Featured Story The Serious Side of Play
By using toys, games and fun to connect with young patients, child life specialists do crucial work in preventing the trauma that can arise with hospitalizations and other medical interventions.
Spring 2022
The Johns Hopkins Children's Center Magazine
Articles in this Issue
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Child's Eye View - Iris Li
Young patients like Iris Li tap into their creativity while working with artist-in-residence Linnea Payne.
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Schooled in Good Health
Established by Children’s Center leaders in 2014, the Rales Health Center has become a much-valued hub for health and wellness for students of the KIPP charter schools in West Baltimore, and their families. When COVID-19 struck, efforts to address inequity took on even more urgency.
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Shaped in the Southwest
Providing health care to members of the Navajo Nation and other Native American communities has proven formative for medical residents who pursue electives with the Indian Health Service as part of their residency training. In the profiles that follow, four young doctors share their experiences.
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Director's Letter - A Bright Future Ahead
Taking a collective breath and looking ahead with renewed optimism to a bright future ahead.
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Rothman to Retire as Dean/CEO
“A decade felt like the right time horizon to help advance the missions of JHM,” says Rothman.
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New Options in Outpatient Anesthesiology
Young patients can now undergo a variety of procedures at the ambulatory center at Green Spring Station.
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Remembering the ‘Heart and Soul’ of the Children’s Center
Beloved longtime nurse Polly Hesterberg was known for her tireless advocacy for young patients.
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Tomorrow’s Health Care Leaders
A workshop by the Pediatric Diversity Council focused on helping MERIT Scholars recognize how social determinants of health affect health outcomes.
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Intervening Earlier to Stop Seizures in Epilepsy
Expanded surgical options allow Johns Hopkins doctors to effectively treat seizures as soon as possible.
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Pass the Broccoli
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center microbiologist Lori Jones-Brando and colleagues offer findings showing a potential new weapon against COVID-19 and the common cold: sulforaphane.
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Young Blood: When Conservation is Critical
“But nobody was focusing on blood conservation when it came to the pediatric population,” says Goswami, now an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins and director of pediatric cardiac anesthesia.
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A New Model for Congenital Heart Disease Research
Imagine a “biological pacemaker,” a simple injection that stimulates the heart to create its own healthy version of the cells that regulate rhythm. Or stem cell injections that help a damaged heart regenerate after a heart attack.
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'He Gave Me Back My Life'
A young dancer found her way back to the stage, thanks to the pediatric chronic pain rehabilitation team.
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Cultivating ‘Emotional Safety’
The importance of cultivating “emotional safety” as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
