Primrose’s founder, Jessica Madden, MD, is pediatrician, neonatologist, and mother of 4 who has been taking care of newborns since 2001. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts and her neonatology fellowship at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and Center for 4th Trimester Care. She enjoys teaching and is a former Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and current Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine. Dr. Madden serves as the medical director of Aeroflow Breastpumps, is a physician lead at Blueberry Pediatrics, and moonlights in the special care nursery at University Hospitals Tripoint Medical Center.

Dr. Madden specializes in the care of all babies, including NICU graduates, and has guided hundreds of parents in the care of their infants after being discharged home.  She experienced both breastfeeding difficulties and postpartum depression after the birth of her oldest child in 2005 and she uses the lessons she has learned from both her personal experiences as a new mother and professional experiences as a NICU physician in the care of her newborn patients. In addition, she is a certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) who supports all methods of infant feeding. She opened the Cleveland Baby Formula Exchange in 2022 during the infant formula shortage.

Dr. Madden has been featured in all of the following media outlets:

To learn more about Dr. Madden and for media inquiries, please visit her website.