It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a preemie!
NICU patients show strength and determination that can match any superhero. There, infants are treated for a wide variety of medical complications with some spending months in intensive care.
About Megan Aurora, MD
Megan Aurora is a neonatologist who specializes in the intensive care of both premature and term infants. After completing training in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, she joined the faculty at MGH and HMS where she provides clinical care and supervises trainees. Her clinical interests and expertise focus on the very preterm infant including delivery room resuscitation and thermoregulation. Since her appointment as instructor at HMS, she has endeavored to provide excellent clinical care and teaching while staying up to date on the latest innovation in evidence-based clinical practice.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- MA NeoQIC
- Necrotizing enterocolitis prevention
- Neonatology
Treats:
- Pediatrics
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Mass General for Children: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4310
Medical Education
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency, University of Michigan Health System
- Fellowship, University of Michigan/Mott Children's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield NH
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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- Chin A.M., Hill D.R., Aurora, M., & Spence, J. R., Morphogenesis and maturation of the embryonic and postnatal intestine, Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.01.011. PMID: 28161556
- Aurora, M., & Spence, J. R. hPSC-derived lung and intestinal organoids as models of human fetal tissue. Developmental Biology. 2016. PMID: 27287882