The International Family Integrated Care steering committee (FICare) is a multidisciplinary committee created following the completion of the International FICare study, to continue to support ongoing Family Integrated Care initiatives across all countries.
About us
We are a multidisciplinary group with passion for families, and believe in the importance of FICare
Vision
- Our vision is that all hospitals caring for newborn infants provide the highest quality of Family centered/ integrated care.
Mission
- Our mission is to both promote and to assist in the implementation of FICare.
Position Statements
Areas identified as goals
- Promote FICare
- Assist in the implementation of FICare
- Advocacy
- Support of Research and QI projects
International members of the committee are:
- Australia, Canada, China, Spain, The Netherlands, UK, US
- Parent partners CPBF< Canada
- EFCNI (Europe)
Members of the International Family Integrated Care Steering committee:
| Country | Name | Address/Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Renee Muirhead | Neonatal Critical Care Unit, Mater Mothers’ Hospital, South Brisbane. QLD [email protected] |
| Australia | Mary Sharp | Neonatology Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital, and Perth Children’s Hospital, WA Australia [email protected] |
| Australia | Joanne Bell | RN, Project & Clinical Lead, Family Integrated Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne Australia [email protected] |
| Canada | Fabiana Bacchini | Parent ambassador, Ex-director CPBF Canadian Premature Babies Foundation, Toronto, Canada [email protected] |
| Canada | Karen Benzies | Professor, Faculty of Nursing; Adjunct Research Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and Director Social Innovation, Vice President (Research Office), University of Calgary. 3280C – 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2n 1N4. [email protected] |
| Canada | Marianne Bracht | Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada [email protected] |
| Canada | Karel O’Brien, Co-chair | Professor and Staff Neonatologist Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada [email protected] |
| Canada | Shoo Lee | Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Honorary Staff Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital; 700 University Avenue, Room 8-500, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z [email protected] |
| Canada | Marsha Campbell-Yeo | Professor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, [email protected] |
| England | Jayanta Banerjee | Neonatal Consultant, Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust [email protected] |
| England | Aniko Deierl | Consultant Neonatologist, Deputy Head of Specialty Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust [email protected] |
| England | Laura Kelly | Lead Care Coordinator, London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network [email protected] |
| England | Kelly Harvey | RN, North, West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Executive committee member of the National Neonatal Nurses Association [email protected] |
| England | Emily Hoyle | Consultant Neonatologist, Liverpool Neonatal Partnership as I am based at both Alder Hey and Liverpool Women’s [email protected] |
| England | Nadia Leake Co-chair | Parent Ambassador [email protected] |
| England | Liz McKechnie | Neonatologist, Leeds Centre for Newborn Care, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [email protected] |
| England | Clare Raiman | RN, Care Coordinator, West Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network [email protected] |
| Germany | Helmut Hummler | Professor Emeritus, University of Ulm, Germany. Medical Director EFCNI [email protected] |
| Germany | Silke Mader | Parent ambassador and co-founder of EFCNI. , EFCNI, European Foundation for Care of Newborn Infants, Hofmannstr. 7A. 81379, Munich, Germany [email protected] |
| Scotland | Neil Patel | Department of Neonatology, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 4TF. [email protected] |
| Spain | Bárbara Moreno | Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellena 261, 28046 Madrid [email protected] |
| The Netherlands | Nicole R. van Veenendaal | AIOS Kindergeneeskunde, Epidemioloog, Amsterdam UMC [email protected] |
| United States | Malathi Balasundaram | Clinical Professor. Division of Neonatal Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine. Founder and Co-Chair Family-Centered Care Taskforce [email protected] |