NICU Pioneers

A new exhibit in the lobby of WVU Medicine Children's Hospital honors the pioneers who founded WVU's first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the 1970s.

Designed by Dr. Martha Mullett and Lemley Mullett, with the assistance of the William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences, the panels recognize the doctors, nurses, and transport volunteers that made West Virginia's initial NICU a success. In fact, the neonatal care established at WVU significantly decreased the rates of infant mortality in West Virginia.

The exhibit can be seen for a limited time in the Neal Museum exhibit case located in the lobby of WVU Medicine Children's Hospital.