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Kimberly Spence, M.D.

Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Medical director, TeleNICU program
Department of Pediatrics

Education

Fellowship
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Residency
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Medical School
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Practice Areas

Kimberly Spence, M.D., provides care for premature and extremely premature infants, normal and sick newborns and babies in Level II-IV neonatal intensive care. Spence offers consultation services for expectant mothers. She also treats babies who receive outpatient care in the high-risk nursery clinic.

Spence is involved in palliative care, with particular interest in ethical issues related to end-of-life care. She specializes in quality improvement initiatives and neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Spence is co-chair of the ethics committee at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. 

Research Interests

  • Medical ethics
  • Intrauterine substance exposure
  • Improvement of care to the families of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome