Collaborative Care, Advocacy, Empowered Families

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Surgery

Dr. Jessica T. Fry is an Attending Physician in Neonatology at Lurie Children's Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Fry earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2004. She completed her postgraduate training with a Fellowship in Neonatology at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital (2008-2011) and a Residency in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004-2007).

Board-certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Dr. Fry is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is dedicated to advancing care for neonates with complex medical needs.

I have dedicated my career to decreasing health and educational disparities among low income children, through clinical work, education and advocacy. I am a primary care pediatrician at Lurie Children’s Uptown Clinic, an academic community health center, where I also teach Northwestern residents and medical students. I am also Associate Medical Director of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Medical Director for the Schreiber Center for Early Childhood Health and Wellness, and Associate Chair for Compassion and Wellness Initiatives for Lurie's Department of Pediatrics.  I am a former President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and Chair of the national AAP Council on Early Childhood. One of my main areas of expertise is literacy promotion in pediatrics. I am the Medical Director of Reach Out and Read (ROR) Illinois, providing technical and financial support as well as education to 190 ROR clinics in the state. I am also in the leadership of National Reach Out and Read, involved in research and curriculum development. My additional areas of interest include health equity, relational health, narrative medicine, physician wellness, youth mentoring, health literacy, monolingual and bilingual language development, and improving links between pediatricians, schools, early childhood centers and parents. I am the author of I Love You Like Sunshine: How Everyday Play and Bedtime Stories Grow Love, Connections and Brainpower, a book for parents and babies, which has been translated into Spanish and has over 250,000 copies in distribution nationally.

Emilie Lamberg-Jones is a nurse and social worker with 35 years of professional experience in the field of obstetrics, fetal care coordination, and perinatal bereavement. She finds great job satisfaction connecting with patients and families and helping guide them through crisis and decision making. Her other passion is providing other professionals the opportunity to network and learn from one another with the goal of helping us all feel competent and skilled in doing this important work. Emilie is grateful to be in the role of Nursing Outreach Navigator with the Chicago Institute for Fetal Health, a position which allows her combine both of these career priorities.