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Children’s National's proprietary robotic surgical technology Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) has been named one of the top ten finalists in the 2017 NASA iTech call for ideas challenge.

Facial analysis software can assist clinicians in making accurate diagnosis of 22q1.2 deletion syndrome (also called DiGeorge syndrome), according to an international study published in the April 2017 issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics.

The study, led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, used an objective digital facial analysis technology developed by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System to identify the most relevant facial features characteristic in Down syndrome in diverse populations from 12 countries. This NHGRI study is the first to compare and contrast Down syndrome across diverse populations.

Children’s National and Celsion announce clinical study to treat recurrent childhood tumors using MR-HIFU targeting to apply heat-activated chemotherapy drug

The volume of an optic nerve glioma (OPG) is directly correlated with the likelihood of vision loss in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a study published in the November 2016, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study is the first to use quantitative imaging technology to accurately assess the total volume of individual OPGs in NF1.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with a delegation from Children’s during an event at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, attended the event and read the book aloud to a group of children receiving treatment at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, UAE.

For the first time in North America, pediatric surgeons, physicians, and scientists  from across the world are gathering in the nation’s capital for the World Congress of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) hosted by The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System.

Six pediatric medical device innovations that address a significant unmet need were awarded a total of $250,000 in grant money at the 4th annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation.

Twelve finalists have been selected to pitch their pediatric medical device innovation during the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation’s competition at the fourth annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 8 hosted by the Sheikh Zayed Institute.