Neonatologist/Assistant Professor

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Amy J. Sloane, MD, MHS, FAAP is an Attending Neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Nemours Children’s Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She also serves as the Associate Program Director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Sloane is board-certified in both General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Sloane provides clinical care in both academic and community Level III neonatal intensive care units. Her clinical responsibilities include attending high-risk deliveries, managing critically ill neonates, providing complex perinatal consultations, and caring for newborns in the well-baby nursery. Her practice encompasses the full spectrum of neonatal care from delivery room resuscitation through ongoing intensive care and discharge planning. In her role as Fellowship Associate Program Director, Dr. Sloane has extensive experience in teaching and supervising medical students, pediatric residents, and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows. She is actively involved in reviewing and analyzing complex neonatal cases, assessing clinical decision-making, and providing structured feedback regarding adherence to accepted standards of care. Through this work, she has developed substantial experience evaluating cases involving birth injury, delivery-room management, neonatal resuscitation, perinatal asphyxia, early neonatal deterioration, and related complications. Dr. Sloane earned her Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University, followed by a Master of Health Sciences degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a concentration in Reproductive and Cancer Biology and a certificate in Maternal and Child Health. She received her medical degree from UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her pediatric residency at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children/Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Prior to fellowship training, she practiced as both a Pediatric Hospitalist and NICU Hospitalist at the same institution. She subsequently completed fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children/Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Christiana Care. Dr. Sloane maintains an active academic and scholarly profile, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and regional and national presentations focused on the diagnosis and management of neonates at risk for early-onset sepsis. She also continues to mentor trainees in a variety of additional research initiatives, including projects related to neonatal feeding and nutrition. Her academic background, combined with her clinical practice and leadership in trainee education, informs her methodical, evidence-based approach to medical record review, causation analysis, and standard-of-care opinions in neonatal and perinatal medicine.