meet Raylene Phillips
Raylene M. Phillips, MD, MA, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC, Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatology, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, CA, USA
Pediatric Department Chair, Medical Director of Neonatal Services, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta, Murrieta, CA, USA
After raising three children as a stay-at-home mother, Dr. Phillips received a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology, became NIDCAP certified as an Infant Developmental Specialist, and then attended medical school at University of California, Davis. She completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in S. California and is currently an attending neonatologist as well as Medical Director of Neonatal Services and Pediatric Department Chair at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta.
Dr. Phillips is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and a past president of the National Perinatal Association. She is the current President of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health.
Dr. Phillips is a well-known international speaker and author of publications on the neuroscience of nurture, bonding and attachment, breastfeeding and lactation, and neuroprotective family-centered developmental care in the NICU. Her passion is to honor and nurture the earliest connections between babies and their parents - before and after birth.
Pediatric Department Chair, Medical Director of Neonatal Services, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta, Murrieta, CA, USA
After raising three children as a stay-at-home mother, Dr. Phillips received a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology, became NIDCAP certified as an Infant Developmental Specialist, and then attended medical school at University of California, Davis. She completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in S. California and is currently an attending neonatologist as well as Medical Director of Neonatal Services and Pediatric Department Chair at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta.
Dr. Phillips is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and a past president of the National Perinatal Association. She is the current President of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health.
Dr. Phillips is a well-known international speaker and author of publications on the neuroscience of nurture, bonding and attachment, breastfeeding and lactation, and neuroprotective family-centered developmental care in the NICU. Her passion is to honor and nurture the earliest connections between babies and their parents - before and after birth.