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September 16, 2009 New Surgery Institute at Children’s National Medical Center Aims to Improve Surgery and Eliminate Pain $150 million gift creates the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, with a goal of making surgery less painful, more precise, and less invasive.August 24, 2009 Children's National and Partners Awarded Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from National Institutes of Health The nation's children's hospital partners with The George Washington University and National Children’s Museum to create "Being Me" program that brings science to local schoolsAugust 17, 2009 Magazines for Women Depict Babies in Unsafe Sleep Environments Pediatrics , led by researchers at Children’s National, found that many pictures in magazines show babies in unsafe sleeping positions. Cancer researchers link DICER1 gene mutation to rare childhood cancer May 26, 2009Dr. Anthony Sandler Named to the Diane and Norman Bernstein Professorship in Pediatric Surgery at Children's National
Dr. Sandler received the first-ever endowed professorship in the Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care. May 20, 2009 Life-saving treatment for the tiniest patients May 12, 2009 Children's Research Institute hosts 9th Annual Research Day March 13, 2009 First Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy in Sight: Scientists Harness Exon-Skipping in Large Animal to Successfully Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy March 9, 2009 Children's National Research Links Platelets to Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Conventionally thought to be the bloodstream’s “innocent bystanders,” platelets may actually play a more sinister role in organ failure caused by severe sepsisRead More...
