The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Vivien Yap, M.D. as Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Division of Neonatology at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital, effective July 1st, 2022.
Dr. Yap completed her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine here at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and accepted a position at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences thereafter. She then returned to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2014 to become a faculty member and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Director in the Division of Neonatology.
Dr. Yap has been the first author or co-authored 12 peer reviewed manuscripts and has also co-authored three book chapters. She is currently a council member and Chair of the planning committee for the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research.
As the NICU Medical Director, Dr. Yap will oversee the development and implementation of state-of-the-art clinical guidelines, ensure care of the service and manage care team models. She will oversee clinical practice, implement regulatory processes, and represent NICU clinical operations in NewYork-Presbyterian leadership meetings.