May the compassion we bring to the most fragile among us serve as the measure of our hope for the future.
Where I see patients (1)
Smell the roses
Wander outside into our Butterfly Garden in Oakland and our healing gardens at Mission Bay.
William Binder
MD
Neonatologist
Father and part-time U.S. national championship skydiver
Dr. William S. Binder specializes in neonatal-perinatal medicine, a field that focuses on premature and critically ill newborns. He cares for the hospital's smallest and sickest babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Binder's main research interest is the impact of pediatric critical illness on families.
Binder earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Orange County, followed by two fellowships in neonatal-perinatal medicine, one at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and one at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the California Association of Neonatologists.
Binder is a World Air Sports Federation World Record holder for having participated in skydiving's largest free-fall formation, which had 400 linked skydivers and was set in 2006 in Udon Thani, Thailand.
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Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2010
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 2006
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Fellowships
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Neonatology, 2009
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Neonatology, 2008
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Residencies
Childrens Hospital of Orange County - GME, Pediatrics, 2006
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Internship
Childrens Hospital of Orange County - GME, Pediatrics, 2004
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Education
Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003
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Languages
English