Olga A. DeSimone , MD

Dr. DiSimone is board-certified as both a Pediatrician and Neonatologist with more than 15 years experience treating newborn babies. She joined Anna Jaques Hospital’s Neonatal Care team from Boston, where she worked and taught at Tufts Medical Center’s Floating Hospital for Children for several years.  Dr. DeSimone received her medical degree in her native Russia at the Pediatric Medical Academy in St. Pe­tersburg. She came to the United States to pursue her post-graduate training in Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then completed a fellowship in Neonatology at Women and Infants’ Hospital of Rhode Island.

Specialties

Neonatology

Credentials

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

Clinical Interests

Nutrition of extremely low birth weight infants, clinical practice guidelines

Medical School

Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

Internship

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Residency

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship

Neonatology: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Brown University), Providence, RI