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Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children is committed to providing excellence in
pediatric health care by providing the highest quality care, exemplary medical
education, and innovative research practice to care for children.
ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY AND RESEARCH STUDIES
During the past year, the Department of Pediatrics has continued to develop
and support a varied and diverse research focus. These efforts have
led our faculty to write a number of published or accepted papers as well
as book chapters, and national presentations in 2009.
Research activities include national patient registries and database participation
to continually benchmark and utilize evidence based practice initiatives
to drive clinical outcomes. Gastroenterology, emergency medicine,
pediatric critical care, and neonatal critical care have taken leadership
roles within these national collaboratives and promote research activities in
these areas of specialty. The pediatric research efforts are as varied and
diverse as the patient population. The critical care team has focused on
clinical drug studies, establishing national benchmarks in hospital acquired
infections and neonatal/pediatric resuscitation efforts, as well as neurodevelopmental
outcomes and interventions. Gastroenterology works with
bench science to evaluate the role of cellular immunity and clinical prac-
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
tice, and functions as a key participant in several inflammatory disease
studies. Quality research endeavors are being pursued in a rich multidisciplinary
team approach. The pediatric department remains involved in
projects of wide ranging topics including nephrology, cardiology, surgery,
cardiac surgery, international adoption, and infectious diseases.
The Department of Pediatrics continues to promote the development of
residents and fellows through structured research education and dedicated
research mentors. In 2009, our pediatric residents published or
presented a number of journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts at
such prestigious pediatric national meetings as the Pediatric Academic
Society and American Academy of Pediatric Annual Meeting.
By facilitating research innovation of the next generation of pediatricians,
we ensure the continued excellence in specialty health care delivery for
the children of the region. The ongoing improvement and growth focusing
on translational research and clinical outcomes will continue to help iden-
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hospital and research centers.
BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. Baron, I.S., Ahronovich, M.D., Erickson, K., Gidley Larson, J. C., &
Litman, F. (2009) Age-Appropriate Early School Age Neurobehavi
oral Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Birth Without Severe Intraven
tricular Hemorrhage: A Single Center Experience, Early Human De
velopment, 85, 191-196.
2. Baron, I.S., Erickson, K., Ahronovich, M. D., Coulehan, K., Baker,
R., and Litman, F. R. (2009) Visuospatial and Verbal Fluency Rela
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-Preterm Preschool Children. Early
Human Development, 85, 751-754.
3. Gidley Larson, J. C., Baron, I. S. , Ahronovich, M. D., and Iampietro,
M., (in press) Micropremature Birth. In Morgan, J., Baron, I.S., &
Ricker, J. (Eds.). Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology, New York:
Oxford University Press.
4. Newton, P., Kamat- Nerikar, R. (2009). Answer to the photo quiz: A
10- year old girl with a rash and abdominal pain. Clinical Infectious
Diseases, 48, 683-684.
5. Troy R, Doron M, Laughon M, Tolleson-Rinehart S, Price W. Com
parison of noninvasive and central arterial blood pressure measure
ments in ELBW infants. J. Perinatology 2009;; 29: 744-749.
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