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3D Printers Help Heart Surgeons
3D Tech Making Surgery More Accurate
A Father Recounts His Family’s Experience at Children’s National Following a Head Injury
A New Way To Treat Children With Chronic Pain
A Web Portal Measures Health Needs in Washington, DC
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Host Delegation from Children's National
American Psychiatric Association Honors Paramjit Joshi, MD, with Special Commendation
As Concussions are Illuminated in Sports of All Levels, Children’s Gerard Gioia, PhD, Explains How They Vary
At Children's Hospital, Video Games Are Part of the Prescription
BBC Highlights Children's Pain Medicine Care Complex
Black History Month: Dr. Wright Reveals His Inspiration, Vivien Thomas
Catherine M. Bollard, MBChB, MD, Immunology Expert, Joins Children’s National
Charles Berul, MD, Named Co-Director of Children’s National Heart Institute
Children and Teens in Emergency Departments Who Are at Risk for Suicide: Nearly 20% Have Access to Guns
Children’s Adelaide Robb, MD, Discusses New Findings of an Underestimation in the Actual Cases of Autism in Children in the United States
Children's Cardiologist Gerard Martin, MD, Discusses Pulse Oximetry With WTOP
Children's Chief Medical Officer Targets DC's Neediest
Children's Clarissa Karlsson Explains The Benefits of Music Therapy for Preemies
Children’s Daniel Fagbuyi, MD, Concerned About Postponing Anthrax Vaccine Testing in Children
Children’s Expert Gerard Gioia Shares Tips To Prevent Concussion in the Washington Post
Children's Gerard Gioia, PhD, Discusses Concussions in Girls Sports
Children’s Ivor Horn, M.D., Explains Four Ways Health IT Can Help Minorities
Children's Jorge Srabstein, MD, Discusses the Effects of Bullying on Health
Children's Joseph Wright, MD, Discusses Cyberbullying in USA Today Article
Children’s Lamia Soghier, MD, Improved Prenatal Care is Aiding Decrease in Infant Mortality in the United States
Children's Lawrence D'Angelo Addresses Growing Concern in Mixing Alcohol, Energy Drinks
Children's Lee Beers, MD, Suggests Using Shock Factor to Curb Teen Texting, Driving
Children’s Linda Fu Discusses Bed Sharing Dangers with the Washington Post
Children’s Michael Slack, MD, Helps Teen Return to Baseball Field
Children's National Aims to Cut Asthma-Related ER Visits
Children’s National and Cerner Collaborate in First Pediatric Health Information Technology Institute in the Country
Children’s National and Inova Forge Joint Venture to Provide Specialty Care to Northern Virginia Families
Children's National and Inova Health Systems Collaborate in Pediatric Specialty Care
Children’s National Announces Collaborative Service in Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Children’s National Applauds IOM Report on Sports Concussions in Youth: It’s Time for a Culture Change
Children’s National Appoints Mark Batshaw, MD, to New Physician-in-Chief Post
Children's National Appoints Naomi Luban, MD, as Institutional Review Board Chair
Children’s National Awarded NIH Grant to Study Potentially Safer Anesthesia Method
Children's National Calls for Improved Pediatric Mental Health Treatment
Children’s National Cardiology Team Travels to South Africa for World Congress Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Children's National Celebrates Earth Day and Bring Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Children’s National CEO: Despite Challenges, Children’s Hospitals Should Strive for “What’s Possible”
Children’s National Division Chief Co-Authors Article on Pediatric Emergency Care
Children's National Doctors Explain 3D Printers to NBC Washington
Children's National Doctors Explain Pros and Cons of CT Scans to NBC Nightly News
Children’s National Experts Presenting at American Academy of Pediatrics Conference
Children’s National Experts Presenting at Pediatric Academic Societies Conference
Children’s National Health System Welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama
Children’s National Medical Center Earns National Respiratory Care Distinction
Children’s National Medical Center First Medical Institution Awarded Washington, DC, Mayor’s Sustainability Award
Children's National Opens New Pain Medicine Care Complex
Children's National Medical Center Receives 'A' Bond Rating
Children’s National Medical Center Unveils New Pain Medicine Care Complex
Children’s National Names Two Chief Medical Officers
Children’s National Nurse Named Magnet Nurse of the Year® in Empirical Outcomes
Children's National Parent Reflects on International Teamwork That Saved Son
Children’s National Presents First Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
Children’s National Receives Award from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to Study New Behavioral Treatment for Low-Income Children with ADHD and Autism
Children’s National Receives NIH Grant to Further Research Prenatal Brain Injury
Children’s National Researcher Authors Study on Pediatric Brain Stem Tumors
Children’s National Researcher Co-authors Study on Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Cystic Fibrosis Care
Children’s National Researcher Receives Grant for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research
Children’s National Researchers Contribute to Major Study Evaluating Implantable Defibrillators in Children
Children’s National RN Named Magnet Nurse of the Year® in Empirical Outcomes
Children’s National Saves UAE Girl From Life-Threatening Congenital Heart Disease
Children’s National Staff Contribute to National Recommendations on Screening All Newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Disease
Children’s National Staff Recognized by the Academic Pediatric Association for Excellence in Research and Teaching
Children’s National Study Finds That Apoptosis Triggers Replication of Common Viruses
Children’s National to Advance Dialogue for Pediatric Medical Innovations
Children’s National to Host Symposium on Medical Device Development
Children's National to Issue Consensus Paper on Pediatric Surgical Innovation and Device Development
Children’s National Welcomes Drs. Hubbard and Tucker-Powell to Children’s Pediatricians and Associates (CP&A)
Children's Gerard Gioia, PhD, Helps Improve Concussion Treatment at School Level
Children’s Immunization Improvement Program Receives PhRMA 2013 Research & Hope Award
Children's National's John Snyder, MD, Consults Washington Post on Gluten-Free Diets
Children's National's Mark Batshaw, MD, Discusses New Position
Children’s National’s Stephen Teach, MD, Discusses Accidental Medicinal Poisoning with Fox News
Children’s Nurse Jessica Graef Reveals Finding Strength in Families in The American Nurse Project
Children's Pain Care Complex featured in New York Times
Children’s Rahul Shah, MD, Performs Endoscopy on Lemur, First-Ever
Children’s Sahira Long, M.D. Discusses Coalition’s Efforts May Contribute to Increase in Number of Breastfeeding Mothers
Children’s Sarah Rebstock, MD, Christina Baxter, RN and Julia Finkel, MD, Explain How Kinect Can be Used for More Than Just Entertainment
Children’s Sheikh Zayed Offers New Fellowship to Emirate Students
Children’s Sheikh Zayed Student Innovators Program Welcomes First Khalifa University Student
Children's Team Treats Pain with Technology, Integrative Approach
Children's Uses Data to Help Improve Care for Kids With Chronic Conditions
CNN Features Sheikh Zayed Pain Medicine Care Complex's High-Tech Rehab
Collaborations Forged to Create Innovative Solutions to Children’s Health Issues
Delaying High School Start Times: Children’s National Developing a "Blueprint for Change” for Fairfax County Public Schools
Denice Cora Bramble, MD, MBA, FAAP, Addresses New Role on Fox 5
Depression Common among Children with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Despite Online Availability, Patients Should Consult Physicians for Medication Info
Dr. Joseph Wright Receives AAP-Section on Emergency Medicine Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Nadler Discusses Study Linking Obesity to MS in Children
Dr. Yuan Zhu Joins Children’s National as Gilbert Family Neurofibromatosis Institute Scientific Director
Early Detection of Mental Illnesses is Important, Says Paramjit Joshi, MD
Family-Centered Rounds Improve Education and Quality of Care for Pediatric Residents
First-of-its-Kind Study Shows Teens with Cancer Benefit From Family-Centered Advance Care Planning
Former NFL Player Steve Young Endorses Concussion Recognition App Created by Children’s Gerard Gioia, PhD
#GamifyAsthma Design Challenge
Gerard Gioia, PhD, Contributes to Updated Sports Related Concussion Guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology
Gerard R. Martin, MD, Co-Authors Letter in Lancet Urging Congenital Heart Defect Screening in Europe
Gerry Gioia, PhD, Discusses Reducing Concussion Risks in Sports on WTOP
Heads Up Football: Children’s Gerard Gioia, PhD Teaches Former NFL Players How to Prevent Head Injuries
Healing Power of Video Games
Hemant Sharma, MD, Discusses the Future of Allergy Treatments
Hope for Henry's 10 Year Anniversary at Children's National
Inauguration Day: Visiting Information
Innovations in Treating Kids for Pain
International Study on Fragile Newborns Challenges Current Practices
International Study Shows Improved Survival Rates through Longer Treatment for Children with Langerhans Cell Hystiocytosis
Japanese Delegation of Pediatric Researchers and Clinicians Visit Children's National
Judith Owens, MD, Discusses Later Teen Bedtimes Tied to School Problems
Kathleen Gorman Named by Becker’s Hospital Review to “Women Leaders to Know”
Kinect-enabled Games Used in Pain Care for Kids
Laura Tosi, MD, Installed as 2013-14 President of Medical Society of DC
Linda Talley Named Chief Nursing Officer at Children’s National Medical Center
Mark L. Batshaw honored with the Marion Kingsbury Award for Distinguished Service and Outstanding Achievement from The Kingsbury Center
Middle School Students Remember Classmate with Donation to Children's National
More than Half of Top Physician Societies Factor Costs into Clinical Guidance
National Institutes of Health Director, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Discusses “Exceptional Opportunities for Biomedical Research” at Children’s National Medical Center
Nazrat Mirza, MD, Discusses New Study Linking Smoking, Obesity with Early Death
NBC Reports on Children’s Study that Found 1 in 5 Kids at Risk for Suicide Live in Homes with Guns
New Members Named to Children’s National Medical Center Boards
New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Shows Promise in Early Study Led by Children’s National
New Sleep Medicine Space at Children’s National Features Greater Flexibility and Technology
New Videos in Five Languages Teach Parents about Newborn Screening for Heart Defects
NIH and Children’s National Partner in New Cardiac Intervention Suite
NIH Science Education Leader Visits Children’s National
NPR Follows Children’s Doctors Trying to Keep Kids Seizure-Free
Paramjit T. Joshi, MD, named President of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Parents Realize that Autism Affects Siblings of Diagnosed Children
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Richard Jonas, MD, Honored with 2013 Gibbon Award and a Scientific Journal Tribute
Pediatric Cardiologist Charles Berul Contributes to Important Study of Sports Safety and Implantable Defibrillators
Pediatric Oncologist Gregory Reaman, MD, Honored with ASPHO Distinguished Career Award
Rise in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Influences AAP to Release New Recommendations
Robert Keating, MD, Edits New Edition of Leading Textbook on Pediatric Brain Tumors
Sheikh Zayed Institute at Children’s National Receives FDA Grant To Form Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium
Sheikh Zayed Institute: Where Bright Young Minds Hang Out
SIDS Specialist Rachel Moon, MD, Warns Parents about Bed Sharing in Fox Feature
Sleep Should Be Health Priority Children’s Judith Owens, MD Tells BBC
Specialists See Tools to Treat Pain in Video Games
Stephen Teach, MD, MPH, Chats with NPR about Actions to Take to Combat the Rise in Teen Suicide
Study: First Comprehensive Review of Social Media as a Tool in Medicine
Technology Helps Children Heal
The National Spotlights Children’s National Medical Center’s Innovative Sheikh Zayed Pain Medicine Initiative
The New York Times Features Children’s National's Efforts To Help Bullied Kids Because of Food Allergies
The Washington Post Finds Out How Doctors Use 3D Printing to Help Kids
To Help Solve Challenging Cardiac Problems, Doctors at Children's Press 'Print'
UAE Varsity Students on Summer of Discovery in USA
USA Today Highlights New Study Showing Longer Recovery for Repeat Concussions in Kids
U.S.News & World Report: Children’s National Medical Center Again Ranked among Best Children’s Hospitals
Video Games Help Treat Kids With Chronic Pain
Washington Nationals Help Open Children's Diabetes Care Complex
Washington Post Photos Feature Children's National's IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
WTOP Consults Children’s Roberta DeBiasi, MD, on Back-to-School Immunizations
Children's National's Mark Batshaw, MD, Discusses New Position
May 20, 2013
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