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U.S. News & World Report Names Inova Fairfax Medical Campus #1 in Virginia and DC
Inova Gynecology and Neurology Rank Nationally Falls Church, VA – Inova is proud to announce that once again, Inova Health System has been recognized as the region’s leading health system. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus (IFMC) claimed the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report 2021-22 Best Hospitals report with a number one overall…
Read MoreInova Children’s Hospital Named Among Best Hospitals in the Country for Neonatology by U.S. News & World Report
Washington, D.C. – June 15, 2021 – Inova Children’s Hospital, recently renamed Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital, has been recognized as a Best Children’s Hospital for Neonatology by U.S. News & World Report. Inova’s Neonatology specialty ranked #40 in the country. The hospital also ranked #3 in the Commonwealth of Virginia and #13 in the…
Read MoreCritical Ingestions: When Your Child Swallows Something Dangerous
Bharath D. Nath, MD, is a pediatric surgeon at Inova Health System, board-certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery. He specializes in pediatric general and thoracic surgery, treating premature infants to adolescents. Every year, thousands of children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms because they swallowed an object. It might be a coin, button, toy…
Read MoreInova Announces Transformational Gift and Will Rename Children’s Hospital
Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System today announced it has received a gift to its pediatric program from local pediatrician, Laurence J. Murphy, MD, who has served children and their families in Northern Virginia for more than four decades. In recognition of Dr. Murphy’s generous gift, Inova will rename the Inova Children’s Hospital building…
Read MoreHigher Than Expected COVID-19 Antibody Rates in Children in Northern Virginia
Falls Church, VA – Last summer, from July to October 2020, Inova Health System partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and George Mason University to conduct a COVID-19 serology (antibody) study to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in children in Northern Virginia. The analysis of blood samples from more than 1,000 children, ages 0…
Read MoreHunger During the Holidays in Northern Virginia
Dr. Katherine Fullerton is an Emergency Physician in Inova Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. She is a board certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. Rebecca Ayde, RN is a nurse in Inova Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. This holiday season, while many of us prepare to responsibly celebrate and say goodbye to 2020, the rates…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Receives Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence
Also Cited as “Exemplar” for a Best Practice Care Model Falls Church, VA – (December 16, 2020) – Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to announce it has once again been designated as a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet status is considered the highest organizational honor awarded for nursing excellence. Currently…
Read MoreInova Joins Virginia Department of Health and George Mason University in Pediatric COVID-19 Serology Study
Inova Health System is partnering with George Mason University (GMU) and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to conduct a COVID-19 serology (antibody) study to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in children in Northern Virginia. Inova is recruiting approximately 1,000 children, ages 0 to 19 for the study. Child participants will be asked to provide…
Read More18 Inova Nurses Selected as 2020 Star Nurses Finalists by Washington Post
Falls Church, VA – Among tens of thousands of registered nurses working in the Washington, DC metro area, 18 extraordinary nurses from Inova Alexandria Hospital, Inova Children’s Hospital, Inova Loudoun Hospital and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital have been selected as 2020 Star Nurses Finalists. This new award program is co-sponsored by The Washington Post and…
Read MoreThe Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) and Symptoms in Children
Minal Amin, MD, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Inova Children’s Hospital. Dr. Amin is board certified in emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine. Nicole Barbera, DO, is a fellow in pediatric emergency medicine at Inova Children’s Hospital. Dr. Barbera is board certified in pediatrics. At Inova, we want to support you during the…
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