Dr. Ballard's Experience

Dr. Jeanne Ballard founded the Lactation Education Resource Center in 1997 while working out of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics. She also established and directed the associated Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic, which specializes in a dyad approach: seeing both the breastfeeding mother and the breastfed infant at one clinic visit. Dr. Ballard standardized this practice for lactation care in the Cincinnati region. The clinic was instituted in 1997, with a March of Dimes grant, when Jeanne was stationed at the University Hospital nurseries. It moved to Cincinnati Children’s in 2005.

1. Meet with your Hospital Administration Department.

Meet with your Hospital Administration Department to ascertain interest and obtain conceptual support.

2. Meet with Lactation consultants in your area.

Meet with Lactation consultants in your area to assess the needs in your community and area hospitals.

3. Determine the type and scope of services.

Determine the type and scope of services that you will be providing to the mother/baby dyads.