Children's National Medical Center: Top Stories

Children’s National Researchers Contribute to Major Study Evaluating Implantable Defibrillators in Children

June 18, 2013

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) treatment for children and young adults is limited by the short lifespan of the leads—wires that connect the device to specific places in the heart—according to a major international study.

The New York Times Features Children’s National's Efforts To Help Bullied Kids Because of Food Allergies

June 18, 2013

Children’s National Medical Center’s Director of the Food Allergy Program, Hemant P. Sharma, MD, recently hired a psychologist to join the team in an effort to help counsel children who feel bullied because of their food allergies.

Children’s National Staff Contribute to National Recommendations on Screening All Newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Disease

June 17, 2013

Gerard R. Martin, MD, Senior Vice President of the Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease at Children’s National Medical Center, is the lead author of new national recommendations for implementing routine screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in newborns.

Children’s National Presents First Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

June 14, 2013

Children’s National has presented its inaugural Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation to Heung Bae Kim, MD, of Boston Children’s Hospital.

Delaying High School Start Times: Children’s National Developing a "Blueprint for Change” for Fairfax County Public Schools

June 14, 2013

In order to help students get the sleep they need to perform at their best and optimize their health, Children’s National Medical Center’s Division of Sleep Medicine has been contracted by the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia to develop a plan to delay high schools’ start time to 8 am or later.

Children's National Doctors Explain Pros and Cons of CT Scans to NBC Nightly News

June 12, 2013

Children's National Medical Center doctors, Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH, and Raymond Sze, MD, explain the pros and cons of CT scans to NBC Nightly News.

US News & World Report: Children’s National Medical Center , Again Ranked among Best Children’s Hospitals

June 11, 2013

Children's National is proud to once again be ranked as one of America’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in its 2013-2014 America’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Children’s National is nationally ranked as a best pediatric hospital in all 10 specialties for the third year in a row!

NPR Follows Children’s Doctors Trying to Keep Kids Seizure-Free

June 10, 2013

NPR recently followed a family through their journey to end their young child’s seizures through different treatments at Children’s National Medical Center’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program.

USA Today Highlights New Study Showing Longer Recovery for Repeat Concussions in Kids

June 10, 2013

Robert Keating, MD, Edits New Edition of Leading Textbook on Pediatric Brain Tumors

June 7, 2013

Washington, DC—Robert F. Keating, MD, Chief of Neurosurgery at Children’s National Medical Center, is the principal editor of the second edition of the leading textbook, Tumors of the Pediatric Central Nervous System. The book is published by Thieme Medical Publishers.