Jennifer R. Merchant, MD
- Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
St. Luke's Clinic Provider
Accepting New Patients
- 4.9 Star Rating
About Jennifer R. Merchant, MD
Jennifer Merchant, MD cares for newborns in St. Luke's neonatal intensive care units (NICU). She also serves as medical director of the St. Luke's Children's NICU Follow-Up Clinic where the growth and development of our highest-risk patients are monitored and supported with early interventions. Dr. Merchant cares for babies in the NICU at St. Luke's Boise, Magic Valley, Meridian, and Nampa.
Dr. Merchant provides family-centered care that focuses on optimizing long-term development and health. She is passionate about nutrition in the NICU and its impact on neurodevelopment. To support this interest, she is involved in development of nutrition and feeding protocols as part of a multidisciplinary feeding group. Dr. Merchant has also recently participated in research on low-renin hypertension in neonates. She is also developing of a registry of St. Luke's NICU patients' long-term outcomes to inform continual improvement of our neonatal care.
Dr. Merchant is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. Prior to her current role, she served as assistant medical director of the NICU at St. Luke's Magic Valley. In her free time, Dr. Merchant enjoys hiking and camping in Idaho and the Intermountain West and spending time with her husband and three kids.
Provider Locations
St. Luke's Children's NICU Follow-up Clinic: Boise
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
St. Luke's Children's Hospital - Neonatology
St. Luke's Magic Valley NICU
Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
25 Reviews
Dr merchant is an amazing women. She is great at what she does.
FEB 14, 2022
We love Dr Merchant. She is very easy to talk to and doesn't make us feel inferior to her
NOV 18, 2021