Our Clinical Advisors
Craig Garfield
MD, MAPP
Co-Founder & Co-PI, NICU2Home
Craig Garfield, MD, MAPP
Founder & Co-PI, NICU2Home
Dr. Garfield is a Professor of Pediatrics and a neonatal hospitalist with over 25 years of experience caring for the smallest and most vulnerable babies. He is co-founder and co-Principal Investigator of the NICU2Home smartphone app. His personal motto is “Children thrive when families thrive” and his career has focused on discovering ways to help families thrive. After graduating with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Michigan, Dr. Garfield received his medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed his pediatric training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Chicago and concurrently obtained a Masters in the Art of Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy as a Harris Child and Family Scholar. He is a proud member of the 2021 Aspen Institute’s Ascend Fellowship. As a physician-scientist, he uses quantitative and qualitative methods in his work, and is intrigued as much in the numbers and data as he is in hearing the voices of those often unheard. His research has been funded by NIH, AHRQ, CDC, PCORI, RWJF and other philanthropic organizations. Dr. Garfield is a frequent plenary speaker on the topic of fathers, family, technology and health.
Robert White
MD
Director, Regional Newborn Program
Mednax
ROBERT WHITE, MD
Robert White, MD is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has been Director of the Regional Newborn Program at Beacon Children’s Hospital since 1981. His primary interest has been in advancing structural and operational strategies to provide the optimal NICU environment of care for babies, families, and caregivers. To this end, he has written many papers and co-founded the Consensus Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, the Gravens Conference on the Physical and Developmental Environment of the Newborn, and the International Newborn Brain Conference.
Young Seok Lee
PhD
Co-Founder & Co-PI
NICU2Home
Young Seok Lee, PhD
Co-Founder & Co-PI, NICU2Home
Dr. Lee is a researcher and entrepreneur dedicated to enhancing patient empowerment through mobile technologies. He is the co-founder and co-principal Investigator of the NICU2Home app. With a PhD in Human Factors Engineering from Virginia Tech, Dr. Lee has spearheaded the development of technology-based interventions aimed at improving the health outcomes of children and families, both within academia and industry. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, he has successfully initiated and overseen cross-disciplinary innovation research projects and teams at various enterprises, including Motorola, CA Technologies, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. In collaboration with academic institutions, he continues research efforts focusing on the development and feasibility testing of other mHealth applications in the realms of patient education, engagement, and behavioral health interventions.