THROUGH THE YEARS
1990—PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT (PICU) CAMPAIGN
anks to a fundraising campaign in 1990 and the
generosity of the community, including a signicant
gi from the Mary Covey Trust, the six-bed PICU
opened in April 1991. e PICU established an
environment dedicated to providing critical care to
pediatric patients, who had previously been housed in
the adult intensive care unit.
1995—CHILDREN'S
HEALTH CENTER
Opened in 1995 through
the collaboration of
Elizabeth Patrenos, MD,
and Oscar Spivey, MD,
Children's Hospital,
Navicent Health oers
healthcare options
for children in the
community who may not
otherwise have access to a
pediatrician.
1990
1995
THROUGH THE YEARS
1980S–1990S—
RECRUITMENT OF
SPECIALISTS
"In the 1970s, critical care
was the only pediatric
subspecialty being developed,
but as time went on, the
number of specialties grew,
and we brought in specialists
to support our team," says
Lowell Clark, MD, Director
of the Pediatric Procedural
Sedation Service at
Children's Hospital, Navicent
Health and Associate
Professor of Pediatrics at
Mercer University School
of Medicine. "We recruited
a pediatric neurosurgeon, a
pediatric general surgeon, a
pediatric gastroenterologist
and two pediatric
endocrinologists in those
early days."
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