Nicole R. Dobson, MD

Nicole Radich Dobson, M.D., is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of Newborn Medicine. She is the director of the UPMC Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and the director of simulation education for the Division of Newborn Medicine. Dobson earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Lehigh University and completed medical school at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey, receiving the Academic Achievement Award for graduating first in the class. She attended medical school with a 4-year scholarship from the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program. After medical school, Dobson entered Active Duty and completed her General Pediatrics Residency and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the National Capital Consortium/Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, MD.

She held numerous leadership positions during her two-decade military career, including Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Afghanistan and Chief of Neonatology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh in 2021, Dobson was the Director of the National Capital Consortium Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and Professor of Pediatrics at Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland. Dobson’s research interests include the effects of intermittent hypoxia and caffeine therapy on the developing brain. She has published over 20 manuscripts and two textbook chapters, and she has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international meetings. She serves on the Executive Board of the American SIDS Institute and the American Association of SIDS Prevention Physicians.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

• Association of Pediatric Program Directors, 2016-Present
• Organization of Neonatal Training Program Directors, 2016-Present
• Society for Pediatric Research, 2014-Present
• American Association of SIDS Prevention Physicians, 2010-Present
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow,  2003-Present
• AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2003-Present
• AAP Section on Uniformed Services, 2003-Present

Board Certifications

• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Pediatrics