Matthew Bizzarro, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)Cards
About
Titles
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatrics
Positions outside Yale
Chief Medical Officer, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Biography
Dr. Matthew Bizzarro is a Professor of Pediatrics, the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics, and the Chief Medical Officer for Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. He previously served as the Medical Director of the Yale NICU Network, the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital NICU, and the NICU Transport Team, and as Director of the Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital.
Invited lectures and publications have focused primarily on neonatal infectious disease epidemiology and the prevention of hospital acquired infections in the NICU population, particularly central line associated bloodstream infections. He has served on the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization's International Task Force to Prevent Infections on ECMO, the Connecticut State Infectious Disease Action Team, and is a member of the Connecticut Statewide Perinatal Quality Collaborative.
Dr. Bizzarro received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Dartmouth College and his medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School. He completed his Pediatric Residency at New York University and his Neonatology Fellowship at Yale University.
Appointments
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Neonatal Transport Program
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Newborn Special Care Unit
- Pediatrics
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine (2005)
- Resident
- New York University Medical Center (2002)
- MD
- Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School (1999)
- BA
- Dartmouth College, Biology (1995)
Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Matthew J. Bizzarro, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, has been a neonatal specialist at Yale for almost two decades. He treats a variety of issues related to premature birth, congenital anomalies, and respiratory failure. He finds the connections he forms with patients and families in the NICU especially rewarding. “Watching babies you’ve spent months taking care of go home with their families is an overwhelming feeling,” he says.
A professor of pediatrics (neonatology) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Bizzarro researches the prevention and treatment of hospital-acquired infections in NICU patients, particularly central-line-associated bloodstream infections and infections acquired during the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which uses pump technology to provide oxygen to the body while allowing the lungs and/or heart to heal. “I have always been interested in infectious diseases, which are a fairly common and often preventable problem in the NICU with a great deal of associated morbidity and mortality,” says Dr. Bizzarro.
Dr. Bizzarro has served on statewide, national, and international committees to help address these infections. He was honored by Yale Medicine with the David J. Leffell Prize for Clinical Excellence in 2016 and the 2023 Connecticut Hospital Association John D. Thompson Award for achievement of excellence in patient care through the use of data.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Preventing Infections in the NICU
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News & Links
News
- January 25, 2024Source: Hartford Business Journal
Comptroller Scanlon’s healthcare cabinet calls for higher provider reimbursements
- October 06, 2023
Matt Bizzarro, MD Named Chief Medical Officer, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
- October 06, 2023Source: Becker's Hospital Review
Yale New Haven Children's taps chief medical officer
- June 16, 2023Source: CT Hospital Association
2023 John D. Thompson Award Winner: Yale New Haven Children's Hospital