Surgery Innovation Blog

Image-guided therapy challenge: Unique pediatric issues and the need for collaboration

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Parker) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:43:00 +0000

Institute bioengineer and technical director Kevin Cleary, PhD, often talks about the lack of pediatric focus in image guided therapy development. The unique needs and challenges of treating children...

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Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of NIH speaks at Children’s National to kickoff Children’s Research and Education Week

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Parker) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:53:00 +0000

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) visited Children’s National to speak to a packed room of nurses, physicians, faculty, and staff in honor of...

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2013 DC STEM Fair: Children's National Medical Center gives awards to student innovators

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Parker) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:27:00 +0000

Woodrow Wilson High School Sheikh Zayed Institute Awards 3 Junior Scientists! On Saturday March 23rd, Children’s National Medical Center participated in the DC STEM (Science, Technology,...

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American College of Sports Medicine names Monica Hubal, PhD, co-Chair of the Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms Interest Group

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:49:00 +0000

Monica Hubal, PhD, a personalized medicine and systems biology researcher in the Sheikh Zayed Institute, has been appointed co-Chair of the Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms (MCRM)...

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Crowdfunding spotlight: A simple photo can diagnose Down syndrome

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:37:00 +0000

A photo can say a thousand words. But can one photo help doctors diagnose Down syndrome? Researchers at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation are working on a program...

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What’s working for teens with severe obesity?

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:08:00 +0000

A new study online in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (a JAMA Network publication) finds that although weight-loss surgery for teenagers saw a big jump from 2000 to 2003, after...

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Pediatric health care innovations presented by Children's at World Health Care Congress Middle East

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:36:00 +0000

During this week's World Health Care Congress Middle East, Children’s National held a special pediatric session featuring best practices in several key areas of children’s health that will help...

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Building quality health systems is a key focus of the World Health Care Congress Middle East

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:29:00 +0000

This week, a delegation from Children’s National and the Sheikh Zayed Institute joined the 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The primary...

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Crowdfunding website with child health focus launched by Sheikh Zayed Institute

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The Sheikh Zayed Institute recently launched the first child health focused crowdfunding website. The website, ChildrensNational.org/Crowdfunding, gives the general public access to directly support...

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Pain Medicine and Peter Kim Featured in Children's Hospitals Today

noreply@blogger.com (Larry Kim) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Peter C.W. Kim, MD, CM, PhD, Vice President of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation was recently spotlighted in the fall 2012 issue of Children’s Hospitals Today. Below is an...

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Student Innovator: Scrubbing In--My First Robotic Surgery and the Role of Technology in Innovation

noreply@blogger.com (Larry Kim) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:47:00 +0000

As part of the institute’s commitment to education, each year we host a class of Student Innovators who spend the summer working side by side with our investigators. Larry Kim, one of those student...

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Washington Post: Kids and needles is sometimes a good match: Acupuncture can help with pain

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:56:00 +0000

Recently, Sarah Rebstock, MD, Children’s anesthesiologist and clinical director of the Pain Medicine Clinic, a program of the Pain Medicine Initiative at the Sheikh Zayed Institute, was part of an...

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Immunology research: More clues to why the body can't fight tumors

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:50:00 +0000

A joint research study published in the Journal of Immunology from researchers in the Immunology Initiative of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and the Center for Cancer...

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WUSA9: Robotic Surgery in Pint-Sized Patients

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:52:00 +0000

Our robotic surgery expert, Craig Peters, MD, recently was featured in a story about surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System at Children’s National. The robot was made possible by the Sheikh Zayed...

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Keep It Simple, Surgeons

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:35:00 +0000

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Spotlight on Immunology – Felix Blanco, MD

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:00:00 +0000

By Laura Belazis, MPH “We all have the same spirit. We all want to fight cancer. We all want to find a cure.” As I spoke with Felix Blanco, MD about the Immunology Initiative in the Sheikh Zayed...

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Student Innovators: Neurology Inpatient Rounds

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:30:00 +0000

Changing the Future of Health through Pediatrics: Guest Lecture in United Arab Emirates

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:11:00 +0000

Children’s National CEO and President Kurt D. Newman, MD, gave a talk titled, “Changing the Future of Health through Pediatrics,” in Abu Dhabi at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin...

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Better Weight Loss Surgery Options for Adolescents with Obesity

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:43:00 +0000

This month, Sheikh Zayed Institute Principal Investigator Evan Nadler, MD, published a study in the journal Surgery about the effectiveness of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for teens. Well...

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Conference Report: Pediatric bioengineering innovations presented at international symposia

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Guest post by Kevin Cleary, PhD, and Katherine Davenport, MD The Bioengineering Initiative of the Sheikh Zayed Institute was well represented at two recent important meetings in Europe. At the...

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More pediatric robotic surgery around the world

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:22:00 +0000

In an effort to build wider understanding and application of robotic surgery for pediatric urology, Craig Peters, MD, our pediatric robotic surgery expert, travels around the world sharing knowledge...

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Study finds a new potential explanation for why the body can't fight tumors on its own

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:24:00 +0000

A study in the journal PLoSOne has identified a completely novel function for a previously known molecule, which may finally shed light on why the body's natural immune system does not attack and...

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Khalifa University students join Student Innovators in Washington, DC

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0000

Two Khalifa University Biomedical Engineering students--Noura Al Matroushi and Sara Timraz--arrived this week from Abu Dhabi to join the Student Innovators program at the Sheikh Zayed Institute. They...

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Student Innovators: Introducing Larry Kim

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0000

As part of the institute’s commitment to education, each year we host a class of Student Innovators who spend the summer working side by side with our investigators. Throughout the summer, Larry will...

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Fostering innovation at the American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (JLStinebiser) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:30:00 +0000

For the second year in a row, the Sheikh Zayed Institute sponsored the Award for Innovation in Pediatric Surgery at the American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting. The award goes to the...

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