Dr. Dena K. Hubbard, MD is a neonatologist who cares for sick and premature babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Her scholarly interests include advocacy and health policy, trauma-informed care, leadership development, physician and healthcare professional wellness, and medical education.
Dr. Hubbard’s research and quality improvement interests include studying the effects of trauma-informed care education in the NICU, implementing interventions to mitigate trauma in the NICU for parents and staff, applying evidence-based practices to standardize care, improving communication between multidisciplinary staff in the NICU as well as with families, and empowering parents as advocates for their babies. Dr. Hubbard is a fierce activist for system changes to decrease waste and increase joy in medicine through lean processes and quality improvement.
Dr. Hubbard provides skilled mentorship to colleagues and trainees in advocacy for infants, maternal-child health, and surviving and thriving in the profession of medicine. Active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Hubbard is active in the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SONPM). She is Chair of Public Policy Committee for the Kansas AAP chapter as well as a member on the Board of Directors. She serves on the AAP Committee on State Government Affairs, AAP inaugural Trauma Informed Care champions program, and is current Chair of the Women In Neonatology subgroup of the AAP SONPM.
Dr. Hubbard completed her Doctor of Medicine and Residency in Child Health at the University of Missouri-Columbia and her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Children’s Mercy and University of Missouri-Kansas City.
