scripps Health Perinatal Hospice Care, with hospital locations in La Jolla, Chula Vista, Encinitas, and San Diego, California
 

University of California Davis Children's Hospital Fetal Care and Treatment Center Supportive Therapies and Enhanced Palliative Services (STEPS) program, including perinatal palliative care. Contact:  (916) 734-8950. Sacramento, California

 

University of California Irvine Health Paloma Comfort Care. Orange, California

 

University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital. Contact: Palliative care nurse practitioner Maggie Root PNP or perinatal palliative care coordinator and grief/loss counselor Summer Segal MS LCGC, (415) 353-1328. San Francisco, California

 

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Institute for Maternal Fetal Health perinatal hospice & palliative care. Los Angeles, California

 

COLORADO
 

Bella Natural Women's Care & Family Wellness, an OB/GYN and family clinic that also provides perinatal hospice support. Englewood, Colorado

Hospice del Valle, including prenatal support. Contact: Social worker and bereavement counselor Mary Jane Cisneros, (719) 589-9019. Alamosa, Colorado

 

Leaves in Time, available for in-person perinatal hospice support in the Four Corners area (southwest Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah) as well as virtually. Contact: Liz Moran CNM, (970) 316-2271. Pagosa Springs, Colorado

String of Pearls, experienced OB nurses providing in-person perinatal hospice support in the Denver area and long-distance support to families nationwide. Contact: Executive director Laura Huene BSN RN CPLC. Littleton, Colorado

 

 

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut Children's pediatric palliative care, including perinatal palliative care. Contact: (860) 837.5207. Hartford, Connecticut

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Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Perinatal Hospice Program. Contact: Coordinator Christine Mastropietro RN, (203) 702-7400. Danbury, Connecticut

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Yale New Haven Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: (855) 433-8252. New Haven, Connecticut 

 

DELAWARE
 

Delaware Hospice Katybug Pediatric Program, including support before and after birth. Contact: Director of admissions Erica Galbreath, (302) 478-5707. Serving families throughout Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.

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IMPACT (Infant, Maternal, Pediatric Advanced Care Team) perinatal palliative care, Christiana Care Health Systems. Contact: Office of Neonatology, (302) 733-2410. Newark, Delaware

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

Capital Caring Kids Hospice, including prenatal support. Service area in the Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland region.

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FLORIDA

AMEND (Aiding a Mother/Father Experiencing Neonatal & Infant Death), in collaboration with the bereavement program at Florida Hospital Tampa. Contact: AMEND program director Karen Frazier RN, (813) 631-9519. Tampa, Florida
 

Chapters Health System Circle of Love Center, Chapters Health System. Contact: Jacqueline Warner Garman, LCSW, ACHP-SW, (813) 357-5671. Tampa, Florida

Cherishing the Journey, Inc. Perinatal palliative care and infant loss support, memory boxes, and resources for siblings. Contact: Jennifer Harden, (321) 750-8354. Based in Melbourne, Florida, and serving surrounding counties

Community PedsCare perinatal program, a program of Community Hospice and Palliative Care in collaboration with Wolfson Children's Hospital, Nemours Children's Clinic and the University of Florida. Contact: Director Patrice P. Austin, (904) 407-6302, Jacksonville, Florida

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Hope Kids Care pediatric programs including help before birth, a program of Hope HealthCare. Contact: Clinical manager Lisa Arguinzoni, RN CHPN, (239) 985-2486. Serving southwest Florida, based in Fort Myers, Florida

 

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital perinatal palliative care. St. Petersburg, Florida

Perinatal Comfort Care of Tampa. Contact: Kathy DeSanto RN, (727) 401-5383. Tampa, Florida

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Suncoast Hospice perinatal loss program. Contact: Julie Douglass, (727) 523-2425. Clearwater, Florida
 

Treasure Coast Hospice pediatric and perinatal hospice and palliative services. Contact: Dalila Rodriguez, (772) 233-3069. Stuart, Florida 

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University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital perinatal palliative care, part of pediatric palliative care. Contact: Perinatal nurse navigator Amy Mosely BSN RN CLC at UFHealth Women’s Center, (352) 265-9769. Gainesville, Florida

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Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies perinatal palliative care, in conjunction with Arnold Palmer Medical Center and Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Contact: Taylor Livingston, nurse practitioner for pediatric palliataive care, (321) 841-2245. Orlando, Florida


GEORGIA

Augusta University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology maternal-fetal medicine specialists fetal hospice. Augusta, Georgia

 

Hospice Atlanta Visiting Nurse Health System Pediatric Hospice Program, including care before birth. (404) 869-3000. Atlanta, Georgia

Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center perinatal program, (770) 219-8888. Gainesville, Georgia

H.E.A.R.T.strings Perinatal Palliative Care, Northside Hospital Perinatal Loss Office, Atlanta, Georgia

Sacred Journey Perinatal Hospice. Columbus, Georgia

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Wellstar Health System Journey Through Bereavement. Contact: Brittney Bottoms. Atlanta, Georgia

 

HAWAII

 

Navian Hawaii pediatric hospice care, including perinatal support. Contact: (808) 924-9255. Honolulu, Hawaii


IDAHO

Butterfly's Embrace, a perinatal palliative care service of St. Luke's Health System labor and delivery unit. Contact: Leslie Gunnerson, (208) 381-1807. Boise, Idaho

Daniel's Gift supportive counseling services, St. Luke's Health System Fetal Medicine Program. Contact: Coordinator Jacque Brown RN, (208) 410-9174. Twin Falls, Idaho

 

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Perinatal-Pediatric Advanced Care Team. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Christina Babin, (208) 367-7488. Boise, Idaho

 

ILLINOIS
 

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Contact: Palliative care coordinator Kathie Kobler MS RN, (847) 723-7911. Park Ridge, Illinois

BJC Hospice perinatal hospice care, Alton, Illinois (see also listings in Missouri)

Carle Health Perinatal Bereavement Services, including palliative care support. Urbana, Illinois
 

Children’s Hospital of Illinois Perinatal Supportive Care. Part of OSF Healthcare System. Contact: Perinatal supportive care coordinator Sarah Greer RNC-OB, (309) 624-2404. Peoria, Illinois

 

Endeavor Health: Evanston and Highland Park Hospitals. Perinatal Comfort Care Program. Contact: 847-570-2880. Evanston/Highland Park, Illinois

Medical Arts Ltd. perinatal hospice support. Contact: Karla Polaschek MD, (309) 779-4285. Moline, Illinois (See also Women's Choice Center, Bettendorf, Iowa)

 

Northwest Community Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Jill Kottmeier RN, (847) 618-8415. Arlington Heights, Illinois

Prentice Women's Hospital/Northwestern Memorial Hospital perinatal and neonatal palliative care, in collaboration with the Palliative Care Program at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Contact: Neonatologist Natalia Henner MD or neonatologist Jessica Fry MD. Chicago, Illinois
 

Rush University Medical Center Fetal and Neonatal Medicine Center. Contact: Maria Reyes RNC MSN, (312) 942-7874. Chicago, Illinois

 

St. Alexius Medical Center Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Kristi Moran MSW, (847) 303-7946. Hoffman Estates, Illinois

 

The Haven Network Perinatal Hospice and Bereavement Center. Rockford, Illinois

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UW Health-Northern Illinois. Contact: Neonatologist Paul Furigay MD. Rockford, Illinois

INDIANA

 

Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Center for Perinatal Loss. Contact: (317) 415-7494. Indianapolis, Indiana

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Center for Hospice Care perinatal palliative care. Contact: Bereavement coordinator Holly Farmer MA LMHC, (574) 255-1064. Mishawaka, Elkhart, and Plymouth, Indiana
 
Community Health Network palliative care, including perinatal, infant, and pediatric hospice and bereavement services. Contact: Patient care coordinator Melissa Fields CPNP-PC CHPPN, (317) 621-4900. Indianapolis, Indiana

Deaconess Health System Hand in Hand Perinatal Palliative Care website and brochure, The Women's Hospital, (812) 842-4200. Newburgh, Indiana

 

Franciscan St. Francis Health perinatal hospice. Contact: Bereavement coordinator Joni Cutshaw BSN RNC CPLC, (317) 528-5199. Indianapolis, Indiana

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Indiana University Health Riley Children's Fetal Center. Multidisciplinary perinatal palliative care support. Contact: (317) 948-5077.

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Miriam's Blessing, a ministry of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Fort Wayne, Indiana

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 St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Birthing Center Footprints Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: (859) 301-2500. Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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IOWA

Blank Children's Hospital SHINE Program: Perinatal and Pediatric Palliative Care, UnityPoint Health. Contact: (515) 241-5750. Des Moines, Iowa

MercyOne Perinatal Hospice & Bereavement. Contact: (515) 358-3030. Des Moines, Iowa

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Sheila B. Frascht RN, CHPPN, CPLC, Grief Services/Pediatric Palliative Care, (319) 356-7411. Iowa City, Iowa

Women's Choice Center, including perinatal support. Contact: Medical director Karla Polaschek MD. Bettendorf, Iowa (See also listing in Moline, Illinois)

KANSAS

 

Choices Medical Clinic perinatal hospice, (316) 687-2792. Wichita, Kansas

University of Kansas Medical Center KU Kids Healing Place prenatal and perinatal supportive care. Contact: Kathy Davis PhD, (913) 588-6336. Kansas City, Kansas

See also Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care and Children's Mercy Fetal Health Center. Kansas City, Missouri

See also Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Carousel Perinatal Program, Kansas City, Missouri

 

KENTUCKY

Baptist Health Lexington perinatal palliative care. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Deborah Mueller RN BSN, (859) 639-6904. Lexington, Kentucky

 

Baptist Health Louisville perinatal palliative care Program. Contact Perinatal bereavement coordinator Bonnie Hibbs MSN RNC CPLC, (502) 897-8327. Louisville, Kentucky

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare Maternal-Fetal Center and Family Birth Place Footprints Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: (859) 301-2500. Edgewood, Kentucky

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For support in southeast Kentucky, see also Niswonger Childrens Hospital, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Contact: millerra2@etsu.edu. 423-439-7320. 

LOUISIANA

Woman's Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Perinatal care coordinator Megan Haley, RN, BSN, RNC-OB, CPLC, (225) 215-7220 or the NICU at (225) 231-5588 ext. 4910 and ask for a palliative care coordinator. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 

Hospice of Baton Rouge Perinatal Palliative Care Hospice Program. Contact:  (225) 767-4673. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

MAINE

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Andwell Health Partners pediatric home health care perinatal hospice services and support. Lewiston, Maine, with multiple locations around the state

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MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children's Hospital pediatric palliative care, including perinatal support. Portland, Maine

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MARYLAND

Anne Arundel Medical Center Perinatal Loss and Palliative Care Program. Contact: Program coordinator Ann O'Sullivan RN, (443) 481-6989. Annapolis, Maryland

 

Capital Caring Kids Hospice, including prenatal support. Service area in the Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland region.
 

Gilchrist Kids Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care, Gilchrist Hospice Care, an affiliate of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Contact: Program manager at (443) 849-8200. Hunt Valley, Maryland

Isaiah's Promise, parent-to-parent support provided locally and also long-distance. Email. Rockville, Maryland

Johns Hopkins Hospital perinatal palliative care support. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Dawn Thurman. See also their video. Baltimore, Maryland

Never Alone Perinatal Palliative Care Program, Holy Cross Hospital. Contact: Perinatal services coordinator Bethany Fox, (301) 754-7672. Silver Spring, Maryland

Rising Hope Perinatal Hospice, Howard County General Hospital (a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine). Contact: Mary Peroutka RN, (410) 884-4709. Columbia, Maryland

 

Shady Grove Medical Center perinatal hospice support. Contact: Clinical nurse manager Amber Richter BSN RNC, (240) 826-6134. Rockville, Maryland

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SilverLeaf Counseling, at the Sweeney Center for Perinatal Care, offering specialized support for perinatal palliative care. Contact: Heather J. Silver, LCSW-C, CPLC. Severna Park, Maryland

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

Baystate Home Health & Hospice Pediatric Palliative Care. Contact: Program manager Michele O'Neill LICSW CCLS, (413) 794-6411. West Springfield, Massachusetts

Brigham and Women's Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Contact: Neonatologist Simon Manning MD, (617) 732-8405. Boston, Massachusetts

Care Dimensions (formerly Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston) perinatal palliative care. Contact: Maureen Forbes MS CCLS, (978) 750-9335. Danvers, Massachusetts

Cranberry Hospice Fragile Footprints Pediatric Palliative Care. Contact: Administrator Deborah Dolaway, LICSW, (508) 746-0215. Plymouth, Massachusetts

Good Shepherd Community Care (formerly Hospice of the Good Shepherd) provides perinatal and pediatric hospice and palliative care. Contact: Hallie Kasper NP,  (617) 969-6130. Newton, Massachusetts 

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Hope Health Pediatric Palliative Care, including perinatal support. Contact: (508) 957-0200. Brockton, Massachusetts

Hospice Care in the Berkshires pediatric palliative care, including prenatal support. Contact: Pediatric Palliative Care Coordinator June Green LICSW, (413) 443-2994. Pittsfield, Massachusetts

 

Mass General Hospital for Children Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Perinatal Palliative Care team, (857) 237-CARE (2273). Boston, Massachusetts

Notre Dame Health Care Perinatal Palliative Care. Worcester, Massachusetts

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South Shore Hospital Perinatal Complex Care Program, specializing in perinatal and neonatal palliative care and hospice. Contact: Program director Bonnie Arzuaga MD. South Weymouth, Massachusetts

Tufts Medical Center, Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Director Linda Kleeman MD, (617) 636-8176. Boston, Massachusetts
 

MICHIGAN

 

Arbor Hospice/Hospice of Michigan Anchors Perinatal Program. Contact: Teri Turner RN MS CHPN, director of pediatric programming and clinical excellence. 24-hour Pediatric Support Line, covering most of the state of Michigan: (888) 247-5704. Grand Rapids and southeast Michigan

Angela Hospice Prenatal Program, Livonia, Michigan

 

Beaumont Health pediatric hospice, including prenatal support. Contact: Pediatric hospice clinical manager Kimberly Stewart RN BSN, 248-743-9400 (main) or 248-417-3607 (cell). Troy, Michigan

Bronson Methodist Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care, (269) 341-7533. Kalamazoo, Michigan

Children's Hospital of Michigan Fetal Care Team, also offering perinatal palliative care. Detroit, Michigan
 

Mott Children’s Hospital Stepping Stones Pediatric Palliative Care Program. Contact: Perinatal coordinator Elizabeth Goudie, (734) 936-7198. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Perinatal Hospice and Tender Care of Washtenaw County. Contact: director Janet Holtz, (734) 395-0400. Ann Arbor, Michigan

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St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Contact: Perinatal palliative and loss coordinator Rebecca Kanak RNC-OB, CPLC, c-EFM, (734) 712-0350. Ann Arbor, Michigan

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MINNESOTA

Allina Health Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, in conjunction with Children's Minnesota. Contact: Birth Center case management specialists, (612) 863-7585. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Allina Health Mother Baby Center at United Hospital. in conjunction with Children's Minnesota. Birth planning in special situations (PDF). Contact: Nicole Stecker RN, (651) 241-6206. St. Paul, Minnesota

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CentraCare Health-St. Cloud Hospital's Pediatric Palliative Care Program includes perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric services. Contact: (320) 656-7117. St. Cloud, Minnesota

 

Children's Minnesota Perinatal Palliative Care & Hospice Program, including care at the Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis and the Mother Baby Center at United Hospital in St. Paul

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Courageous Hearts peer-based prenatal diagnosis support. Contact: (715) 969-4506. Duluth, Minnesota
 

Hennepin Healthcare Birth Center. Contact: (612) 873-5006 or high-risk clinical care coordinator Tamara Harvanko RN, (612) 873-6552. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lakewood Health System perinatal hospice, (218) 894-8080 or (800) 525-1033. Staples, Minnesota

M Health Fairview perinatal palliative care, available through the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and other M Health Fairview hospitals. Contact: Rachael Stover-Haney MSW LICSW, (612) 273-7528. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Maple Grove Hospital perinatal bereavement services. Contact: Jenny Burgers, (763) 581-2223. Maple Grove, Minnesota

 

Mayo Clinic Children's Center ComPASS: Comprehensive Pediatric and Adolescent Support Services, including perinatal palliative care. Rochester, Minnesota

Minnesota Birth Center, home-like, freestanding birth centers staffed by certified nurse-midwives and registered nurses, also offering perinatal hospice support. Founder and medical director: Steven E. Calvin MD, perinatologist. Affiliated with Associates in Women's Health, P.A. (612) 545-5311. Locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota


MISSISSIPPI

 

University of Mississippi Medical Center and Batson Children's Hospital Center for Maternal and Fetal Care perinatal palliative care. Contact: W. Richard Boyte MD, professor of pediatrics and division chief of pediatric palliative medicine. Jackson, Mississippi

 

 

MISSOURI

Alexandra's House, Kansas City, Missouri

Barnes Jewish Hospital and Children's Hospital of St. Louis Fetal Care Center Wings Perinatal Hospice Program. St. Louis, Missouri

BJC Hospice Perinatal Hospice Care in St. Louis, Sullivan, and Farmington, Missouri; also in Illinois. See their video

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center Footprints, St. Louis, Missouri

Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care, in conjunction with Children's Mercy Fetal Health Center. Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Carousel Perinatal Program, Kansas City, Missouri


MONTANA

Billings Clinic Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Diane Arkava LCSW, (406) 247-6344. Billings, Montana

 

Community Children's at Community Medical Center perinatal palliative care support. Contact: Neonatologist Kristin Veneman DO, (406) 752-5111. Missoula, Montana

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Providence St. Joseph Medical Center perinatal palliative care. Polson, Montana

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NEBRASKA

 

Bryan Medical Center Butterfly Memories. Contact: (402)-489-0200. Lincoln, Nebraska

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CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy perinatal hospice. Contact: Coordinators Lisa Devall NNP APRN and Emily Burdett NNP APRN, (402) 398-6014. Omaha, Nebraska

 

CHI Health - St. Elizabeth Hospital EMBRACE Perinatal Palliative Care and Hospice Program. Contact: EMBRACE coordinator, (402) 219-7065. Lincoln, Nebraska

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Children's Hospital & Medical Center Fetal Care Center. Omaha, Nebraska

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HoriSun Hospice Pediatric and Perinatal Palliative Care. Lincoln, Nebraska 

Methodist Women's Hospital Perinatal Comfort Care Program. Contact: perinatal comfort care liaison Nina Mohr BSN RN (402) 354-3488, or clinical nurse educator Mary Killpack MSN RN, (402) 354-5634. Omaha, Nebraska

 

University of Nebraska Medical Center perinatal palliative care. Omaha, Nebraska

 

 

NEVADA

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ProCare Hospice CareOusel pediatric hospice care, including perinatal support. Las Vegas, Nevada


NEW JERSEY

Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center Anchor Program: Perinatal and Pediatric Palliative Care. Contact: Maria Graminski LCSW 732-923-7716. Long Branch, New Jersey

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Valley Health System Wings of Compassion perinatal hospice support, part of the Butterflies Program. Contact: Dyana Thompson RN MSN CPN, (201) 291-6249. Paramus, New Jersey

 

Virtua Hospital Lifecare for Little Ones Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Ann Coyle RN BSN (856) 247-2232. Voorhees, New Jersey

 

NEW MEXICO

University of New Mexico Children's Hospital Special Delivery team. Contact: Newborn-perinatal medicine specialist Rebecca Moran MD, (505) 272-8955. Albuquerque, New Mexico


NEW YORK

Bereavement Center of Westchester Maggie Rose Perinatal Bereavement. Contact: Patty Donovan-Duff, (914) 961-2818, ext. 305. Tuckahoe, New York

 

CareFirst Perinatal Palliative Care (formerly Southern Tier Hospice and Palliative Care), Corning, New York
 

Catholic Health Gabriel's Courage Perinatal Program. Contact: (631) 465-6363. Manhattan, Nassau and Suffolk, New York

CHOICES Pediatric Palliative Care Program, SUNY Upstate Medical University. Contact: Irene Cherrick MD, (315) 464-5294. Syracuse, New York
 

Columbia University Children's Health/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Neonatal Comfort Care program, including prenatal support. See also video, and brochures in English and Spanish. Contact: Medical director and neonatologist Elvira Parravicini MD, New York, New York

CompassionNet pediatric and perinatal palliative care, part of Lifetime Care Home Health and Hospice. Contact: Alyssa Gupton LCSW, (800) 308-3914 or (585) 214-1333. Support available in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Binghamton, Elmira, and surrounding areas.

Footprints on the Heart, Sisters of Charity Hospital. Contact: Nurse coordinator Fran Kane, (716) 862-1678. Buffalo, New York

 

Good Samaritan Hospital Gabriel's Courage perinatal hospice. Contact: Maribeth McKeever LCSW-R, (631) 828-7628. West Islip, New York

Good Samaritan Hospital Perinatal Bereavement Program. Contact: Mary Radatovich LMSW LCSW, (845) 368-5297. Suffern, New York

Healing Grace Perinatal Hospice. Contact: Sarah Wojtaszek, (518) 254-5505. Lyon Mountain, New York

 

Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo Perinatal Program. Contact: Kelley Clem RN, (716) 686-8173 or (716) 686-8006. Buffalo, New York

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Knafayim (Wings of Hope), a Jewish support organization for those experiencing pregnancy loss and infertility. Contact: Malkie Klaristenfeld, director of services for pregnancy loss, (718) 925-2113. New York, New York

 

Lenox Hill Hospital Neonatal-Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Contact: Kavita Kasat MD, (212) 434-3626. New York, New York

 

Northwell Health Hospice Care in Westchester and Putnam. Contact: Maribel Nazario, (914) 666-4228, ext. 336. Tarrytown, New York

 

Northwell Health Hospice Care Network Perinatal Support. Contact: Mary Gravina CSW, director of bereavement, (631) 666-6873 x203. Long Island, New York

 

Northwell Health Hospice Care Network Perinatal Support. Woodbury, New York

 

St. Peter's Healthcare System, Regional Medical Campus of Drexel University College of Medicine Gianna Center, including perinatal support. Contact: Anne Nolte MD, (212) 481-1219. New York, New York

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University of Rochester Perinatal Supportive Care Program, University of Rochester Medical Center. Contact: Director Erin Denney-Koelsch MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, (585) 273-1154. Rochester, New York
 

NORTH CAROLINA
 

AuthoraCare Kids Path pediatric hospice care, including perinatal support. Contact: Perinatal palliative care social worker Leah Grant LCSW, (336) 621-8800, ext. 2276. Greensboro and Burlington, North Carolina

Be Not Afraid, a private non-profit organization which provides comprehensive case management support to parents carrying to term following a prenatal diagnosis and for one year following birth.  Also provides long-distance support nationally. Charlotte, North Carolina

Brenner Children's Wake Forest Baptist Health Care Always perinatal and neonatal palliative care, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
 

Cardinal Kids Palliative Care and Hospice perinatal and pediatric palliative care. Contact: (828) 466-0466. Newton, North Carolina

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Duke University Hospital perinatal support provided by collaboration of  Neonatology and Pediatric Quality of Life and Palliative Care Program. Contact: Monica Jakubowski, (919) 219-7650. Durham, North Carolina

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Eva's Footprints perinatal bereavement support, Mountain Area Pregnancy Services. Contact: (828) 252-1306. Asheville, North Carolina

 

Levine Children’s Hospital Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), Carolinas HealthCare System. Contact: Palliative care social worker Allie Shukraft MAT MSW LCSWA, (704) 446-2811. Charlotte, North Carolina

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Transitions Kids, a division of Transitions LifeCare. Provides prenatal counseling in the home, accompanies parents to prenatal appointments if desired, and collaborates with local hospitals for continuity of care. Contact: Lily Gillmor MSPC, BSN, RN, CHPPN, director of Transitions Kids, (919) 719-6874, 24/7 Nurse Line: (919) 980-5439. Raleigh, North Carolina

 

University of North Carolina Collaborative for Maternal and Fetal Health Perinatal Palliative Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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For support in western North Carolina, see also Niswonger Childrens Hospital, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Contact: millerra2@etsu.edu. 423-439-7320. 

NORTH DAKOTA

Essentia Health Caring Hearts Perinatal Program. Fargo, North Dakota

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Sanford Health Maternal Fetal Medicine, including palliative care. Fargo, North Dakota

 

OHIO

Akron Children's Hospital Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center. Contact: Bereavement Coordinator Nancy Carst LISW-S CT APHSW-, or Nurse Case Manager Stephanie Allen MSN RN-BC, (330) 543.3343. Akron, Ohio

 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center StarShine Perinatal Hospice, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cleveland Clinic Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Contact: Donna Patno CNM DNP, (866) 864-0430. Cleveland, Ohio
 

Dayton Children's Hospital Fetal Care Center, including perinatal hospice support. Dayton. Onio

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Hospice of the Western Reserve Perinatal Care Program and brochure. Cleveland, Ohio
 

Mercy Health St. Vincent's Medical Center perinatal palliative care. Contact: Angie Westenkirchner RN, maternal-fetal medicine high-risk patient navigator, (419) 251-8065. Toledo, Ohio

Miami Valley Hospital/Dayton Children's Hospital Fetal to Newborn Care Center, including perinatal hospice support. Dayton, Ohio

Nationwide Children's Hospital Fetal Center Perinatal Palliative Care. Columbus, Ohio

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Ohio Fetal Medicine Collaborative, a consortium of six hospitals (Dayton Children's, Mount Carmel, Nationwide Children's, Miami Valley, OhioHealth, and Ohio State University Wexler Medical Center), with services including perinatal palliative care.

 

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Pediatric Palliative Care Center. Contact: Ann Marie Dragon RN BSN MBA, clinical coordinator, (216) 286-4215. Cleveland, Ohio

Sufficient Grace Ministries Perinatal Hospice and Bereavement Services, providing in-person and online peer-based support. Contact: Kelly Gerken, (419) 722-6978. Deshler, Ohio

 

Toledo Hospital/Toledo Children's Hospital perinatal palliative care, ProMedica Health System. Contact: Social worker Kim Folk-Axe, (419) 291-5421, or Chaplain Julie Beitelschees, (419) 291-3656. Toledo, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
 

Helmerich Women's Health Center SILAS Program perinatal palliative care, part of Hillcrest Healthcare System. Tulsa, Oklahoma

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University of Oklahoma Medical Center Pediatric Palliative Care Team (PaCT), including prenatal support. Contact: (405) 271-2387. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


OREGON

 

Bridges Pediatric Palliative Care, including perinatal support, at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University. Contact: Medical director Bob Macauley, Guy Keplinger R.N., social worker Lindsay Wooster, Chaplain Maija Mikkelsen, nurse practitioner Monica Holland, Natalie Lanocha M.D., Sara Taub M.D., Tyler Tate, M.D., (503) 494-6201, bridges@ohsu.edu. Portland, Oregon

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Providence Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care, including perinatal palliative care. Newberg, Oregon

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Providence Portland Medical Center Family Maternity Center, including perinatal palliative care. Portland, Oregon

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PENNSYLVANIA

Allegheny Health Network Olivia’s Angels Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Perinatal Palliative Care at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. Contact: Perinatal palliative care and bereavement, (800) 468-8376. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital Perinatal Supportive Care Program, a comprehensive program composed of a board-certified hospice and palliative care physician, a physician assistant, a manager with extensive hospice experience, and a bereavement coordinator. Care is coordinated with specialists in maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, and genetics at the Fetal Diagnostic Treatment Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Families are not required to deliver at a UPMC facility in order to receive care. Contact: Program manager Carol May, (412) 692-3234. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Delaware County Memorial Hospital perinatal palliative care. Contact: Perinatal Bereavement Services at (610) 394-4798. Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

 

Delaware Hospice Katybug Pediatric Program, including support before and after birth. Contact: Director of admissions Erica Galbreath, (302) 478-5707. Serving families throughout Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.

 

Homeland Hospice Pediatric Care, including perinatal support. Contact: Pediatric hospice program director Caroline McCardell RN, (717) 221-7890. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

 

Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital perinatal palliative care. Contact: Perinatal palliative care coordinator and clinical care specialist Mindy Lewis MSW LSW, (570) 214-4621. Danville, Pennsylvania

 

Jefferson Health CORE Perinatal Palliative Care Team. Contact: Coordinator Jane M. Cavanaugh RN, (215) 955-8346. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lily's Gift, a collaboration of the Office for Persons with Disabilities, the Office of Life and Family, and Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Contact: Sr. Kathleen Schipani, (215) 587-3530 or Kathleen Bevenour, (215) 945-2550. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine Women & Babies Hospital Perinatal Palliative Care. Contact: Perinatal palliative care coordinator Jennifer Potter, MDiv BCC, (717) 544-3418. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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​Pennsylvania Hospital perinatal palliative care. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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PennState Health Children's Hospital Hummingbird Program, including perinatal support. Hershey, Pennsylvania 

 

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children perinatal palliative care support. Contact: Palliative Care Program (215) 427-8352 or the Regional Fetal Evaluation Center (215) 427-5521. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Sunflower Pediatric Program Hospice and Community Care perinatal care. Contact: (877) 777-5559 or via online form. Lancaster, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas

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The Promise: Pittsburgh's Perinatal Palliative Care Initiative, a program of Catholic Palliative Services, a division of Catholic Hospice. Contact: Perinatal palliative care coordinator Lori Heil, (866) 933-6221. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

WellSpan York Hospital Loving with Grace perinatal palliative care program. Contact: Program coordinators Amanda Delridge RN and Jill Royer BSN, (717) 851-4730. York, Pennsylvania

 

West Penn Hospital PEACE Program (Perinatal, End of Life, and Compassionate Care Experience), Allegheny Health Network Perinatal Associates. Contact: Kathleen Maher MS LCGC, (412) 578-3853. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

RHODE ISLAND

My Child, My Gift, parent support sponsored by the Diocese of Providence. Providence, Rhode Island

Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Contact: Neonatologist Beatrice Lechner MD, (401) 274-1100. Providence, Rhode Island


SOUTH CAROLINA

 

COMPASS (Comprehensive Perinatal, Pediatric, and Adolescent Support Service) at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital. Contact: Nurse coordinator Debbie Kamowski RN BSN CHPPN, (803) 434-2249. Columbia, South Carolina

 

Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital Palliative Care. Contact: Palliative care program medical director Conrad Williams MD FAAP, (843) 792-6062. Charleston, South Carolina

 

Prisma Health Children's Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care, including perinatal support. Contact: Supportive Care Medical Director Arun L. Singh, MD, FAAP, FAHPM, (864) 546-8955. Greenville, South Carolina

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SOUTH DAKOTA

Avera McKennan Hospital Palliative Care Service. Contact: Medical director Joann Bennett DO FACOI, Nancy Terveen NP (605) 322-8993; Michele Snyders MSW, Anna Perry MSW, (605) 322-8273. Sioux Falls, South Dakota

 

Monument Health perinatal palliative care support. Contact: Michelle Sieveke RN MSN, director, Home Plus Home Health and Hospice, Rapid City 605-755-7710 and Spearfish, 605-644-4444

Sanford Children's Hospital PRISM Pediatric Palliative Care. Contact: Daniel Mark MD or Pam Koepsell APRN CNS CPNP, (605) 312-3938. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 

 

Sanford Health Ava’s House, intergenerational hospice house including infants and children. Sioux Falls, South Dakota


TENNESSEE

Alive Hospice perinatal/pediatric team. Nashville, Tennessee

 

Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital perinatal hospice program. Nashville, Tennessee

Hospice of Chattanooga Kangaroo Kidz, including perinatal support, serving children and families in an 18-county region of southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia. Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Women's Center perinatal palliative care. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator LeighAnn Sutton LBSW, (731) 541-6246. Jackson, Tennessee

 

Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Quality of Life for All (QoLA) Kids perinatal hospice care. Contact: Shayla Williamson, director, RN (901) 378-8419. Memphis, Tennessee

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Pediatric Palliative Care, through the Fetal Center. Contact: Genetic counselor Martha Dudek MS CGS, (615) 343-4673. Nashville, Tennessee

 

Niswonger Childrens Hospital, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City. Contact: millerra2@etsu.edu. 423-439-7320. Prenatal diagnosis, perinatal palliative care and comfort care planning for families in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and southeast Kentucky.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care. Memphis, Tennessee

 

University of Tennessee Medical Center Palliative Care, including perinatal palliative care. Contact: Nurse practitioner Jamie T. Sharpe. Knoxville, Tennessee


TEXAS

 

Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Fetal Center perinatal palliative care. Contact: (832) 325-7288. Houston, Texas

Christus Children's Pediatric Hospital Care Connections perinatal/neonatal palliative care team. Contact: Lead physician Katherine Brandt MD. San Antonio, Texas 

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Cook Children's Perinatal Palliative Care Program. Contact: NICU nurse manager Sheralyn Hartline, palliative care medical director Todd Pearson MD, or neonatologist and palliative care specialist Terri Weinman DO, (682) 885-4283. Dr. Weinman can also be reached at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (see listing below). Fort Worth, Texas

 

Community Hospice of Texas Little Doves Pediatric Hospice Program, including prenatal support. Video. Dallas-Fort Worth and Waco, Texas

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Covenant Children's perinatal hospice care. Lubbock, Texas

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Dell Children's perinatal palliative care. Contact: Sasha Griffith RN BSN CHPPN CPLC, Dell Children's Medical Center, (512) 324-9999 x87093. Austin, Texas

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Hope Hospice Kinder Hope pediatric hospice, including perinatal hospice care. (830) 625-7525 or (800) 499-7501. New Braunfels, Texas

 

Hospice Care Team Sea Turtle Pediatric Palliative Care. Contact: Assistant Director of Nursing Alexis Gowens. Texas City, Texas

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Hospice El Paso pediatric Butterfly Program, including perinatal palliative care. El Paso, Texas

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Houston Hospice pediatric Butterfly Program, including perinatal hospice, Houston, Texas

 

Hospice of Wichita Falls, providing pediatric and perinatal hospice & palliative care across a 12-county area. Contact: Medical director J. Robert Parkey MD MTS HMDC or chief of clinical services Shelby Crabtree RN, (940) 691-0982. Wichita Falls, Texas

Jerome's Hope, a support ministry for prenatal diagnosis or neonatal death offered through the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Houston, Texas

 

Medical City Women's and Children's Hospital Maternal Fetal Institute palliative care. Contact: Michelle Jones RN, (972) 566-8585. Dallas, Texas

Texas Children's Pediatric Advanced Care Team, including perinatal support. Houston, Texas

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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth WeeCare perinatal and neonatal palliative care program. Contact: Medical director Terri Weinman DO, leader of the perinatal palliative care team for Pediatrix Medical Group of Fort Worth, (817) 250-2892. Dr. Weinman can also be reached at Cook Children's Medical Center (see listing above). Fort Worth, Texas

University Health Perinatal Supportive Care, in conjunction with University of Texas Health Science Center. San Antonio, Texas

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio pediatric palliative care, with perinatal palliative care in conjunction with University Health. San Antonio, Texas

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University of Texas Medical Branch Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care. Galveston, Texas
 

UTAH
 

Intermountain Health Care Angel Watch. Contact: (801) 698-4486. Salt Lake City, Utah

 

Primary Children's Medical Center/University of Utah Health Care Rainbow Kids Pediatric Palliative Care, including prenatal support. Contact: Nurse coordinator Beth Nordfors RN, (801) 662-3770. Salt Lake City, Utah  

 

VERMONT

 

University of Vermont Medical Center. Contact: Pediatric Advanced Care Team Associate Director Kaitlin R. Ostrander MD. Burlington, Vermont

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VIRGINIA
 

Bon Secours St. Mary's Noah's Children perinatal care. Richmond, Virginia

Capital Caring Kids Hospice, including prenatal support. Service area in the Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland region.

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Edmarc Hospice for Children Bridges of Hope Perinatal Program. Contact: (757) 967-9251. Portsmouth, Virginia

Embracing Grace parent-to-parent peer support. Richmond, Virginia

Inova Fairfax Hospital Perinatal Concerns Program. Contact: Kelly Gallo RN, (703) 776-6371. Falls Church, Virginia
 

Mary Washington Hospital Family Birth Place pregnancy and infant loss support services. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Stephanie Gale RN, (540) 741-3268. Fredericksburg, Virginia

St. Francis Medical Center perinatal palliative care program. Contact: Perinatal bereavement coordinator Michelle Henderson RNC-OB, CCL, (804) 594-3250, (804) 594-3291. Midlothian, Virginia

Tepeyac OB/GYN Kristin Anderson Perinatal Hospice Program, (703) 273-9440, Fairfax, Virginia

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For support in southwest Virginia, see also Niswonger Childrens Hospital, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Contact: millerra2@etsu.edu. 423-439-7320.

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