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U.S. News & World Report Names Inova Children’s Hospital among Best in the Nation
Inova Children’s Ranks #45 in Neonatology Specialty Falls Church, VA – June 21, 2016 – U.S. News & World Report has ranked Inova Children’s Hospital #45 in Pediatric Neonatology specialty in the new 2016-17 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Inova Children’s Hospital has been ranked in the Top 50 Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation for four years running.…
Read MoreCelebrating A Decade of Advances in Pediatric Heart Surgery
Lucas R. Collazo, MD, is board-certified in thoracic, cardiac and pediatric cardiac surgery and is a member of Inova Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. He practices with the Inova Children’s Heart Program and the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute and has a special interest in congenital heart disease. Read Dr. Collazo’s profile. Every year, I attend…
Read MoreEducation and Inspiration at Inova’s First Melanoma Patient Symposium
Sekwon Jang, MD, is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. He serves as Inova’s director of Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Therapeutics and Research at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. He has a special interest in melanoma and other skin cancers. Read Dr. Jang’s profile. On May 21, we held the first-ever Melanoma Patient…
Read MoreMen and BRCA Testing: What You Need To Know
Sarah Ruppert, MS, CGC, is a certified genetic counselor and genetics program supervisor at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute. Read Sarah Ruppert’s profile. If you’re familiar with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, odds are good you think of them as “breast cancer genes.” Indeed, mutations in these two genes are associated with a significantly increased…
Read MoreInova Begins Era of MRI-guided Neurosurgery with Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulator
Mahesh Shenai, MD, MBA, is a specialty care physician at the Inova Movement Disorders Program. He has a special interest in functional and restorative neurosurgery. Read Dr. Shenai’s profile. Last week, for the first time at the Inova Health System, we performed brain surgery inside the MRI scanner to treat a patient with Parkinson’s Disease.…
Read More10th Annual StarKid 5K and Family Fun Run Keeps Kids’ Hearts Running Strong
James A. Thompson, MD, is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist at the Inova Children’s Heart Program and the founder of the StarKid 5K and Family Fun Run, an annual event benefitting the program. Read Dr. Thompson’s profile. On Sunday, June 5, I’ll be joining hundreds of other runners and walkers for the 10th Annual StarKid 5K…
Read MoreGenetic Counselors In Growing Demand as Genetic Testing Takes Off
Benjamin D. Solomon leads the Medical Genomics Division at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute. He performs genome-based research to find the causes of patients’ genetic disorders and is also involved in the clinical care of patients with genetic conditions. He is board certified in clinical genetics and pediatrics. Read Dr. Solomon’s profile. Last year, a…
Read MoreFecal Transplants Bring Gut Bacteria Into Balance
Suchi Hourigan, MD, is board certified in pediatric gastroenterology. She treats children of all ages and has a particular interest in the gut microbiome, nutrition and disorders of the intestines. She’s also the director of microbiome research at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute, where she studies the role of gut bacteria in human health and…
Read MoreAvoiding Youth Baseball Injuries, WUSA 9, April 7, 2016
Dr. Robin West, the Nats new lead physician, talks to Markette about ways parents can raise stellar athletes while also preventing injuries. Dr. West is also the Medical Director at Inova’s Sports Medicine Institute. Watch on WUSA 9. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreFIRM Ablation: Mapping the Heart to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Haroon Rashid, MD, is board certified in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He is the medical director of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and Research at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. Read Dr. Rashid’s profile. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common heart rhythm problem that affects 33.5 million people worldwide. At the Inova Heart and…
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