Dr. Noura Estephane Nickel, MD

Dr. Nickel specializes in Neonatology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute.

Dr. Nickel earned her medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. She completed both her pediatric residency and neonatal and perinatal medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the medical staff in 2021 and sees patients in our main campus level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in St. Petersburg. She also sees patients at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Fetal Care Program, working with Maternal-Fetal Medicine colleagues as well as various pediatric subspecialists to provide prenatal consultation and counseling, and to offer a coordinated, family-centered approach to the diagnosis and treatment of fetal anomalies that brings perinatal, neonatal and pediatric specialists to the patient.

Dr. Nickel is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Pediatric Residency Program …and Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, and serves as the rotation director for medical students and residents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She is also a Head Coach in the Residency's Coaching Program. In 2024, she was awarded the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Pediatrics Residency Program Faculty Teacher of the Year Award. 

Dr. Nickel's scholarly focuses are within the realms of quality improvement and medical education with focuses on family engagement, infection prevention, curriculum development, and active learning strategies.