Communications Council: Have Your Voice Be Heard
3/2/2022
by Samantha C Minnicozzi, MD, Attending Pediatric Allergy and Immunology What is Communications Council? Council is a group of faculty, assembled thanks to Anne Mills and others, to bring concerns…
3/1/2022
by Noreen Crain, MD, Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Written in September 2021, rev. February 2022 The pressure of another surge is weighing heavily…
COVID-19 Children’s Corner: February 2022
2/7/2022
by Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, MD The pandemic and children. Nearly 11.4 million child cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the United States since the start of the pandemic, with a staggering…
1/27/2022
Colleagues, We hope this month’s newsletter finds you all well. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we recognize that burnout is a reality in the hospital. To that end, we’ve partnered…
Empowerment: What does it mean in our workplace?
1/21/2022
by James Nataro, MD PhD MBA, Chair, Department of Pediatrics During a recent conversation, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Dr. Craig Kent noted that the people working in our…
COVID-19 Children’s Corner: January 2022
1/2/2022
by Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, MD The pandemic and children. Nearly 7.6 million child cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the United States as of December 23rd, with nearly 200,000 new cases…
Santa Brings Holiday Cheer to the NICU
12/31/2021
by Dr. Rob Sinkin The continuing pandemic again failed to keep Santa and Mrs. Claus from visiting the NICU and bringing good cheer and elevating the spirits of families and…
The Real and the Ideal Clinical Study: How iTHRIV Can Make a Difference
12/3/2021
by James Nataro, MD PhD MBA, Chair, Department of Pediatrics In the October 7, 2021 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine the editors delivered a shot across the…
COVID-19 Children’s Corner: December
12/3/2021
COVID-19 children’s corner: brief updates on epidemiology, variants, vaccines and more… by Dr. Morgan Weyant, MD and Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, MD The pandemic and children. Nearly 6.9 million child cases of…
Small Gesture, Big Impact: Thank You, Dr. Holland!
12/2/2021
A note from Stephanie B. McNerney, CPNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, University of Virginia Children's Hospital Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics: I am writing to share about an example of…