Locations

San Diego County

3020 Children's Way
MC 5008
San Diego, CA 92123

Specialty

Neonatology

Organization

Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego

Medical Group / IPA

CPMG/RCHN/RCSSD

Medical School

Baylor College of Medicine

Internship

Stanford University Medical Center

Residency

Stanford University Medical Center

Fellowship

Stanford University Medical Center - Fellowships

Board Certifications

Neonatology, Pediatrics

Gender

F

Bio

Dr. Denise Suttner is the clinical director of the Rady Children’s Hospital NICU’s. She has been a full-time neonatologist at Rady Children's and helping patients, including premature infants, with medical care since 1998.

In addition to her clinical duties involving neonatal care, she is director of the San Diego Regional ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Program and a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego.

Under her direction, the ECMO program has been honored with the International ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) Award of Excellence, now for a second term.

Before becoming the neonatal intensive care unit clinical director, Dr. Suttner received her medical school degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed her internship, residency and neonatal fellowship at Stanford University.

As a neonatologist, she is a member of several Hospital committees and has been an active participant in the research community, serving as a principal investigator on several multicenter clinical trials.

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