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Sue Hall grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and then headed West to Stanford University. She graduated With Distinction in 1973, earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and also completing a major in Human Biology. She taught children in special education classes for two years, then entered Boston University where she attained a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) in 1977. After helping children and their families for several years as a social worker, Sue entered medical school. In 1983, she graduated from University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Hall completed an Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, and served a term as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. Continuing on at Children's Mercy, she completed a Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in 1989.
The West Coast beckoned again, and Dr. Hall joined the faculty of the University of California - Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine in 1989. Her association with UCLA lasted from 1989 until 2004, when she had reached the rank of Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. She also spent a year teaching on the Family Medicine faculty at the University of Southern California Medical School. In 2004, Dr. Hall joined Pediatrix Medical Group, and in 2007, she moved back to the Midwest to become Medical Director of a 36-bed NICU in Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Hall, who has cared for thousands of babies in a dozen different NICUs, now resides in Ventura, CA where she has recently retired from the clinical practice of neonatology. She now devotes her time to researching and developing continuing education programs for perinatal clinicians; these programs are based in the use of trauma-informed care with a goal of supporting the mental health of pregnant women, new parents and their babies. Learn more on the Staff Education page.
Dr. Hall has presented her research at scientific conferences, published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as a number of blog posts, and provided editorial services reviewing manuscripts for a number of pediatric and nursing journals. She has delivered hundreds of invited lectures, webinars and podcasts to medical staffs, professional organizations, and parent groups on topics in newborn medicine, patient safety, emotional responses of parents to the NICU experience, and improving communication between parents and healthcare providers in the NICU setting.
Dr. Hall is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a member of its Section on Perinatology, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. Dr. Hall is a member of the National Perinatal Association; she served on the Board of Directors from 2012-2018. While in Kansas, Dr. Hall served as Legislative Chair for the Kansas March of Dimes, inaugural Chair of the Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative, a member of the Kansas Commission on Maternal-Child Health and the Healthy Kansans 2020 Advisory Board, and a board member of the Ronald McDonald House in Topeka, Kansas.
Dr. Hall has traveled to both Mexico and Nicaragua on medical missions with Los Medicos Voladores (The Flying Doctors) and with Salvadores de la Salud, a division of Frater-Nica, a Nicaraguan aid organization based in Northern California.
She has a private pilot's license and is an avid sailor and kayaker. Her other passions are writing and photography. She has two adult daughters.
(Full C. V. available here.)
NOTE: Dr. Hall is NOT available to do medico-legal case review.
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