You can watch and read a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Music Therapy overview here.
Now, find the closest hospital to YOU that offers NICU Music Therapy services. The following hospitals use music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit. Hospitals outside of the US may use either supportive music or music therapy. The links will direct you to the hospital’s music therapy service page. This list is based upon internet/email searches and word-of-mouth and may not be a comprehensive list of facilities.
The number of hospitals that offer NICU MT has more than pentupled since only 7 in 2002. Last updated ~ 8/5/10
USA
1. Birmingham, AL: UAB Hospital
2. Boston, MA: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
3. Chicago: Children’s Memorial Hospital
4. Cleveland, OH: Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
5. Evanston, IL: North Shore University Health System
6. Kansas City, MO: Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics
7. Hackensack, NJ: Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center
8. Houston, TX: Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
9. Indianapolis, IN: Clarian Health
10. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
11. Mesa, AZ: Cardon Children’s Medical Center
12. New Orleans: Children’s Hospital
13. New York: Beth Israel Medical Center
14. New York: Komansky Ctr for Children’s Health
15. New York: Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
16. New York: Montefiore Medical Center
17. Orlando, FL: Florida Hospital for Children
18. Park Ridge, IL: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
19. Philadelphia, PA: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
20. Philadelphia, PA: Hahnemann University Hospital
21. Pittsburgh, PA: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
22. Richmond, VA: VCU Children’s Medical Center
23. Salt Lake City, UT: Primary Children’s Medical Center
24. Tallahassee, FL: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
25. Tuscaloosa, AL: DCH Regional Medical Center
Australia
26. Melbourne, Australia: The Royal Children’s Hospital
27. Victoria, Australia: Monash Medical Centre
Austria
28. Wien: Wilhelminenspital
Canada
29. Halifax, Nova Scotia: IWK Health Center
England
30. London: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Germany
31. Bielefeld / Bethel: Evangelisches Krankenhaus
32. Bremen: Klinikum Bremen-Mitte
33. Bremen: Klinikum Links der Weser
34. Friedrichshain: Vivantes Klinik
35. Halberstadt: Klinik für Ki-u. Jug. Medizin
36. Hamburg: Kinderklinik Altona
37. Magdeburg: Universitätsfrauenklinik Magdeburg
38. München: Uniklinik Großhadern
39. Stuttgart: Olga-Hospital
Israel
40. Kfar Saba: Meir Medical Center
Spain
41. Madrid: Hospital Universitario “La Paz”
Sweden
42. Varmland: Central Hospital in Karlstad
Switzerland
43. Basel: Universitätskinderspital (UKBB)
44. Bern: Inselspital
45. St. Gallen: Ostschweizer Kinderspital
Please leave a comment or email me if you have any additions or modifications to the list.
Image above, courtesy Clare Bloomfield.
Hi Kat,
It’s Heather from Hawaii playshop a couple of years ago. I was very happy to see the NorthShore University HealthSystem MT program on your list! Thanks for including us!
Heather Hodorowski
MT Coordinator
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Hi Heather,
I’m glad that you’re glad! Let me know if anything changes or if you know of more programs to add to the list.
Thanks for this very helpful list. Wish there was more hospitals in Canada but that will come with time.
nice…. I hope the hospital in Indonesia to apply music therapy