Frances Northington
Advanced in Premature Infant

Dr. Frances Northington

Neonatology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, 
Baltimore, MD 

Advanced in Premature Infant
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Dr. Frances Northington is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is neonatal and perinatal medicine. Dr. Northington is one of the founders and co-directors of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Nursery at Johns Hopkins, which brings together experts from neonatology, pediatric neuroradiology, pediatric neurology, maternal fetal medicine, developmental medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Institute to care for newborns who have developmental brain abnormalities or are at high risk of neurological injuries. She received her medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. She went on to complete a residency at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and a fellowship at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Northington is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Premature Infant. Her top areas of expertise are Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, Premature Infant, Asphyxia Neonatorum, and Cerebral Hypoxia.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 122 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 9 articles in the study of Premature Infant.

Residency
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Pediatrics, 1988
Specialties
Neonatology
Licenses
Pediatrics in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
UVA Health University Hospital, Neonatology, 1992
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
Call: 410-550-0100
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-5000

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122 Total Publications

Diminished Cerebral Oxygen Extraction and Metabolic Rate in Neonates With Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy.
Diminished Cerebral Oxygen Extraction and Metabolic Rate in Neonates With Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy.
Journal: Stroke
Published: August 01, 2025
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