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Fever Phobia: When To Worry About Your Child’s Temperature
Board-certified pediatric emergency physician Eugenie Charles, MD, and Erin Rovelli, RN, serve patients at the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital – Loudoun County’s only emergency facility solely dedicated to caring for children and adolescents. Fevers are practically a universal rite of childhood. Fortunately, fever is not as dangerous as many parents fear. As…
Read MoreParents of Preemie Find Expert Medical Care, Community at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Resources available for families of NICU babies At 28 weeks pregnant, Lauren Christopher, 41, stopped feeling her baby move. She went to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (IFOH), where her doctor discovered she had low amniotic fluid and poor blood flow through the umbilical cord. A week later, her doctor determined she would have to prematurely…
Read MoreInova Children’s Heart Program Provides Specialized Care
Tiny Heartbeats: Lucas Collazo, MD, and Mitchell Cohen, MD, lead program that monitors congenital heart disease Lucas Collazo, MD, congenital cardiac surgeon, and Mitchell Cohen, MD, pediatric and adult congenital electrophysiologist, serve on the highly regarded Inova Schar Heart and Vascular (ISHV) team. In October 2017 they partnered to co-direct the Inova Children’s Heart Program,…
Read MorePreventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young People
Mitchell Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist specializing in pediatric arrhythmias, electrophysiology and hereditary causes of sudden cardiac death in children, adolescents and sometimes their parents. He is the co-director of the Children’s Heart Program and director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at Inova L. J. Children’s Hospital. The horror stories pop up every…
Read MoreListen to Your Parents: Parent Advisory Council Benefits Inova Children’s Hospital
Jamie Gentille is the director of Child Life Services at Inova Children’s Hospital. She leads a team of specialists who support children and families through surgery, outpatient procedures, or hospital stays, through activities including pre-surgical tours and preparation, medical and therapeutic play and support during medical procedures. Inova Children’s Hospital is staffed with experts…
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 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 MoreInova Children’s Hospital Sponsors Primary Pediatric Psychopharmacology Fellowship
FALLS CHURCH, VA – April 8, 2016 – Inova Children’s Hospital this weekend is sponsoring the REACH Institute’s Primary Pediatric Psychopharmacology Mini-Fellowship program, April 8-10. The REACH program provides pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, psychiatrists and neurologists with up-to-date training in the use of psychiatric medications for children and adolescents. The three-day course, which…
Read MoreOpening date set for Inova’s new women and children’s hospital, Washington Business Journal, December 31, 2015
The $400 million Inova Health System Women and Children’s Hospital project is officially slotted to open in Fairfax in late January. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreInova Children’s Hospital holds Annual Mohsen Ziai Pediatric Conference
Best Selling Author Abraham Verghese Keynotes FALLS CHURCH, VA – November 6, 2014 – Inova Children’s Hospital is hosting the 8th Annual Mohsen Ziai Pediatric Conference, November 7 – 8 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The intensive two-day program combines lectures, interactive seminars and question and answer session to allow attendees to interact with faculty in…
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