Physician Update Newsletter

The Physician Update is published quarterly as part of an ongoing effort to serve the needs of physicians who refer to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Below are current and past issues of Physician Update with a listing of articles for your viewing.
 
Spring 2012 — Articles include:

• Early Liver Transplants Improve Prognosis for Twins
• Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Expert Joins Packard Children's
• Can Viagra Treat Childhood Lymphatic Disorder?
• Differences in Pumping Affect Breast Milk's Nutrition
• Packard Children's Opens New Perinatal Diagnostic Center
• 2012 Referring Physician Directory Now Available
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Winter 2012 — Articles include:

• Pain Management Team Expands Services
• Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated
• 5th Annual Autism Spectrum Disorders Update
• NASA Expertise Helps Medical Simulation
• It's Time to Talk About It: The Brain and Eating Disorders
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Fall 2011 — Articles include:

• Packard Children's Opens New Hearing Center
• High-Quality Diet in Pregnancy Protects Against Birth Defects, Stanford Study Shows
• Pediatric Urology Service Ramps Up Robotic Surgery Program
• Packard Children’s Adolescent Health Van Celebrates 15th Anniversary
• Medical Center Renewal Project Is Under Way
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Summer 2011 — Articles include:

• New Public Cord Blood Collection Program Opens
• Medical Genetics Team Tackles Diagnosis and Treatment for Inherited Diseases
• Updates from the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services
• Two Surgeons Join Orthopedic Surgery Team
• Stanford Trauma Center Verified as Level 2
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Spring 2011 — Articles include:

• A Children's Hospital Grows Up
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic Cares for Survivors of Childhood Heart Defects
• Packard Children's Obstetricians Institute Policy to Distinguish Between Twins at Birth
• New Packard Children's Pediatric Sleep Center Opens June 1
• Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases Works to Restore Kids' Health
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Winter 2011 — Articles include:

• Packard Children's Offers Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Care for Eating Disorders
• New Program for Placental Disorders Begins
• EarWell^TM Device Corrects Newborns' Ear Deformities without Surgery
• Better Service for Referring Providers Requesting Transfers of Hospitalized Patients
• April Autism Symposium
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Upcoming CME Courses

Fall 2010 — Articles include:

• New Home for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
• Fetal Echocardiograms Key in Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
• Faster MRI Scans Cut Radiation Exposure for Infants with Dislocated Hips
• Bladder Pacemaker Relieves Patient's Chronic Pain
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Summer 2010 — Articles include:

• Robust Neurosurgery Program Expands Again
• Pediatric Urology on Leading Edge of New Surgical, Diagnostic Techniques
• Sutureless Technique for Abdominal Birth Defects
• Orthopedic Oncology Clinic Now Open
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Spring 2010 — Articles include:

• Comprehensive Autism Center Brings Caregivers, Research into the Picture
• Pediatric Anesthesiologist Helps Patients Cope with the Pain of Illness
• In U.S. Imaging First, Prenatal MRI Detects Rare Genetic Disease in Newborn
• Packard Children's PACT - Merged Services for Healthier Hearts
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Faculty Updates and Publications
• Subjects Sought for Hemangioma Study

Winter 2010 — Articles include:

• Craniofacial and Plastic Surgeons Change Kids' Lives
• Stimulus Funds Awarded to Packard Children's to Study Preemies' Lung Disease
• Pediatric Hospitalists Play Essential Role for Inpatients
• Packard Children's Develops New Treatments for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• MD Portal Enhancements
• Physician Engagement Event
• After Hours Clinic Updates
• Faculty Update, Announcements and Publications

Fall 2009 — Articles include:

• PICU Grows to Meet the Needs of Critically Ill Children
• Searching for the Key to Preemies' Brain Development
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Packard Children's Making $15 Million Investment in Obstetrics
• Faculty Update, Announcements and Publications

Summer 2009 — Articles include:

• New Center for Fetal Health & Maternal and Family Care Opens at Packard Children's
• Liver Transplant Team Leading the Nation
• Packard Children's Endocrinology Team Tests Artificial Pancreas
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Faculty Update and Publications

Spring 2009 — Articles include:

• Pediatric and Obstetric Anesthesia Teams Keep Patients Comfortable, Safe
• Neurosurgeon Provides Hope to Moyamoya Patients
• Opening the Diagnostic Window
• CVICU Expansion Includes Eight New Beds
• Hospital Admissions Streamlined
• After Hours Clinic Changes Governance Models
• Faculty Update

Winter 2009 — Articles include:

• Stem Cell Transplant Successes Growing
• Neurosurgery from BrainLAB to Bedside
• Bulimia Research Seeks Treatment Solutions
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Faculty Update

Fall 2008 — Articles include:

• Johnson Center Hospitality Upgrades
• A New Face in Plastic Surgery
• Web-Based Upgrades Make Referrals a Breeze
• Packard Achieves Perfect Results for One-Year Pediatric Kidney Transplant Survival
• Physician Partner Relations Update
• Faculty Update
  

Summer 2008 — Articles include:

• Packard Transformed
• New Surgical Suites
• The New Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases
• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Expands from 12 to 20 Beds
• Radiology Gains New 3T Magnet
• Physician Partner Relations Update

Spring 2008 — Articles include:

• HPV Vaccine, Reproductive Health Services Available
• Eating Disorders Program Expands
• Enhanced MRI Services Improve Throughput, Scheduling
• Autism Conference Scheduled for Physicians, Parents
• Audiology, Plastic Surgery Services in South Bay
• New Director of Physician Partner Relations
• Seizures Diagnosed with Hypnosis
• Faculty Update and 16th Annual Pediatric Update

Winter 2008 — Articles include:

• Packard Children’s Eating Disorders Program
• Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program
• New Pediatric Neurosurgeon Joins Hospital
• Radiology Specializes to Improve Care
• Conjoined Twins Separated
• Packard Children’s Supports School Nurses
• Hospital Quality Data Online
• Clinical Trials Web Site Now Available
• Faculty Updates and Publications
  

Fall 2007 — Articles include:

• Child-Appropriate Care for an Adult-Sized Problem - Bariatric Surgery Program
• Pediatric Urologists Blend Skill with Compassion
• Teens with Liver Transplants Learn and Share at Unique Clinic
• Packard Physical Therapist Gains Rare Pediatric Certification
• Doug Fredrick Joins Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Organ Transplant Recipients May Live without Drugs
• LPCH Named One of Nation's Best Children's Hospitals
• Faculty Update; Publications

Summer 2007 — Articles include:

• Hugh O'Brodovich Named Chief of Staff
• Expanded South Bay Specialty Center
• CME - Pediatric Clinical Update
• Birth Brachial Plexus Clinic
• Carlos Milla Joins LPCH
• Late Preterm Infants Struggle in School
• Eating Disorders Overlooked in Boys and Some Minorities
• New Kids Site Launched
• Faculty Update; Publications

Spring 2007 — Articles include:

• Down Syndrome Clinic Offers Comprehensive Care
• LPCH Offers First-Trimester Down Syndrome Screening
• Packard Children's Wins Second RACE for Results Award
• Helping Kids Connect with Packard Children's
• Mountain View Clinic Offers Teen Tune-Ups
• Alan Krensky Selected to Head NIH Office
• Beloved Colleague and Teacher Lawrence Mathers Dies
• Psychotherapy Group Seeks Depressed Adolescents
• Chemical Genetics Provides Insight into Cleft Palate
• Pediatric Researchers Receive Ground-Breaking Embryonic Stem Cell Grants
• Faculty Updates and Publications

Winter 2007 — Articles include:

• Pediatric Anesthesiologists Keep Young Kids Comfortable, Safe
• Harvey Cohen Steps Down as Chief of Staff
• Children's Heart Center Recognized by URN
• Adolescent Medicine Welcomes New Chief Neville Golden
• Child-Friendly Dialysis Coming Soon
• Salinas NICU Now Level III
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Fall 2006 — Articles include:

• David Stevenson Receives Apgar Award
• Packard's Center for Children's Brain Tumors Offers Wide Array of Treatment Options
• Packard Children's Epilepsy Program Identifies Candidates for Surgery, Other Interventions
• Adverse Events in North American NICUs Identified
• Vascular Anomalies Clinic Treats Complex Cases
• Neville Golden Is New Chief of Adolescent Medicine
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Summer 2006— Articles include:

• General Surgery Team Focuses on Minimal Access
• Eating Disorders Program Admissions Criteria
• New Down Syndrome Clinic Now Open
• Packard Children's Repeatedly Recognized for Patient Safety Efforts
• Hospital Construction Update
• LPCH Launches New Center for Pulmonary Biology
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Spring 2006— Articles include:

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Opening Down Syndrome Clinic
• LPCH Pediatric General Surgery Service Expansion
• All Eyes on Telemedicine
• Commitment to Community Care
• LPCH's Eating Disorders Program Admissions Criteria
• LPCH Patient Breaks Berlin Heart Record
• LPCH Researchers Investigate Pregnancy Outcomes in First-Generation Immigrants
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Winter 2006— Articles include:

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Introduces New Kid-Friendly Emergency Department
• Easing Fears of Patients and Parents
• Drop the Remote. Stay Away from the Burger.
• LPCH Rated One of the Ten Best Children's Hospitals in the Country
• LPCH Psychiatrist Studies Genetic Determinants of Schizophrenia
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Fall 2005— Articles include:

• LPCH's Pulmonary Care and Cystic Fibrosis Center of Excellence Welcomes David Cornfield, MD, As Its New Director
• Pediatric Brain Tumors Have Far-Reaching Implications
• Patient Lab Results, Exam Notes Available Online
• Bioinformatician Joins LPCH
• LPCH’s Faculty Practice Organization Working to Better Serve Referring Physicians/Patients
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Summer 2005— Articles include:

• LPCH's Children's Heart Center Advances the Standard of Care for Children with Failing Hearts
• Web Sites Promoting Eating Disorders Are Popular
• Physician Survey
• Pediatric Surgeon Gary Hartman Joins LPCH
• Asymptomatic HIV-Infected Newborns May Benefit from Early Drug Treatment, Stanford Study Shows
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Winter 2005— Articles include:

• Youngest Patient Ever Benefits from Nonsurgical Heart Valve Replacement
• LPCH Is First California Pediatric Hospital to Perform Bariatric Surgery
• LPCH Ranks Number 1 in Safety
• California to Expand Mandatory Newborn Genetic Screening Next Summer
• LPCH Offers First-Trimester Prenatal Screen that Detects 85 Percent of Fetuses with Down Syndrome
• Researchers Pursue Treatment of Peanut and Other Food Allergies on Two Fronts
• Publications and Faculty Updates

Fall 2004 — Articles include:

• LPCH Welcomes Michael S.B. Edwards, MD as New Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic Offers Range of Services and Advanced Surgeries for Kids
• Peter Koltai, MD, Joins Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery as New Chief
• Patients See Multiple Specialists in A Single Visit at the LPCH Neuromuscular Disorders Clinic
• Researchers Find Smaller Brain Size in Eight-Year-Old Boys Born Prematurely
• Faculty Update

Summer 2004  — Articles include:

• New Center for Healthy Weight
• Bladder Exstrophy Support Group
• Ann Arvin, MD, Receives Albion Walter Hewlett Award
• Mary L. Johnson Development and Behavior Unit Provides Ongoing Care and Evaluations
• Breastfeeding Premature Infants Beneficial, Difficult
• Many LPCH Clinics Moving out of Main Hospital
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Important Contact Information

 
Spring 2004  — Articles include:

• Breakthrough Robotic Surgery
• Researchers Receive $7 Million Grant to Study Root Causes of Asthma and Allergies
• Influenza Vaccine and Human Avian Flu Cases
• Bernard Dannenberg, MD, New Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Research on New Uses for Metformin Begins
• Cryoablation:  New, Gentler Technique to Treat Pediatric Cardiac Arrhythmias
• LPCH Invests $1 Million in Community Health Centers and Programs
• Faculty and Publication Update
• Important Contact Information

Winter 2004 — Articles include:

• New Hope for Children with Small Bowel Problems
• Medical Center Welcomes New Chief of Otolaryngology
• Hospital Education Advocacy Liaisons (H.E.A.L.) Program
• LPCH Funds New Children's Biotechnology Core
• New Referring Physician Web Portal
• A Molecular Explanation of the Asthma "Hygiene Hypothesis"
• Preventing Heart Disease in Children with Lupus
• Bed Utilization and Capacity Improvements
• CME Conference on Eating Disorders and Obesity
• Faculty and Publication Update
• Important Contact Information

Fall 2003 — Articles include:

• Center for Marfan Syndrome
• New Director for Cardiovascular ICU - Stephen J. Roth, MD, MPH
• Improving Quality in Perinatal Care
• Mortality Rates Associated with Weekend Births
• Research for Anti-Rejection Treatments
• Faculty and Publication Update
• Important Contact Information

Summer 2003— Articles include:

• Movement Disorders Program
• Motion and Gait Analysis Laboratory
• Advancing Pediatric Rheumatology
• Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder
• Childhood Anxiety
• Inpatient Liaison Program for Community Physicians
• Researcher Honored - Gregory Barsh, MD, PhD
• Publications and Faculty Updates
• Important Contact Information

Winter 2003 — Articles include:

• Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program
• Education Campaign for Parents of Eating Disorder Inpatients
• Center for Advanced Pediatric Education (CAPE)
• Physician "Hotline" Offers Immediate Access to LPCH Services and Information
• Vaccine Program Focuses on Improving Outcomes
• Faculty Update
• Important Contact Information

Fall 2002 — Articles include:

• Craig T. Albanese, MD, Minimal Access Surgery Expert joins LPCH
• Clinic Provides Treatment for Pediatric Limb Anomalies
• Interdisciplinary Team treats Craniofacial Abnormalities
• Krummel Appointed Surgeon-In-Chief
• Cardiovascular Research Advances Patient Care
• Faculty Update
• Important Contact Information

Summer 2002 — Articles include:

• Brain Tumors Treated by Interdisciplinary Team at Center for Cancer & Blood Diseases
• Gene Therapy Best Hope:  Hemophilia
• Growing Acceptance for Latest Cancer Treatment
• Suspect Cancer?  Refer Early
• Consolidation of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Clinics
• Ronald McDonald House Moving
• Faculty Update
• Important Contact Information

Winter 2002 — Articles include:

• Center for Brain and Behavior - Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Low Dose Radiation Therapy
• Congenital Brain Malformation
• Packard Fund-Raising Kick-Off
• Faculty Update
• Expansion of Pulmonary Outreach Clinic at Dominican Hospital
• Important Contact Information

Fall 2001 — Articles include:

• Drs. Hanley and Reddy join the Children's Heart Center
• Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• General Pediatric Surgery Program
• Launch of LPCH Web Site
• Anorexia Study
• Faculty Update
• Important Contact Numbers

Spring 2001 — Articles include:

• Children's Heart Center
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Faculty Update
• Pediatric Imaging Update
• ENT, Audiology, and Movement Disorders Services
• Outreach and Clinical Services
• Important Contact Information