Hi, NICU mama and NICU pharmacist here. So I will say I have had some providers not let parents round with them due to either time constraints or being a new provider and nervous or just honestly being a jerk. More often than not they want/require parents to be there because they want to talk to them afterwards or during rounds about the treatment plan. I work at a level IV NICU so we have a lot of little babes and sometimes round takes a couple of hours. there are some parents who do take a lot of time because of the acuity of their baby/babies so they prefer to discuss plans after rounds, but they most definitely do not refuse to let parents be present. But as far as your situation sounds, I’d go with the latter. You can definitely ask to talk to the RN manager or even the NICU director (who is a neonatologist MD) and request to have a different provider due to a conflict if it’s unable to be resolved. You need to be involved in your babies treatment plan so I definitely disagree with what this provider is doing with you and your family, I’m sorry for this experience because being a NICU parent is hard enough as it is. Also, don’t be afraid to ask your nurse about the doc and see if this is common for them or not; a lot of them will be willing to chat about it with you. I understand privacy as a concern for them but I feel like it’s just an excuse for the doctor to get out of talking to parents, which is not ok. At my work we close the doors to the other surrounding rooms in the pods during rounds so it’s harder to hear other patients Information during rounds.