Physician News

In an effort to provide greater access to care for children in Prince George's County, Children's National providers with be administering pediatric emergency care at Doctors Community Hospital.

As they share their research findings and experiences at this annual gathering of pediatric health care peers, Children's National colleagues remain at the forefront of exploring how to improve health outcomes for children in their care.

Children’s National has expanded capacity for comprehensive ear, nose and throat care with the addition of two new specialists.

Dr. Bear Bot, a new robot who lives in the cardiac intensive care unit (cardiac ICU) at Children’s National Health System, was the main attraction at a robot-reveal party in which the robot's name was announced after being voted on by our patients. Dr. Bear Bot completed a 90-day test period in the tele-cardiac ICU at Children’s National, which started in September, and the bot now works as a virtual liaison to connect patients, attending nurses and physicians with Ricardo Munoz, M.D., executive director of the Telemedicine  (Virtual Care) Program and the division chief of critical cardiac care, and Alejandro Lopez-Magallon, M.D., a cardiologist and the associate medical director of the telemedicine program. 

Children’s National Health System is pleased to announce the addition of Sangeeta Dileep Sule, M.D., Ph.D., the new chief of rheumatology who looks forward to supporting and expanding the department.

The annual "Top Doctors" list from Northern Virginia Magazine features 59 Children’s National Health System care providers across 23 specialties. Nominations for Northern Virginia Magazine’s list of "Top Doctors" are generated by a peer survey and panels from eight local hospitals.

The Children's National IMPACT DC team is conducting the ORBEX study to assess the effectiveness of a medication in the prevention of infant wheezing.

The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) has recognized Children’s National as best equipped to share the volume of Maryland burn patients with Maryland’s in-state pediatric trauma center.

This distinction by the American College of Surgeons recognizes surgery centers whose quality improvement programs have measurably improved pediatric surgical quality, prevented complications, reduced costs and saved lives.

As our nurse navigator, Harold Westbrook, BSN, RN, coordinates referrals from physicians and health care facilities, supporting each patient's health care journey with service excellence as a priority.