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PEDIATRIC DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA RESEARCH AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL GARNERS GRANT JAVAD NAZARIAN, PhD, an investigator at the Center for Genetic Medicine at Children's National Health System, recently received $99,979 in funding for his proposal, "Comparative Proteomic and RNA Sequencing of DIPGs." DIPG Collaborative, a leading association of foundations funding pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) cancer research, provided funds for collaboration between Children's National and the laboratory of Cynthia Hawkins, MD, PhD, leading scientist in the field of pediatric brain tumors, at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto. Following the grant from the DIPG Collaborative, Dr. Nazarian's team also received $50,000 from the Al Musella Foundation. CHILDREN'S NATIONAL AND CERNER COLLABORATE IN FIRST PEDIATRIC HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE IN THE COUNTRY Children's National and information technology leader Cerner Corporation announced the formation of The Bear Institute, a joint effort that will be the first exclusively pediatric health informatics institute in the nation. The Bear Institute is a seven-year agreement that will advance evidence-based pediatric care delivery, research, and education through innovation in electronic health information technology. The Institute will accelerate the development of fully integrated electronic health records accessible to care providers, patients and families, healthcare facilities, educators, and researchers within—and affiliated with—Children's National. 2013 AAP ALUMNI RECEPTION ||| NEWS NOTES | People IN THE NEWS DENICE CORA-BRAMBLE, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory and Community Health Services, received the Robert L. Sloan Leadership Award. The award is presented annually to an individual from a member hospital of the District of Columbia Hospital Association, who has demonstrated the qualities of leadership Mr. Sloan inspired. Throughout her career, Dr. Cora-Bramble has assumed leadership roles in hospitals, medical schools, and communities. CARDIOLOGY TEAM HONORED AT NHLBI DIRECTOR'S AWARD CEREMONY The collaborative team at Children's National was recognized for their efforts toward launching the pediatric Interventional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (ICMR) program with the NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the Director's Award Ceremony. The team includes: + Andrew E. Arai, MD + Anthony Faranesh, PhD + Kendall O'Brien + Robert Balaban, PhD + Michael Hansen, PhD + Laura Olivieri, MD + Charles Berul, MD + Peter Kellman, PhD + Kaniskha Ratnayaka, MD + Heather Coulter + Robert Lederman, MD + Gary Unger + Russell Cross, MD + Gerard Martin, MD + Hui Xue, PhD CNMC_NOVA_Ref_2014:CNMC_AppointNOVA_2014 9/12/13 2:47 PM Page 1 2014 Appointment and Directions Guide Northern Virginia 2014 REFERRAL RESOURCE KIT NOW AVAILABLE The materials in the 2014 Referral Resource Kit are RED. Items include: available to request any APPOINTMENT AND DIREC+ FAX REFERRAL PADS are imaging study at Children's TIONS PADS are a quick available to fax referrals National Imaging at the reference that includes for pediatric specialty Montgomery County directions and a comprecare. This system allows Regional Outpatient Center. hensive listing of physiyou to seamlessly send cians and services offered referral information at each of our Regional to our contact center, + DIRECTORY OF SERVICES Outpatient Centers and allowing your care team is a reference guide of all affiliated practices. These to provide pertinent Children's National Health pads are available for DC, information about a System specialists and serMaryland, and Virginia, in patient to our specialvices, with detailed descripboth English and Spanish. ists so we can better tions of clinical programs and co-manage your patients services as well as photos and meet their specialty and biographical information + OUTPATIENT IMAGING care needs. about our specialists. REFERRAL PADS are + Appointment pads also are available for Maryland and in Spanish. Email tbear@ChildrensNational.org to request copies. Please Note: Children's National Health System and Inova recently formed the Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, LLC (PSV). This outpatient practice will bring together pediatric specialists from both institutions to deliver care to children in Northern Virginia. Specialties include: orthopaedics, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, nephrology, and genetics. The outpatient practice opens September 30, 2013. Please discard old copies and call 202-476-4500 if you need any new referral materials. IN THE NEWS 3

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