Posts Tagged ‘pediatrics’
Childhood Viruses of Winter: Stomach Virus
Board Certified Pediatric Emergency Physician Dr. Ronnie Waldrop 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. Children and viral infections often go hand-in-hand, especially during the winter season. Most of the time, kids with common viral infections get…
Read MoreConcussion Fast Facts: Protecting Your Child from Brain Injury
Board Certified Pediatric Emergency Physician Dr. Ronnie Waldrop, Lennis Klenk, NP and Erin Rovelli, RN, serve patients in the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital – Loudoun County’s only emergency facility solely dedicated to caring for children and adolescents. All parents want to keep their children safe from head to toe – and one important way to…
Read MoreA Dose of Prevention: Vaccination Fast Facts
Erin Rovelli, RN, is a nurse in the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital. As a parent, you’ve probably heard conflicting and confusing things about vaccines. You might have questions about how vaccines work, what ingredients they contain and whether they’re safe. We all want what’s best for our kids, and learning the facts…
Read MoreBack To School Health: 7 Tips for a Stellar Year
Erin Rovelli, RN, is a nurse in the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital. It’s that time of year we say goodbye to summer and hello to the busy routine of the school year. But in the chaos of packing lunches and catching school buses, it’s important to remember to make health a priority.…
Read MoreInova nurses helped to brighten a toddler’s hospital stay during winter blizzard
A Bright Spot in the Storm What should have been an in-and-out trip to the ER or the pediatrician’s office became a two-day ordeal for the Morrison family when their 16-month-old son, Ryan, came down with an infected lymph node during the blizzard of Jan. 22, 2016. “Because of the storm, offices were closed, and…
Read MoreSafe Summer Sports: 8 Ways to Help Your Child Avoid Injuries
Paul Lastova, PT, DSc, is a senior physical therapist at the Outpatient Specialty Rehabilitation Center at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Organized sports are great ways for kids to get regular physical activity, to learn discipline and teamwork and to just have fun. But sports injuries can easily sideline all those benefits. Luckily, many sports injuries are…
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
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