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Advanced Pediatric Life Support

Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) is a program created by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians to teach health care providers how to take care of sick children.

Alservorstadt

Although the Vienna General Hospital has moved to Michelbeuern, some medical institutions remain, in particular the pediatric hospital St. Anna Kinderspital.

Aron Brand

Aron Brand-Auraban (21 February 1910 - 22 April 1977), born in Ozorków, Poland, was an Israeli pediatric cardiologist.

Berthold Epstein

He was encouraged to apply for the position as the head of the pediatric clinic at Rikshospitalet, but the Nazi persecution of Jews put an end to such ambitions.

Bob LeMond

In 1998, LeMond and the surviving cast members of My Favorite Husband were reunited by Gregg Oppenheimer, the son of Jess Oppenheimer, the original creator and producer of the show, to benefit pediatric AIDS research.

C. J. Lyons

She did her internship and residency at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital.

Carl and Clarence Aguirre

All of these surgeries were performed at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York by a team led by Dr. James T. Goodrich, a pediatric neurosurgeon and Dr. David A. Staffenberg, a plastic surgeon.

Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome

Autoimmune processes may affect tic severity in some cases: the unproven and contentious hypothesis that Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections, PANDAS, plays a role in the onset of tic disorders and OCD is a current focus of research.

Children's National Medical Center

Children's National is ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and The Leapfrog Group.

Chromatin remodeling

Inactivating mutations in SMARCB1, formerly known as hSNF5/INI1 and a component of the human SWI/SNF remodeling complex have been found in large number of rhabdoid tumors, commonly affecting pediatric population.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

An advocate for the elimination of pediatric AIDS, Elizabeth became known to audiences nationwide when she was a featured speaker at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

European Society for Medical Oncology

Founded in 1990, ESMO’s flagship scientific journal, Annals of Oncology, publishes articles addressing medical oncology, surgery, radiotherapy, pediatric oncology, basic research and the comprehensive management of patients with malignant diseases.

Fe del Mundo

Among the international honors bestowed on del Mundo was the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind, handed in 1966 by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the citation as Outstanding Pediatrician and Humanitarian by the International Pediatric Association in 1977.

Franz Hamburger

After the death of Clemens von Pirquet in 1930 he was invited to the University of Vienna, where he became Director of the Pediatric Clinic.

George P. Chrousos

He was previously Senior Investigator, Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Section and Training Program, and Chief of the Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology

The German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (also called the 'Kinderrheumaklinik', i.e. the Pediatric Rheumatology Hospital) is the largest specialized center for the treatment of children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases and chronic pain syndromes in Europe.

Hemispherectomy Foundation

Ben Carson, M.D., Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland is the Honorary Chair of the foundation's Medical Advisory Board.

Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah

The pediatric daycare ward was refurbished in 2007 by Amway.

House Resolution 2600

House Resolution 2600 (The Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act) is a bill in the United States House of Representatives that was introduced on July 20, 2011 by Rep. Leonard Lance NJ-7.

Hugh H. Young

Notable recipients include John K. Lattimer, pioneer of pediatric urology and physician investigator of the JFK assassination, and Larry I. Lipshultz, founder of Society for the Study of Male Reproduction.

KHCC

King Hussein Cancer Center, a hospital located in Amman, Jordan specialized in treating adult and pediatric cancers.

Malcolm A. S. Moore

In collaboration with Amgen, recombinant G-CSF (Neupogen) was developed and in 1987 the first clinical studies were begun at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in cancer patients and pediatric patients with a genetic form of neutropenia.

Manuel Rodríguez Gómez

The Santiago Ramón y Cajal Award from The Iberoamerican Academy of Pediatric Neurology in 1995.

Michael Harrison

Michael R. Harrison, MD (born 1943), director of pediatric surgery at UCSF

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Other achievements include the first description of persistent fetal circulation syndrome, the development of continuous positive alveolar pressure (CPAP) as a treatment for premature infants, the creation of the Apgar score and the performance of the world's first pediatric heart transplant.

Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

A few years later on September 15, 1989, Mayor Kurt Schmoke declared it “Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Day” in Baltimore.

Mueller Community

Its first building, the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, is already open, and next door a Residence Inn by Marriott is scheduled to open in early 2014.

Nimesulide

Alembic Ltd. issued a circular asking wholesalers and retailers to withdraw all stocks of Nimegesic Drops (a pediatric dosage form of nimesulide) in 2003, consistent with the fact that nimesulide is, like most NSAIDs, not indicated in children.

Oncology benefit management

Thus, pediatric OBM are typically managed through the children hospitals like CHOC that specialize in pediatric oncology services, and not separate OBM companies.

Osama Yassin

He is a member of the World Allergy Organization and a founding member of the Egyptian Pediatric Allergy and Immunity Group.

Pablove Foundation

The Pablove Foundation is a US pediatric cancer nonprofit organization founded by Jo Ann Thrailkill and Jeff Castelaz.

Pediatric ophthalmology

Other notable pediatric ophthalmologists have included: Jack Crawford, John T. Flynn, David S. Friendly, Eugene R. Folk David Guyton, Eugene Helveston, Arthur Jampolsky, Barrie Jay, Phillip Knapp, Burton J. Kushner, Henry Metz, Marilyn T. Miller, John Pratt-Johnson, Arthur Rosenbaum, William E. Scott, Gunter K. von Noorden, and Mette Warburg.

Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade

On June 24, 2007, an explosive device was placed under a car belonging to Arthur Rosenbaum, a pediatric ophthalmologist who carries out animal experimentation with cats and rhesus monkeys at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA.

Rey Pagtakhan

He completed his pediatric residency and cardiology fellowship at the Washington University Medical Center/St. Louis Children's Hospital and his Master of Science from the University of Manitoba and respirology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg.

Rocco Jemma

In 1893 he became Director of Pediatric Clinic in Palermo.

Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology

Pediatric cardiology in SJIC performs all standard pediatric interventional procedures, including percutaneous closure for Atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and also the relatively rare procedure of percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects.

Texas Oilman's Bass Invitational

The money raised supports patient care and research in pediatric kidney and urinary tract diseases and disorders.

The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay

The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay (Chinese: 大口環根德公爵夫人兒童醫院) is a pediatric hospital in Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.

The Little Couple

They moved from New York, after Arnold completed her pediatric residency and masters of medical education at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Timothy Buie

Timothy M. Buie is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Harvard Medical School's Massachusetts General Hospital, who also practices at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds

Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds 2nd edition (2003) by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of pediatric heart auscultation.

V. Mohan Reddy

A graduate from Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal, India, with a masters from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, he is the chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and specializes in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.

Warren Tredrea

The $10,000 worth of Magnavox fridges, televisions, sound systems and microwaves were distributed to children's therapy rooms and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

William Arthur Cochrane

Cochrane did his postgraduate training in Pediatric Research at the Hospital for Sick Children, the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital.


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