Special Care Nursery
Our State of the art Special Care Nursery allows all mothers to deliver with confidence.
The Rochester General Hospital Special Care Nursery is a non-regional Level II nursery closely affiliated with the regional Level III neonatal intensive care unit at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong. The attending neonatologists at both institutions are members of the same full time academic staff.
Nirupama Laroia, MD,
Medical Director
of Special Care Nursery
(585) 922-4191


Rochester General Hospital was among the first hospitals in the nation to be designated ‘Baby-Friendly’ by the World Health Organization in recognition of our efforts to promote breast-feeding, and remains the only such hospital in the Greater Rochester Area. 






