Laura Isaacson, MSN, NNP-BC, graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing in 1991. She worked in a Level III neonatal intensive care unit in Houston, Texas, for several years. She earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University Missouri at Kansas City in 2005. She then went on to work for another MEDNAX-affiliated practice, providing care in Level III nurseries in Houston and San Antonio. Laura joined our team in 2010. She feels strongly about the importance of breast milk for all infants. She has published an article in a nursing educational journal that outlines the steps to successful breastfeeding the premature infant.