Susan A. Minear, MD

Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Minear is an internationally recognized developmental and behavioral pediatrician with more than 25 years of clinical care and teaching in pediatric primary care, child development and newborn medicine. She co-created the Newborn Behavior Observation (NBO) Curriculum and Training, recognized around the world. More than 9,000 newborn care professionals and students have been trained using this curriculum in 19 states within the US and 13 countries around the world. Dr. Minear was a member of the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Baby-Friendly task force, which led BMC to become the first Baby-Friendly Hospital in Massachusetts in 1999. She was a member of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome task force at BMC which led to the development of the Eat Sleep and Console (ESC) Guideline and training for professionals who care for infants exposed to opiates prenatally. The ESC tool has been disseminated throughout Massachusetts and beyond New England to help infants exposed to opiates prenatally. Dr Minear served as the medical director of the newborn nursery at Boston Medical Center from 1997-2005 and 2019-2024. She is the medical director of Baby Steps at BMC (2009- current), an outpatient multidisciplinary clinic that strives to prevent failure to thrive and promote early intervention for infants born at risk.

Publications

  • Published 7/16/2020

    Wachman EM, Houghton M, Melvin P, Isley BC, Murzycki J, Singh R, Minear S, MacMillan KDL, Banville D, Walker A, Mitchell T, Galimi-Hayes R, Jorgensen S, Gomes DR, Hodgins F, Whalen BL, Diop H, Gupta M. A quality improvement initiative to implement the eat, sleep, console neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome care tool in Massachusetts' PNQIN collaborative. J Perinatol. 2020 10; 40(10):1560-1569. PMID: 32678314.

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  • Published 8/19/2019

    Minear S, Wachman EM. Management of Newborns with Prenatal Opioid Exposure: One Institution's Journey. Clin Ther. 2019 09; 41(9):1663-1668. PMID: 31439335.

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  • Published 7/3/2019

    Wachman EM, Minear S, Hirashima M, Hansbury A, Hutton E, Shrestha H, Combs G, Barry K, Slater C, Stickney D, Walley AY. Standard Fixed-Schedule Methadone Taper Versus Symptom-Triggered Methadone Approach for Treatment of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 08; 9(8):576-584. PMID: 31270130.

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  • Published 5/8/2018

    Wachman EM, Grossman M, Schiff DM, Philipp BL, Minear S, Hutton E, Saia K, Nikita F, Khattab A, Nolin A, Alvarez C, Barry K, Combs G, Stickney D, Driscoll J, Humphreys R, Burke J, Farrell C, Shrestha H, Whalen BL. Quality improvement initiative to improve inpatient outcomes for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. J Perinatol. 2018 08; 38(8):1114-1122. PMID: 29740196.

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  • Published 10/29/2015

    Wachman EM, Saia K, Humphreys R, Minear S, Combs G, Philipp BL. Revision of Breastfeeding Guidelines in the Setting of Maternal Opioid Use Disorder: One Institution's Experience. J Hum Lact. 2016 May; 32(2):382-7. PMID: 26514156.

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Education

  • University of Chicago, MD
  • Trinity College, BA

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