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Washingtonian magazine’s annual list of the region’s “Top Doctors” recognized 62 Children’s National Hospital physicians from a wide-array of specialties including Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology/Hematology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, General and Thoracic Surgery and Urology.

New study shows benefit of pediatricians taking a self-directed approach to better serving their patients

Children’s National Hospital today announced a $5 million gift from The Boeing Company that will help drive lifesaving pediatric discoveries at the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The campus, now under construction, is being developed on nearly 12 acres of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Children’s National will name the main auditorium in recognition of Boeing’s generosity.

Children’s National Hospital attains Clean Facility Certificate from the Association for the Health Care Environment

AlgometRx, a company developing a medical device aiming to objectively measure pain in real time, is among the  companies awarded a JLABS @ Washington, DC Children’s QuickFire Challenge. The award includes one year of residency at JLABS @ Washington, DC, located on the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus.

Children’s National Hospital is now offering saliva collection as a new and less invasive way of testing some patients for COVID-19.

Children’s National Hospital has received 2020 Digital Health Most Wired recognition by The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) as a certified level eight.

The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announces six awardees chosen in its annual “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition to share in $250,000 in grants funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the advancement of pediatric medical devices. The competition, powered by NCC-PDI partner MedTech Innovator, focused on cardiovascular, NICU, and orthopedic and spine devices, which are areas of critical need where innovation can significantly improve children's healthcare. The virtual event aired today as part of the 8th Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium presented by Children’s National Hospital in conjunction with The MedTech Conference, powered by AdvaMed.

Yves d’Udekem, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric cardiac surgeon recognized for expertise in the most challenging procedures for newborns and children with complex congenital heart disease, has joined Children’s National Hospital as chief of Cardiac Surgery and co-director of the Children’s National Heart Institute.

More precise, less invasive and less painful surgery with lower risk of complications and no radiation exposure – these are some of the benefits of treating pediatric tumors with Magnetic Resonance Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU). And now the Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated Children’s National Hospital as the first global pediatric Center of Excellence (COE) for using this technology to help patients with specific types of childhood tumors.