Scott A. Snyder, MD
NICU Medical Director
Dr. Snyder earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha in 1998. He completed his pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at the University of New Mexico Department of Pediatrics / Children's Hospital of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Ronald W. Coen, MD
Dr. Coen earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus in 1963, and completed his pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. He performed his neonatal fellowship at the University of Cincinnati,and served as director of neonatology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Coen is the author of numerous papers and a book on care of the newborn, and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Academic Society.

Charlene Crichton, MD
Dr. Crichton earned her medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha in 1997, and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. She performed her neonatology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where she also served as an assistant professor.

Nick Harper, MD
Dr. Harper is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. He completed his neonatal-perinatal fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He served as NICU medical director for Ogden Medical Center in Utah and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, an NICU that he initiated – and watched grow to a 40-bed unit. He instituted North Texas’s first neonatal “ECMO,” bringing this advanced life-saving technology to babies whose condition is so critical that ventilator care is not sufficient.

Erik N. Meyers, MD
Dr. Meyers is board certified in pediatrics and neonatology, and a fellow of the Society for Pediatric Research. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He performed his pediatrics residency and neonatology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also served as clinical instructor. Dr. Meyers was an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University, and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Developmental Biology.

Declan O'Riordan, MD
Dr. O'Riordan earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville in 1997. He completed his pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. O’Riordan also has experience in pediatric emergency medicine and general pediatrics. His research interests include neonatal herpes simplex virus infections, perinatal brain injury, and intrauterine methamphetamine exposure.

James W. VanLooy Jr., MD
Dr. VanLooy is board certified in pediatrics and a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. His research includes the use of pre-medication prior to intubation in neonates. Dr. VanLooy earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and his fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Tammy Allen, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Tammy earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and her master's degree from the Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She has served as a clinical educator and is NCC-certified in neonatal intensive care. She is an instructor for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), STABLE (post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick newborns), and the STABLE cardiac module. Tammy has served at both St. Luke’s Boise and St. Luke's Magic Valley.

Cheri Beaumont, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Cheri earned master’s degrees as an early intervention specialist and neonatal nurse practitioner in 1995, after 14 years as an NICU staff nurse and three additional years of education and internship.

Melissa Beckler, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Melissa earned her post-master's certificate from the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Rochester School of Nursing in Rochester, New York, and her master's degree in nursing from the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Virginia School of Nursing in Charlottesville. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Anthony Broderick, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Anthony earned his associate degree in respiratory therapy in 1987 and associate degree in nursing in 1995. He earned his Master of Science in Nursing degree, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, in 2004.

Maria Cheatham, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Maria has worked in newborn intensive care for more than 25 years, caring for infants in the NICU and serving as an NICU educator. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from California State University, Hayward in 1987, and her master’s degree in nursing, neonatal nurse practitioner, from the University of Texas, Medical Branch in Galveston in 1999.

Abby Gray, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
Abby has 15 years’ experience in neonatal nursing, and is a nationally certified neonatal nurse practitioner. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Boise State University and her Master of Science in Nursing degree, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

LaResa Janousek, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
LaResa earned her master's degree in advanced practice neonatal nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Boise State University. She has served as a member of the high-risk delivery and maternal/child transport teams and is a STABLE (post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick newborns) instructor.