Pediatric Palliative Care: Sharing our expertise to benefit more children with serious illness Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Topic(s): palliative care With a two-year grant from Cambia Health Foundation, Deborah Fisher, a pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in palliative care will help expand the expertise of adult hospice nurses to address the specific needs of young patients with serious illnesses. Read More
Horizon Gift Establishes First Clinical Team Endowment at CNRDI Monday, February 26, 2018 Topic(s): corporate, endowments, genetics, rare diseases The endowment will support clinical care team dedicated to providing rare disease patients with earlier intervention and more consistent treatment over the course of their lifetimes. Read More
New Inpatient Psych Unit Opens Friday, February 23, 2018 Topic(s): mental health Through the power of philanthropy, Children's National opens its new Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit to advance care for children with disorders of the mind and brain. Read More
Retrophin Gift Creates Rare Disease Network at Children’s National Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Topic(s): corporate, genetics, rare diseases Made possible by a six-year commitment from biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, the Retrophin Rare Disease Network at Children’s National will support the further research and study of rare diseases in children and adults. Read More
MacCutcheon Gift to Improve Intensive Care for Children with Congenital Heart Disease Thursday, November 16, 2017 Topic(s): cardiology, professor Jim MacCutcheon and his daughters -- Megan, Candice, and Colleen -- recently made a $2 million gift to Children's National to establish an endowed professorship in cardiac critical care medicine. Learn about how this generous gift will impact children in our community, across the country, and around the world. Read More
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