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Children’s National Chief Medical Officer among The Washington Business Journal 2016 Women Who Mean Business
Analyzing Serum Uncovers 21 Biomarkers Sensitive to Daily Corticosteroids
A Team of Emirati Diplomats Visits Children's National
ABC News quotes Children's Zika Expert
Place Matters: Addressing the Needs of Children Living in Poverty
Advanced Imaging Technique Shows Connection Between Abnormal Placenta Growth and Impaired Growth of Fetuses with CHD
Al Owais seeks to build effective partnerships with international delegations
Alec H. King, MBA, Named EVP and Chief Financial Officer at Children’s National Health System
Alexandria News Featured Children's National Preemie Who Spent Time in the NICU
Altered Cerebral Blood Flow Patterns Point to Preemies' Brain Injuries
The American Board of Pediatrics Elects Robin Steinhorn, MD, to its Board of Directors
APOL1 Linked to Reduced Nephrocyte Function, Increased Cell Size, and Accelerated Cell Death
Ascend Healthcare System Medical Transcription Service May Have Released Patient Information
Asthma and Its Effects on Children Who Live in Inner Cities
Bear Institute Leader Participated in BriefingsDirect Panel
Brand New Children’s National Health System Southeast Primary Care Facility to Begin Seeing Patients This Month
Business Wire Covered White Matter Disorder Study Led by Children's Expert
Calling All Medical Device Innovators: $250K Pediatric Device Competition Now Accepting Proposals
Caring for Children With Medical Complexities: Practice With Life-Saving Devices Makes Perfect
Complications Preemies Experience Early in Life May Be Linked to Interrupted Cerebellar Development
Cerner Honored for Advancing Pediatric Care
Children’s National Health System Center for Genetic Medicine Research Welcomes Internationally-Renowned Geneticist, Eric Vilain, MD, PhD, as Director
Children's National Health System to Collaborate with the Regeneron Genetics Center in a Large-Scale Whole Exome Sequencing Research Study of Undiagnosed Diseases
Children's Concussion Expert Participates in Congressional Roundtable Discussion
NBC4 Visits the Home of Children's Doctor Who Received Recognition for Adopting Son From Haiti
Children's Executive Named 2016 Minority Business Leader by Washington Business Journal
Children's Expert Covers How to Talk to Kids About Terror With WTOP
Children’s National Expert Leads First Clinical Guideline for the Care of Transgender Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Children's Expert Quoted in New York Times Covering Zika
Children's Expert Shares Benefits of Assistive Devices with Washington Post
Children's Expert Shares Why MRI is Best for Diagnosing Fetal Brain Abnormalities with Reuters Health
Children's Expert Tells WTOP How Teams Collaborate with DC Schools to Improve Access to Mental Health Services
Children's Expert Visits Al Jazeera Show to Discuss Concussions
Children's Experts Present at American Society of Neuroradiology 54th Annual Meeting
Children’s National Eye Care Leader Installed as Inaugural Dororthy, Jay, Kara, and Mark Weinstein Professor of Ophthalmology
Children’s National Health System Hosts First International Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis Treatment Consensus Meeting
Children's National Anesthesiologist Named Joseph E. Robert Jr., Professor of Anesthesiology
Children's National Health System Announces Newly Created Chief Real Estate and Facilities Officer Role
Children's National Celiac Disease Program to Host Sixth Annual Gluten-Free Expo
Children's National Education Leader Honored for Innovative Approaches to Residency Programs
Children's National Expert Says 'Children Are Not Small Adults' During AdvaMed 2015
Childrens National Experts Present New Techniques Study Findings at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
Children’s National Health System Experts Presenting at American College of Cardiology 65th Annual Scientific Session
Children's National Health System Accepts Walter Reed Property
Children's National Health System Experts Presenting at the International Meeting for Autism Research
Children's National Health System Hosts Second Mental Health Summit
Children's National Health System Named a 2016 Leapfrog Group Top Hospital
Children's National Opens Concussion Clinic on Eastern Shore
Children's National Health System Opens New Primary Care Center in Anacostia
Children’s National Health System to House Art Exhibition “Light of Our Future” Starting in October
Children's National in the News: Arab Health 2016
Children's National Launches Bi-lingual Children's Storybook in the UAE
Children's National Launches New Congenital Zika Virus Program
Children’s National Named to Becker's Hospital Review 50 Hospitals with Innovation Programs
Children's National Nurses Honored with Washingtonian Magazine Excellence in Nursing Awards
Children’s National Health System Only Washington, DC, Hospital Named to Becker’s Hospital Review 100 Great Hospitals in America
Children's National Health System Pediatricians and Associates Practices Earn National Recognition for Patient-Centered Care
Children's National Received 2016 Patient Safety Award from District of Columbia Hospital Association
Children’s National Receives Grant to Study Potential Treatments for Pediatric Brain Cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Children's National Selected to Participate in National Clinical Learning Environment Initiative
Children's National Partnered with DC Public Library on Literacy Program
Children's Pediatrician Discusses HPV Vaccine on NPR Panel
Children's President and CEO Joins Summit Hosted by Vice President Biden
One of Only Four Pediatric Hospitals in Nation Ranked in Top 20 in 10 Specialties
Children’s Research Institute Startup, Adipomics, Selected to Present in First University Startups Demo Day at Congress
Children’s National Shares Innovative Insights in the Treatment and Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy at Latifa Hospital
Children's National Welcomes Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark and Danish Business Delegation
Children's National Wins Helios HR Apollo Award for Talent Development in Nursing
Children’s National and Celsion Announce Clinical Study to Treat Recurrent Childhood Tumors
Children's National Experts Lead New Zika Research: Congenital Zika Viral Infection Linked to Significant Fetal Brain Abnormalities, Despite ‘Normal’ Ultrasounds
Children’s Research Institute Startup, Adipomics, Present Their Work at Congress During the First University Startups Demo Day
DC Healthy Communities Collaborative Releases 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
A Game Changer for Detecting Complications From Obesity
DiagnosticImaging.com Spotlights Children's Expert and Importance of Healthcare Economics
Doctor Radio Covers Eczema in Kids with Children's National Expert
Every Day That Fetuses Remain in Utero Critical to Preserving Normal Brain Development
Family Meals Matter: Changing Kids’ Unhealthy Eating Habits
FDA Commissioner Speaks to Children's National Clinicians During REW
Finalists Selected for $250K Pediatric Medical Device Competition
Finding New Ways to Fight Hemorrhagic Cystitis
Fine Tuning How to Train Kids Developing Immune Systems to Prevent Wheezing Early in Life
First 3D Bioprinted Placenta Model for Study of Preeclampsia Created at Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System
Children’s National Health System Welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama and Ryan Seacrest
Four Khalifa University Students Represent the UAE at Sheikh Zayed Institute
Georgetown, Children’s National Researchers To Evaluate Sesame Workshop’s Autism Initiative
Getting to the Heart of Cardiac Malposition With Fetal MRI
Gifts From DC Philanthropists Enable Construction on Bunny Mellon Healing Garden at Children’s National to Begin
Washingtonian Covered Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky's Visit to Children's National
Healthcare IT News Covered How Children's National Teamed up with Cerner to Improve Patient Care
Family-Centered Advanced Care Planning Helps Adolescents with HIV and Their Families Cope
HH Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak Receives Children's National Delegation
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Children's delegation in the UAE
Home Based Memory Training for Kids With Sickle Cell
Home-Based Working Memory Training Reduces Neurocognitive Effects of SCD
Innovative Pediatric Medical Research Presented by Children’s National Hospital Experts at 2016 PAS Annual Meeting
Inova Health System and Children's National Join Forces to Enhance Pediatric Cardiovascular Care
Kaiser Health News Covered How Children's Experts Work With Autistic Patients in the ED
Kaiser Health News Quotes Children's Expert on Healthy Sleeping Habits in the Hospital
Kurt Newman, MD, President and CEO, Featured as Guest on Executive Leaders Radio
Latino Leaders Magazine Featured Three Children's Experts in June Issue
Matthew Ladra, MD, MPH to Head New Johns Hopkins and Children’s National Health System Pediatric Radiation Oncology Program at Sibley Memorial Hospital
Medtech Innovators to Showcase Devices at 4th Annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium in Washington, DC
Minimally Invasive Surgery Brings Lasting Relief to Children With Pediatric Achalasia
NBC News Quotes Children's Zika Expert on Fetal Imaging Research
NBC4 Covers Children's Resident Who Had Tumor Removed by Children's Surgeon
NCC-PDI Extends Submission Deadline for $250K Pediatric Medical Device Competition to Sept. 12
New Hope for Children with White Matter Disorders
New Study Identifies Which Physical Features Are Best Indicators of Down Syndrome in Diverse Populations
NORD Appoints Genetics and Metabolic Specialist, Marshall L. Summar, MD, as Chairman of the Board
Children’s National Home to More Than 50 Northern Virginia “Top Doctors”
Novel Digital Device to Detect Heart Murmurs
Parenting.com Covers How to Keep Kids Away From Medicines in the Home With Children's Expert
Patient-Centered Family Conferences Can Boost Satisfaction With Care Provided to Critically Ill Kids
U.S. News and World Report Summarizes David Wessel's Ideas About Health Care Partners Working Together.
Sirt1 Regulates Proliferation and Regeneration of Glial Progenitor Cells After Neonatal Brain Injury
Children's National Researchers Contributed to New Sesame Workshop Autism Initiative Launch
Sharp Images Key to Spotting the Earliest Signs of Compromised Pregnancies
Siblings of Positive Cases Likely to Have Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease
Study Finds As Optic Gliomas Grow in Volume, Visual Acuity Decreases
Study Illuminates How HIV Can Infect Kidney Epithelial Cells That Lack CD4 Receptors
Subtle Changes in Just One Part of the Cell Can Trigger a Cascade of ‘Cellular Misadventures’
Supervised Autonomous In Vivo Robotic Surgery on Soft Tissues is Feasible and Outperforms Standard Surgery Techniques According to Study From Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System
Suspected Domestic Zika Virus Infection in Florida Underscores the Importance of Ongoing Vigilance
Targeting Tumors More Precisely, With Fewer Lasting Side Effects for Kids
‘The Hot Zone,’ a Vignette-Based Learning Platform Teaches Clinicians How to Spot and Treat Malaria
The Bump Covers Message to Parents About Zika, Children's Expert Quoted
The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation Hosts the First North American World Congress of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons
Sheikh Zayed Institute Innovation Showcased During World Government Summit in Dubai
The Sheikh Zayed Institute's STAR Robot Featured by the Associated Press and Others
The Washington Post Covers Zika research from the New England Journal of Medicine, co-authored by Children's National Experts
The Washington Post Covered Pitch Competition and Spoke with Children's National Experts
Training T-Cells to Recognize and Fight Three Life-Threatening Viruses
Treating Injured Adolescents at Pediatric Trauma Centers was Associated With Lower Mortality Risk
Two Children's Physicians Quoted in US News Article Covering Mental Health Screening
UAE Ministry of Health Undersecretary Receives Children's National Delegation
UAE Students Visit Patients at Children's National
Univsion Covered Zika Prevention with Children's Expert
USA Today and Others Cover New Children's National Zika Program
Warren Whitehead, MBA, Tapped as Vice President of Global Services at Children's National Health System
Washington Business Journal Highlights Children's National as Leading Employer Offering Leave Benefit
The Washington Post covered Medical Mystery Solved by Children's Expert
Washingtonian Recognizes Children’s National “Top Doctors”
Winning Innovators in $250K Pediatric Medical Device Competition Announced
Winning Innovators in $250K Pediatric Medical Device Competition Announced
WUSA9 Visited Children's National Patient and Cardiologist During National Heart Month
Zika Symposium at 2016 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Co-Led by Children’s National Health System Clinician
NBC4 Visits the Home of Children's Doctor Who Received Recognition for Adopting Son From Haiti
September 16, 2016
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Robert Freishtat, MD, MPH
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