Doctor Benjamin Courchia is a neonatal intensive care physician working in Davie, Florida. He is the director of neonatal innovation at Envision Health and the associate Site Medical Director in the NICU at HCA University Hospital. He is actively involved in the development and implementation of new technologies to improve the care of critically ill neonates. He is also the director of the chronic lung disease program. He is an adjunct faculty of medicine at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Courchia also co-hosts, with Dr. Daphna Yasova Barbeau, a weekly podcast focusing on neonatal care called The Incubator.
He is the co-founder of Cato Neonatal Innovations Inc, a non-profit organization focusing on delivering evidence based clinical information to worldwide audience. Cato has developed mobile applications, organized international medical conference and its flagship solution, the incubator podcast reaches thousands of neonatologists worldwide on a weekly basis.
Dr. Courchia was born, and grew up, in the south of France. He received his medical degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and then pursued a residency in Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New-York City. He completed his neonatal intensive care training at the University of Miami under the auspices of Dr. Eduardo Bancalari and Dr. Charles Bauer. Benjamin Courchia lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida with his wife and daughters.