Dr. Allen Cherer

A Charlotte, North Carolina-based neonatologist, Dr. Allen Cherer has spent his career working to improve the care provided to high risk newborns. As a Fellow in the Joint Program in Neonatology at Harvard Medical School, he participated in the Infant Health and Development Program, a large multicen…

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Allen Cherer's blog on neonatal sepsis: Neonatal Sepsis is a blood infection that infants may develop before reaching 90 days of age. Babies can also develop early-onset and late-onset sepsis. Causes? A bacteria named Eschericia coli (E coli) and Listeria can…