Susan A Minear, MD

Susan Ann Minear, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a clinical professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. After receiving her medical degree, she completed a pediatrics residency at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Minear co-created the Newborn Behavior Observation Curriculum and Training, which is used to train newborn care professionals and students in 19 states and 13 countries around the world. She was a member of the BMC Baby-Friendly task force, which led BMC to become the first Baby-Friendly Hospital in Massachusetts in 1999. She is also a member of BMC's Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome task force. Since 2009, Dr. Minear has been the medical director of Baby Steps, a BMC outpatient multidisciplinary clinic that strives to prevent failure to thrive and promote early intervention for infants born at risk.