Children's National Medical Center

Children's National Medical Center began over 130 years ago to serve the pediatric needs of the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Over the years it has been consistently rated as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the USA. The Children's Research Institute (CRI) is an arm o Children's National Medical Center. CRI is an academic, clinical teaching and research center that works in conjunction with Metro D.C. Medical schools. CRI receives substantial funding from the NIH. CRI has a Center for Cancer Research and Immunology Research, Center for Clinical and Community research, Center for Genetic Medicine Research and Center for Neuroscience Research. CRI employs more than 300 scientists and other professionals. CRI studies complex disorders in children.

Address
 111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20010    
Website
http://www.childrensnational.org/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_National_Medical_Center

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Pediatrics

Training teams for timely NICU evacuation

In late August 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake—the strongest east of the Mississippi since 1944—shook Washington, D.C., with such force that it cracked the Washington Monument and damaged the National Cathedral.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Paradoxical outcomes for Zika-exposed tots

In the midst of an unprecedented Zika crisis in Brazil, there were a few flickers of hope: Some babies appeared to be normal at birth, free of devastating birth defects that affected other Brazilian children exposed to the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Neuroimaging essential for Zika cases

Seventy-one of 110 Brazilian infants at the highest risk for experiencing problems due to exposure to the Zika virus in the womb experienced a wide spectrum of brain abnormalities, including calcifications and malformations ...

Cardiology

Plasticizer interaction with the heart

Calling an ambulance during an emergency, emailing a breaking news or journal article before a 5 p.m. deadline and maintaining conditions during the fifth week of a 6-week lab study, without altering the light or temperature, ...

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