South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Alexander Eason, a skilled neonatologist, to its health system. Dr. Eason is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. He will provide specialized care for newborns at SGMC and enhance its comprehensive neonatal services.
Dr. Eason describes how his specialty is unique in that neonatologists in a hospital setting oftentimes do not recruit or meet patients and families ahead of time. Instead, their primary role is to serve on standby as a safeguard for newborn babies who unexpectedly need specialized care.
He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He went on to complete his pediatric residency training at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia in Augusta. He also completed fellowship training in neonatology at Augusta University Medical Center.
Dr. Eason acknowledged that having a newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be unsettling for parents, and he works very hard to ensure his patients’ families remain up-to-date on their child’s care during that stressful time.
“I always strive to provide care based on the best available evidence, and I try to balance this with the truth that most newborns admitted to the NICU just need time to eat and grow bigger and stronger,” he said. Dr. Eason had the opportunity to practice at SGMC’s NICU for the last several months and expressed his appreciation for the love and care provided by the nurses.
SGMC is committed to women’s health throughout the region and continues to deploy the latest technology and develop cutting-edge programs for women and infants. SGMC’s Birthplace has the region’s only Level IIB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the area’s only OB hospitalist program and OB emergency department. SGMC is one of only three hospitals in Georgia to offer AngelEye Health, a secure video surveillance to connect families with their newborns. SGMC also offers cord blood banking and placenta donation programs for interested mothers.
For more information, visit sgmc.org.