Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Frank Bednarek

Biography

 Francis J. Bednarek, MD, Chief of Neonatology at UMass Memorial Healthcare graduated cum laude from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and received his medical degree from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. His postgraduate training in pediatrics at Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan was followed by his entrance into an additional training fellowship in the new, emerging field of neonatology at the Holden Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery at the University of Michigan Medical Center.

Research Interest

 He was an integral part of the Massachusetts and New England Neonatology community and was well known nationally for his research. His academic and professional interests varied, but were always centered on the subject of newborn medicine and how to improve the care delivered to the newborns and their families. He was an early advocate and adopter of family-centered care, allowing for families to participate in the care and medical decision-making process, years before this became routine in medicine.