Nunez, Jeanne S., M.D.

Specialties: Neonatal Medicine

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Nunez was born in France, graduated from Medical School at University of Paris, then did a specialty of Pediatrics in France. She, then did a Neonatology fellowship at University of Maryland, and a pediatric residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She practiced in General Pediatrics in France 1989-1992, then as a Neonatologist 1998 to 2015 at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. From 2015 to 2021, she practiced as a locum tenens before joining UMMC in 2021.
Dr. Nunez is certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatology.
Dr. Nunez has a strong interest in improving newborn care through evidence based QI initiatives, clinical research and teaching. Most notably, she has performed a QI project on delayed cord clamping, and developed a new statistical method to improve analysis of temporal association between symptoms and reflux, leading to multiple publications and presentations at international meetings.
Over the last three years, she has brought her extensive experience as the main neonatologist at NMMC, supporting UMMC goal to improve newborn care in the state of MS. She has presented several lectures notably on the Sepsis Calculator, Hypoglycemia which led to new guidelines and a research project. She has presented at M&M, and Chronic Care conferences.