Posts Tagged ‘pediatrics’
Comprehensive Congenital Heart Care at Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital
At Inova Children’s Heart Center, our team provides the most advanced, comprehensive care for children and adults with all forms of congenital heart disease. Earlier this year, we welcomed internationally recognized pediatric heart surgeon, James St. Louis, MD, who brings expertise in advanced heart failure therapies for children with neonatal heart differences. We also added…
Read MoreInova Children’s Opens New Outpatient Specialty Locations
Sites expand regional access to pediatric subspecialty care Falls Church, VA – Inova Children’s celebrates the opening of two new specialty care locations that give families in Northern Virginia easy and convenient access to a broad range of pediatric subspecialty services. Inova Children’s – Willow Oaks, located at 8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive in Fairfax,…
Read MoreInova Health System Launches Inova Children’s General and Thoracic Surgery
Expanded Network Enhances Regional Access to World-Class Pediatric Specialty Care Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System announced the opening of Inova Children’s General and Thoracic Surgery adjacent to Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital on Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, in Fairfax, Virginia. Surgeons and advanced practice providers from the Pediatric Surgical Group of Fairfax Neonatal…
Read MoreInova Health System Launches Inova Children’s Cardiology
Expanded Network Enhances Regional Access to World-Class Pediatric Specialty Care Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System announces the opening of Inova Children’s Cardiology, an outpatient pediatric cardiology practice with eight locations in Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland. Pediatrix® Medical Group practices, Pediatric Cardiology Associates and Children’s Cardiology Associates, are joining Inova to form Inova…
Read MoreAnswering Parents’ Questions About Childhood Vaccines
Emily R. Faltemier, MD, is board-certified in family medicine and specializes in pediatrics, women’s health and primary care for adults. Dr. Faltemier sees patients at Family Medicine of Clifton/Centreville. The Internet is full of misleading or downright false information about vaccines. Parents want to do what’s best for their children, but they get conflicting messages.…
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 MoreCOVID-19 and Children – Six Months In
Dr. Rick Place is Medical Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Inova Children’s Hospital (at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA). Dr. Place is a board certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. Although it feels like much longer, it has only been six months since the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was…
Read MoreChildren’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital Receives Prestigious Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association
Leesburg, VA – The Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) has been selected as a recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association’s (ENA) 2020 Lantern Award for demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The Children’s Emergency Room at ILH is one of only 25 hospital ERs internationally and…
Read MoreThese 5 Tips Can Help Parents Give Children Medicine With Ease
Correct dosage and added flavor are just a few ways to make the medicine go down Giving infants and toddlers medications come with challenges – from measuring a correct dose to watching your little one spit everything back at you. Brooke Shuster, MD, Associate Medical Director of Inova’s Pediatric Hospitalist Group, shares doctor-approved tips to help…
Read More5 Tips to Prevent Birth Defects
Healthy behaviors before and during pregnancy can help prevent birth defects Stephanie J. Williams, MD, is a board-certified OB/GYN with Inova Obstetrics and Gynecology in Shirlington. She delivers babies at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Today, March 3, marks World Birth Defects Day. If you plan to expand your family any time soon, now is the right…
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