Renee Fox, M.D.

Renee Fox, M.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine in Baltimore. She is a graduate of Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and received her M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She remained in Rochester to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Rochester, later joining the fellowship program at the Joint Program for Neonatology at the Harvard Medical School.

In 1986 she joined the faculty at the University of Maryland. In 2004-2005 she was a fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women at Drexel College of Medicine, an in-depth program focused on preparing senior women faculty to move into leadership positions in academic medicine.

She is the Head of the Division of Neonatology, Consortium Chief of Hospital Based Programs, Director of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics, Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and Medical Co-Director of the Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program, a joint program of the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Dr. Fox has served as chairman of the Perinatal Advisory Committee for the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System. This committee developed review processes for levels of perinatal care for the state and transport services for newborns. Throughout her career, she has worked to improve the quality of care provided to mothers and their infants in Maryland.