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Explore NICU & MedicineNeonatal Medicine
Prematurity, newborn health, NICU care, and clear context for families navigating specialized care.
Physician • Neonatologist • Educator
Medicine made human. Life lived fully.
Board-certified pediatrician and practicing neonatologist Dr. Porsha Butler makes complex newborn medicine easier to understand while sharing the person and purpose behind the white coat.
Board-Certified PediatricianPracticing NeonatologistPhysician Educator
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Set the Home page featured image to add Dr. Butler's portraitThe person behind the physician.Medicine is part of the story — not the whole story.
The PorshaMD Point of View
Serious medicine can still be explained with warmth, clarity, and humanity.
What PorshaMD Is About
Care. Education.
Connection.
A physician-led space centered on newborn medicine, thoughtful education, and a fuller view of the life behind a demanding medical career.
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Learn the approachFamily Education
Medical information translated into language families can understand, use, and bring into conversations with their care team.
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Beyond the white coatLife Beyond Medicine
Wellness, travel, gaming, food, family, and the work of building a full life alongside a demanding profession.
Health Literacy
Medicine shouldn't feel like another language.
The NICU can introduce families to unfamiliar terminology, equipment, medications, numbers, and uncertainty. Families deserve explanations that are accurate, compassionate, and understandable.
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Understand what you're hearing
Plain-language context for common NICU terms, care plans, and conversations.
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Know what to ask
Helpful questions that support clearer conversations with the medical team caring for your baby.
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Learn without being overwhelmed
Education that respects the complexity of medicine while keeping the focus on understanding.
Beyond the White Coat
A physician.
A whole person.
Dr. Butler's world extends beyond the NICU. PorshaMD also makes room for wellness, travel, gaming, food, family, and the realities of creating a life that feels full outside of work.
Explore life beyond medicineProfessional Foundation
Rigorous training.
Human perspective.
PorshaMD is grounded in Dr. Butler's training as a pediatrician and neonatologist, with a focus on education, health literacy, and compassionate communication.
Medical EducationMorehouse School of Medicine
Board CertificationBoard-Certified Pediatrician
Subspecialty TrainingNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine
FellowshipUAMS & Arkansas Children's Hospital
Welcome to PorshaMD
Knowledge changes the experience.
Explore Dr. Butler's medical work, approach to education, and life beyond medicine.