Ann Simones is a neonatologist at Essentia Health. She is a physician in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She takes care of premature and sick babies shortly after birth. Babies that come to the NICU are often born early or have illnesses, for various reasons, whether it’s infection or abnormalities in the way that they developed inside the womb. It’s incredible to see a baby that has been very sick stay alive in the NICU and come back to see me in the clinic as a thriving, beautiful, smiling baby and toddler.