Director, Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Medical Director, Westside Neonatal Network, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD, FAAP, is a neonatologist in the Division of Neonatology and Director of the Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. He is a Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Fanaroff is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine and is also certified in neonatal resuscitation. His special interests are high-risk neonates and ethical and legal issues in their treatment.

A native of Cleveland, Dr. Fanaroff completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. He earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with a concentration in bioethics and elected membership to Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He also holds a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Fanaroff completed a pediatric residency at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an ethics fellowship at MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago. He completed his postgraduate training with a fellowship in neonatology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital as a William Randolph Hearst Neonatal Fellow.

Dr. Fanaroff has over 80 publications to his credit, including papers in medical journals, book chapters, abstracts and invited papers. He is a co-editor of two books, Care of the High Risk Neonate and Neonatology at a Glance. He served on the editorial board of Risk Management and ISRN Critical Care and is a reviewer for numerous professional journals, including Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Perinatology and Pediatric Research. A frequent invited speaker, he has presented on neonatal medicine and ethics to local, regional, national and international pediatric medicine and nursing conferences.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) where he chaired the Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine and a member of the Society for Pediatric Research. He has been named to the Best Doctors list every year since 2013.