Keynote Lectures from Research, Education & Innovation Week
This week was Children’s National Hospital’s 10th annual Research, Education & Innovation Week. This week-long event celebrates the work of hundreds of researchers and educators on the cutting edge...
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April Updates from the Coronavirus Pandemic Front Lines
Children's National Hospital's response to COVID-19 is well underway thanks to the dedication and courage of our frontline care team and the generosity of our supporters. We will continue to update you...
View ArticleHelping Children and Families Cope with the COVID-19 Crisis
Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month. As the coronavirus outbreak continues, children and families feel the impact in all areas of their lives — including their mental health. The...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Resources for Parents
Many families are struggling to understand COVID-19 and its effect on their lives. Our expert teams created resources to help kids and parents better understand and cope.Pandemic Parenting on Facebook...
View ArticleVan Gogh-ing Virtual
Six-year old Zoe loves to show her original artwork to her friends and family. She paints, sculpts clay and makes silk hoop paintings in bright colors. Zoe’s mom, Brigitte, credits the art therapy at...
View ArticleSPECIAL WEBINAR: The New Mental Health Crisis
Children’s National Hospital President and CEO Kurt Newman, MD, shared how Children’s National is helping families cope with the mental health challenges of the crisis. The pandemic’s impact on...
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Nationally Ranked a Top-10 Children’s Hospital and #1 for Babies 4 Years in a...
Children’s National Hospital ranks among the nation’s best again! U.S. News and World Report named us a top-10 children’s hospital and #1 for newborn care for the fourth year running. Our...
View ArticleSPECIAL WEBINAR: What is MIS-C?
Children's National Chief Medical Officer David Wessel, MD, joins President and CEO Kurt Newman, MD, in this edition of his on-going series, "Caring for Children During a Pandemic." In this webinar,...
View ArticleRacing for Lucas & Every Child
I cannot accurately describe how I felt the moment I learned Lucas had cancer. When I asked if he would be OK, the doctors were honest. They did not know. I never thought I would face a moment in which...
View ArticleBoeing Commits $5M in Support of New Research & Innovation Campus
A $5 million gift from The Boeing Company will help drive lifesaving pediatric discoveries at the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The campus, now under construction, is being...
View ArticleGive Kids & Health Care Heroes a Reason to Believe on #GivingTuesday
This #GivingTuesday our patients and health care heroes need your support more than ever. Your donation to Children’s National Hospital helps ensure every child receives exceptional care and fuels...
View ArticleSPECIAL WEBINAR: 150 Years of Children's National
This year, Children’s National celebrates 150 years of pediatric care, research and commitment to community. We grew from humble beginnings. Our hospital opened with 12 beds in the heart of our city to...
View ArticleGive Our Patients and Health Care Heroes A Reason to Believe
We all wish for hope and healing during the holidays. Children and families who spend their holidays in the hospital deserve a Reason to Believe— in first steps, in giggles, high fives and hugs. To...
View Article"Smiley" Riley is a Reason to Believe
No child wants to spend the holidays in the hospital. But last November, 5-year-old Riley had to undergo a stem cell transplant, one of the hardest parts of his cancer treatment. "It was such a...
View ArticleThank You for Giving a #ReasonToBelieve
Thank you to all our generous donors for giving our health care heroes and patients like Maiya, Riley, and Braeden a Reason to Believe this holiday season. Your generosity supports exceptional care for...
View ArticleMaisie Beats the Odds
Dr. Evan Nadler first met Maisie when she was two days old. She was born with a malformation of her esophagus and would need three surgeries, the first one immediately, to insert a feeding tube into...
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150th Birthday
We celebrate this milestone with all who have shaped Children’s National — our staff, patient families and generous donors. Volunteer founders opened our doors in the nation’s capital with 12 beds...
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150 Years Stronger: Our Story
HistoryVideosWho They Turn To :15GIve Kids a Future :15Thank You :30Give Kids a Future :30Reason to Celebrate :60Back to 150 Years Stronger
View ArticleCOVID Testing Site Highlights Impact on Kids
This story originally appeared on our sister site, Innovation District.A new study looking at the results of testing children for COVID-19 through a Children’s National Hospital community-based testing...
View ArticleSPECIAL WEBINAR: Tackling the Mental Heal Crisis
Even before the pandemic, young people struggled with increasing anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. The pandemic has turned their world upside down with quarantines, school closures...
View ArticleCommunity Partners Make COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for Teachers a Success
Over four days in late January, Children’s National Hospital took its expertise from the frontlines to the classrooms to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)...
View ArticleWATCH: Helping Kids with Special Hearts
Every child born with congenital heart disease deserves the opportunity to grow up stronger. Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the Children's National Heart Insitute Yves d'Udekem, MD, PhD,...
View ArticleRare Disease Institute Partners with Takeda to Standardize Care for Patients...
Children’s National Hospital and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) today announced the creation of the Rare Disease Clinical Activity Protocols (Rare-CAP) program, which will establish a...
View ArticleInnovation Hub Sees Major Milestones
February marked a major milestone for the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The Children's National Hospital Rare Disease Institute became the innovation hub's first occupant and...
View ArticleResponding to the Pandemic: One Year Later
March 15 marked the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 positive patient at Children’s National Hospital. As the virus emerged and gained traction in the U.S., Children’s National led our region...
View ArticleKeynote Lectures from Research, Education & Innovation Week 2021
Each year, the Children’s National Research Institute (CNRI) hosts Research, Education and Innovation Week to showcase the wide array of research and education programs occurring throughout the...
View ArticleCritical Education Helps Families Manage Diabetes
By Adam, a Children's National parentOur 10-year old son Matt had been thirsty and losing weight for weeks. He could barely move when we arrived at the Children’s National Hospital emergency...
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Corporate Partner Spotlight: Kathleen Malloy
Welcome to our first Corporate Partner Spotlight! Each month, corporate leaders will share why they serve as advocates and ambassadors for Children’s National Hospital within their company and across...
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Corporate Partner Spotlight Jim Stafford
Welcome to our Corporate Partner Spotlight. Each month, corporate leaders share why they serve as advocates and ambassadors for Children’s National Hospital within their company and across the...
View ArticleChildren's National a Top-10 Children's Hospital & No. 1 for Newborn Care for...
Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., was ranked No. 7 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report 2021-22 Best Children’s Hospitals annual rankings. This marks the fifth straight year...
View ArticleExpert Q&A: 2021 World Sickle Cell Day
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that impacts the red blood cells that carry oxygen in the body. These cells take on a sickle or crescent shape that tends to clog small blood vessels...
View ArticleForging a Pathway for Nurses
Children's National Hospital today announced a second year of success for its Conway Nursing Pathway Program, during a time of heightened stress for health care providers due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
View ArticleWATCH: Caring for Special Hearts During a Pandemic
The ongoing pandemic hasn’t slowed down our work to provide world-class, compassionate care to children with congenital heart disease. Dr. David Wessel, executive vice president and chief medical...
View ArticleThank You from the Frontlines of the Pandemic
As Children’s National Hospital treats patients during the coronavirus pandemic, we remain focused on providing the everyday essential health care that families need. Timely treatments and vaccinations...
View ArticleNewly Launched Community Network to Address Racial Health Disparities
Children’s National Hospital announced a $36 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to provide families with greater access to mental health care and community...
View Article“We’re Ready When They Need Us.”
Emily Dorosz, registered nurse and clinical program coordinator in our Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, and Dr. Jennifer Chapman a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the director of the...
View ArticleSPECIAL WEBINAR: Keeping Kids Safe this Summer and Fall
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Ambulatory and Community Health Services Denice Cora-Bramble, MD and DeAnn Marshall, president of the Children’s National Hospital Foundation talk...
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The Race for Every Child is Going Virtual!
Due to the ongoing and rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Race for Every Child will be a virtual event for the first time ever! On Saturday, October 17, 2020, we will run or walk in our own...
View ArticleWATCH: The Future of Cancer Care at Children’s National
Drs. Jeffrey Dome and Catherine Bollard, world-recognized leaders in pediatric cancer care and research, share ongoing research that is improving survival rates and reducing treatment toxicities, as...
View ArticleNew Grant Enhances Animal Visitation and Pet Therapy Program
In honor of National Therapy Animal Day on April 30, Children’s National Hospital announced a new grant from PetSmart Charities to enhance the hospital’s Animal Visitation and Pet Therapy Program. The...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Art
Amari, 14, refuses to let his autism diagnosis stand in the way of bringing happiness to people with his paintings. His passion and talent are now on display at the Children’s National Hospital main...
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Corporate Partner Spotlight: Brigg Bunker
Welcome to our Corporate Partner Spotlight. Each month, corporate leaders share why they serve as advocates and ambassadors for Children’s National Hospital within their company and across the...
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Corporate Partner Spotlight: Joan Bialek
Welcome to our Corporate Partner Spotlight. Each month, corporate leaders share why they serve as advocates and ambassadors for Children’s National Hospital within their company and across the...
View ArticleChildren’s National Brainy Camps Receive Corporate Gift from Grateful Family
Like many moms, Elizabeth Cho cried in the car on the way home from dropping off her daughter, Mischa, at camp for the first time. Much to her surprise, there were no tears from Mischa, just smiles and...
View ArticleOur Experts Answer Your Pediatric Cancer Questions
Coming Monday, September 13!To learn how you can support cancer care and research at Children's National Hospital, please contact Bethany Metzroth at bmetzrot@childrensnational.org.
View ArticleChildren and Our Frontline Care Providers Need Your Help
More children in our community are ill with COVID-19, due to the Delta variant, and the number of patients at Children’s National Hospital already surpassed last winter’s peak. Kids also are...
View ArticleCorporate Partner Spotlight: John Wood
Welcome to our Corporate Partner Spotlight. Each month, corporate leaders share why they serve as advocates and ambassadors for Children’s National Hospital within their company and across the...
View ArticleThe Book of "Smiley" Riley
Riley, 6, is 18 months cancer-free! To celebrate, he created a special book about his time at Children's National.“Riley’s care team saved him from cancer that wreaked havoc on his body,” says his...
View ArticleAfghan Refugee Children Receive Care at Children’s National Hospital Clinic
In September, a team of 80 Children’s National employees volunteered at a clinic for displaced Afghan children living in our region. More than 100 infants, children and young adults received physical...
View ArticleCaring for Kids as the COVID-19 Pandemic Takes a Turn
This September, more children in the United States caught COVID-19 than during any other month in the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The number of patients at Children’s...
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