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Children’s Expert

Adolescent Medicine

Puberty, eating disorders, sleep disorders, teen pregnancy, drug/alcohol use, peer pressure

Kathy Woodward, MD (teen pregnancy, drug use, teen issues); Lawrence D’Angelo, MD (adolescent medicine); Darlene Atkins, MD (eating disorders); Tomas Silber, MD (eating disorders); Nazrat Mirza, MD (obesity); Paul Kaplowitz, MD (puberty); Lee Ann Beers, MD (teen pregnancy)

Advocacy and Public Policy

Addressing public policy issues related to the health and well being of children in the community and nationwide

Joseph Wright, MD, MPH; Eric Rosenthal, MD

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Anesthesia and pain management services for infants and children undergoing a range of procedures

Richard Kaplan, MD; Julia Finkel, MD (research); Ira Todd Cohen, MD

Asthma

Asthma management and education

Stephen Teach, MD, MPH

Attention Deficit Disorders

Includes ADHD

Mark Batshaw, MD; Charles Conlon, MD

Autism

Lauren Kenworthy, PhD; Charles Conlon, MD

Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation

Terry Fry, MD

Bone Tumors (cancer)

Nita Seibel, MD

Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors

Roger Packer, MD; Robert Keating, MD (surgery)

Burn Services

Martin Eichelberger, MD

Cardiac Catheterization

Michael Slack, MD; Joshua Kanter, MD

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

John Berger, MD

Cardiac Surgery

Advances in pulmonary bypass and early interventions

Richard Jonas, MD

Cardiology

Cardiovascular disorders including congenital heart defects, cardiomyopothy, hypertension, cardiac surgery, fetal echocardiography, cardiac catheterization

Gerard Martin, MD (Cardiology); Mary Donofrio, MD (Fetal cardiology); Richard Jonas, MD (Cardiac surgery); Craig Sable, MD (cardiac imaging); Michael Slack, MD (Cardiac catheterization)

Child and Adolescent Protection

Assessment, treatment and advocacy services for victims and families suffering from various forms of abuse

Allison Jackson, MD

Clinical and Community Research

Denice Cora-Bramble, MD; Stephen Teach, MD, MPH (asthma); James Chamberlain, MD (emergency medicine); Rachel Moon, MD (SIDS); Joseph Wright, MD, MPH (safety, emergency medicine, advocacy); Mendel Tuchman, MD; John van den Anker, MD; Mark Batshaw, MD; Naomi Luban, MD; Nazrat Mirza, MD (obesity)

Concussions

Education, research and treatment

Gerard Gioia; PhD

Critical Care (ICU)

Life support therapies and monitoring for medical and surgical conditions, includes Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), Neonatal intensive care (NICU), Cardiac intensive care (CICU)

Heidi Dalton, MD (ICU and ECMO); John Berger, MD (CICU); Billie Short, MD (NICU and ECMO); Stephen Baumgart, MD (neuro-protective cooling)

Dermatology

Skin problems of all kinds, including congenital, infectious, parasitic, tumorous, and allergic

Roselyn Epps, MD

Developmental Pediatrics

Disorders and disabilities including learning disabilities and behavioral problems

Mark Batshaw, MD; Charles Conlon, MD; Lauren Kenworthy, PhD (autism); Penny Glass, PhD (patients newborn to two years)

Diabetes

Education, research and treatment

Audrey Austin, MD; Fran Cogen, MD; Susan Nunez, MD (Type II)

Emergency Preparedness

Joseph Wright, MD, MPH

Echocardiography

Craig Sable, MD

Electronic Medical Records and Technology

Brian Jacobs, MD; David Stockwell, MD

Emergency Medicine

Emergency trauma, burns, transport medicine, disaster response, injury prevention

James Chamberlain, MD (emergency medicine and injury prevention); Martin Eichelberger, MD (burns); Stephen Teach, MD, MPH (emergency medicine and injury prevention); Joseph Wright, MD, MPH (injury prevention)

Endocrinology/Diabetes

Growth, thyroid and other endocrine disorders including diabetes; early puberty

Paul Kaplowitz, MD (endocrinology and early puberty); Audrey Austin, MD (endocrinology and diabetes); Fran Cogen, MD (diabetes); Susan Nunez, MD (Type II diabetes)

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Modified heart and lung bypass that can be used on a temporary basis for patients who are failing on all other conventional methods of life support

Heidi Dalton, MD (ICU and ECMO); Billie Short, MD (NICU and ECMO)

*Doctors Dalton and Short pioneered this technology, now used nation-wide

Epilepsy

Steven Weinstein, MD; William Gaillard, MD; Joan Conry, MD

Fetal Cardiology

Mary Donofrio, MD

Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Care

Includes fetal testing and treatments, including genetic counseling, specialty consultation, fetal MRI, fetal echocardiography, prenatal management and monitoring, and coordination of neonatal care

Dorothy Bulas, MD (radiology); Mary Donofrio, MD (fetal cardiology); Cynthia Tifft, MD, PhD; Kenneth Rosenbaum, MD (genetic disorders)

Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Includes care of children requiring IV and internal tube feeding

Benny Kerzner, MD; Ali Bader, MD; Parvathi Mohan, MD

General Pediatrics

Lead poisoning; breast feeding ethics and car seat safety, SIDS, obesity, immunizations, wellness visits

Denice Cora-Bramble, MD; Alsan Bellard, MD; Nathaniel Beers, MD; Benjamin Gitterman, MD (lead); Nazrat Mirza, MD (obesity); Rachel Moon, MD (SIDS); Jennifer Tender, MD (breast feeding); Jerome Paulson, MD (lead poisoning); Rhonique Harris, MD (immunizations)

Genetic Medicine Research

Eric Hoffman, PhD (muscular dystrophy); Mendel Tuchman, MD (genetics)

Genetics

Diagnostic, developmental, counseling and research for children with genetic disorders and/or birth defects

Cynthia Tifft, MD, PhD; Kenneth Rosenbaum, MD (genetic disorders); Eric Hoffman, PhD (muscular dystrophy research); Mendel Tuchman, MD (genetic testing and research)

Hearing and Speech

Sheela Stuart, PhD; Irene Sideris, PhD

Hematology

Patients with all types of blood disorders including hemophilia and sickle cell disease

Michael Guerrera, MD (hemophilia); Caterina Minniti, MD (sickle cell); Naomi Luban, MD (transfusion, bloodbanking)

HIV

Hans Spiegel, MD, PhD

Immunology

Bret Loechelt, MD

Infectious Disease

Covers a variety of infectious diseases from the most common to rare, including HIV prevention and research

Nalini Singh, MD; Bernhard Wiedermann, MD (immunology); Hans Spiegel, MD, PhD (HIV)

Injury Prevention

Joseph Wright, MD, MPH; Martin Eichelberger, MD

Laboratory Medicine

Clinical lab, blood donor and pheresis center, including blood bank and clinical chemistry

Naomi Luban, MD

Laboratory Cancer Research

Stephan Ladisch, MD; Jeff Dome, MD; Terry Fry, MD; Tobey MacDonald, MD

Learning Disabilities

Mark Batshaw, MD; Charles Conlon, MD; Lauren Kenworthy, PhD (autism); Penny Glass, PhD (newborn to two years)

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Surgeries for a variety of diagnoses and new technologies

Anthony Sandler, MD; Philip Guzzetta, Jr., MD

Mobile Health

Mobile medical units provide comprehensive health care services to children. Units provide metro Washington, DC, quality health care without cost

Rhonique Harris, MD

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

General care of neonates, ECMO, transport, and family centered-care

Billie Short, MD

Neonatology

Emergency and continuing care of premature and critically ill infants, including ECMO candidates; includes IIID NICU and neuron-protective cooling

Billie Short, MD; Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, MD; Stephen Baumgart, MD

Nephrology

Hypertension and the entire range of diseases of the kidney and urinary tract

Asha Moudgil, MD; Kanwal Kher, MD

Neurology

All neurologic problems including headaches, learning disabilities, epilepsy, brain tumors, neuro-oncology, neuromuscular diseases, developmental delay and attention deficit disorders, also neurosurgery and neurofibromatosis

Roger Packer, MD (brain tumors, neurofibromatosis); Steven Weinstein, MD (epilepsy); Joan Conry, MD (epilepsy, neuro-AIDS)

Neuro-Oncology

Brain and spinal cord tumors

Tobey MacDonald, MD; Roger Packer, MD; Robert Keating, MD (neuro-surgery)

Neuropsychology

Includes concussion and autism

Gerard Gioia, PhD (concussion); Lauren Kenworthy, PhD (autism)

Neuroscience Research

Vittorio Gallo, PhD; Gerard Gioia, PhD (concussions); Roger Packer, MD (neurology/neurofibromatosis); William Gaillard, MD; Joan Conry, MD; Daniel Lewin, PhD (sleep); Billie Short, MD

Neurosurgery

Treatment for birth defects, traumatic brain and spinal chord injuries, brain and spinal cord tumors, epilepsy

Robert Keating, MD (traumatic brain/spinal cord injury); John Myseros, MD (tumors); Amanda Yaun, MD; William Gaillard (epilepsy/surgical)

Obesity

Trends, research, education, and prevention; also obesity clinic

Nazrat Mirza, MD

Oncology

Patients with all types of cancers, including brain tumors, bone tumors, leukemia

Max Coppes, MD, PhD; Gregory Reaman, MD; Anne Angiolillo (leukemias); Nita Seibel, MD (bone tumors)

Ophthalmology

Comprehensive medical and surgical eye surgery service for children

Mohamed S. Jaafar, MD; William Madigan, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Laurel Blakemore, MD (spine surgery/scoliosis); Laura Tosi, MD (bone health); Jeffrey Hanway, MD (orthopaedics/sports medicine)

Otolarynology (ENT)

Ear, nose and throat conditions

George Zalzal, MD; Sukgi Choi, MD

Pain Management

Julia Finkel, MD; Ira Todd Cohen, MD

Palliative Care

Multi-disciplinary inpatient consultation service that seeks to relieve the suffering associated with the treatment of advanced illnesses while enhancing quality of life for patients.

Brian Rood, MD (neuro-oncology)

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Implementation and enhancement of quality programs, accreditation and licensure standards, data management and quality control functions related to regulatory and accreditation standards

Kathy Chavanu, RN

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Care of acutely ill children, including use of ECMO

Heidi J. Dalton, MD

Pediatric Pharmacology

John van den Anker, MD

Physical Medicine and Injury Rehabilitation

Therapy services for children with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries or musculoskeletal problems

Sally Evans, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Repairs anomalies of the craniofacial skeleton, face, hands, and external body surfaces

Michael Boyajian, MD; Ananth Murthy, MD

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Feeding disorders, eating disorders, developmental disorders, hyperactivity, attention and learning problems including ADD, ADHD

Irene Chatoor, MD (infant feeding disorders); Paramjit Joshi, MD (traumatic events); Edgardo Menvielle, MD (gender variance, bullying); Adelaide Robb, MD (bipolar disorder); Jay Salpekar, MD (epilepsy/Tourette’s Syndrome);

Psychology

Penny Glass, PhD; Lisa Efron, PhD; Michele Dadson, PhD

Puberty

Paul Kaplowitz, MD

Pulmonary

Includes asthma, cystic fibrosis, sleep

Daniel Lewin, PhD (sleep); Glenna Winnie, MD (pulmonary and sleep); Stephen Teach, MD, MPH (asthma)

Radiology

Techniques, procedures, new developments and advances

Raymond Sze, MD; Dorothy Bulas, MD

Research at Children’s

Cancer and immunology, genetic medicine, neuroscience, clinical and community research [ed, are we missing centers here?]

Mark Batshaw, MD; Vittorio Gallo, PhD (neuroscience); Stephan Ladisch, MD (cancer/immunology research); Eric Hoffman, PhD (genetic medicine research—muscular dystrophy); Stephen Teach, MD, MPH (health services and community research—asthma); Mendel Tuchman, MD (clinical research and therapeutics)

Respiratory Care

Glenna Winnie, MD

SIDS

National research, education, and prevention

Rachel Moon, MD

Sleep

Research, education, tips for parents, and sleep laboratory

Daniel Lewin, PhD

Sports Medicine

Concussions, orthopaedic surgery and bone injury

Gerard Gioia, PhD (concussions); Laurel Blakemore, MD (spine surgery, scoliosis); Laura Tosi, MD (bone health); Jeffrey Hanway, MD (orthopaedics/sports medicine)

Surgery

Elective, trauma, and emergency surgery

Kurt Newman, MD; Anthony Sandler, MD (minimally invasive surgery); Philip Guzzetta, Jr., MD (minimally invasive surgery)

Transport Medicine

Air and ground transport and emergency communications

Bruce Klein, MD

Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

Robert Keating, MD

Urology

All genitourinary disorders

H. Gil Rushton, MD; A. Barry Belman, MD; Hans Pohl, MD