Starting the New Year with Strong Leadership

Starting the new year with strong leadership Three Children’s National Hospital executives are also in leadership roles within professional societies, elected by their peers, further highlighting the strength of the leadership at Children’s National and professional respect within the health care community. Lee Savio Beers, M.D., FAAP, medical director of Community Health and Advocacy at the Child Health Advocacy Institute at Children’s National, was elected president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Robin Steinhorn, M.D., senior vice president of the Center for Hospital-Based Specialties at Children’s National was elected vice president and president-elect of the American Pediatric Society. Beth A. Tarini, M.D., MS, associate director, Center for Translational Research at The Children’s Research Institute, will become president-elect of the Society for Pediatric Research in May 2020.

Stressful pregnancies can leave fingerprint on fetal brain When a diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease causes pregnant moms to test positive for stress, anxiety and depression, powerful imaging can detect impaired development in key fetal brain regions, according to a team of researchers that included Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D. A bronchopulmonary dysplasia primer to guide clinicians and researchers Six months in the writing, the “Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Primer” published recently by Nature Reviews, and featuring a section about BPD diagnosis, screening and prevention by Robin H. Steinhorn, M.D., will be the gold standard review on this topic for years to come. Maternal mental health alters structure and biochemistry of fetal brain Even when pregnant women have uncomplicated pregnancies and high socioeconomic status, when they experience elevated anxiety, stress or depression these prenatal stressors can alter the structure of the developing fetal brain and disrupt its biochemistry, according to recent research. Premier pediatric colorectal program opens doors at Children’s National A new, highly-specialized surgical program led by Marc Levitt, M.D., is expected to draw patients from around the world. The colorectal surgery program is the first in the mid-Atlantic region to fully integrate surgery, urology, gynecology and gastroenterology into one cohesive program for children. Tailoring treatments to young patients Children’s National president and CEO, Kurt Newman, M.D., spoke with Modern Healthcare about the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus and how it will help address the lagging development of devices, medications and technologies designed to help children. We wrote the book on neonatology Children’s National Hospital is proud to have a number of faculty members who literally wrote the books on pediatric cardiology, neonatology, neurology and pulmonology. These texts have become the definitive references for medical students everywhere.

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