Marilyn Ruth Sanders, MD
Marilyn Sanders, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist who cares for critically-ill babies, infants, and their families at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Newborn Intensive Care Unit in Hartford, CT. Dr. Sanders did her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Johns-Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She also provides neurodevelopmental follow-up for babies and infants up to 3 years old. Her scholarly interest is providing trauma-informed care to hospitalized newborns, infants, young children, and their families. Her focus is the impact of the autonomic nervous system's sense of safety, danger, or life threat on our emotions and behavior. She lectures throughout the United States and Europe. She has authored papers and book chapters on trauma-informed care for young infants, children, and their families in the hospital setting. Dr. Sanders and her co-author, Dr. George Thompson, are currently under book contract with WW Norton and Company. Their book, The Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Strengthening Children, Families, and Communities, published in July 2021, and discusses implications of the Polyvagal Theory, for the well-being and development of infants, children, and adolescents. Dr. Sanders is also on the The Advisory Board of The Polyvagal Institute.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Marilyn Sanders has employment relationships with Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford Hospital, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, and John Dempsey Hospital. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Marilyn Sanders is a consultant to the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, the Connecticut Hospital Association, and the Department of Children and Families. She serves on the advisory board for the Polyvagal Institute.
