The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Saint Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Marshfield, Wisconsin is an important tertiary care referral center for central and northern Wisconsin. We have been providing state-of-the-art care since we opened in 1969, under the direction of James Opitz, MD, Marshfield Clinic Neonatologist. For more than 40 years, we have cared for thousands of the smallest, most vulnerable babies in the region providing the highest most comprehensive level of NICU care.

Saint Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is one of only three Children’s Hospitals in state. The 24-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only Level IIIB NICU in central and northern Wisconsin.

Our NICU has access to 24-hour comprehensive services provided by Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Laboratories, and the Marshfield Medical Research Foundation. The availability of these specialized services help the NICU team give very timely, individualized care based on the specific needs of the baby and family.