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Divisions

Medical Division
    Acute Inpatient Care
    Adolescent Medicine
    Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Community Pediatrics
    Critical Care Medicine
    Developmental Pediatrics
    Pediatric Endocrinology
    Gasteroenterology
    General Pediatrics
    Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    Neonatal Medicine
    Nephrology
    Palliative Care and Pain Management
    Pulmonology
Pediatric Surgical Services
    Pediatric Surgery
    Neurosurgery
    Orthopaedic Surgery
    Otolaryngology
    Plastic Surgery
    Transplant Surgery
    Urology
Additional Pediatric Services
    Anesthesiology
    Care Connection for Children  
    Pediatric Dentistry
    Dermatology
    Emergency Medicine
    Human Genetics
    Child Neurology
    Ophthalmology
    Pharmacology and Toxicology   
    Child Psychiatry/Psychology
    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Radiology
    

Additional Pediatric Services

Anesthesiology

The Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology provides the only dedicated 24/7 Pediatric Anesthesia call team in the community. Each member of the division is fellowship trained and all have considerable experience in managing pediatric surgical patients.

Members of the division care for neonates, infants, and small children with emergency or complex surgical needs. We also participate in the Children’s Heart Center Program with the only dedicated Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology team in the Central Virginia area. The division also provides sedation services to as many as fifteen sites outside of the operating theaters within the VCU Health System. Our skilled division members also participate in numerous “medical missions” throughout the year to care for pediatric patients in other countries.

Jay Shapiro, M.D., Chair
Jeannette Kierce, M.D.
Iolanda Russo-Menna, M.D.
Frank Stewart, M.D.
Clinic: (804) 828-9160

Care Connection for Children

Central Virginia Care Connection for Children is a collaborative initiative between the Virginia Department of Health and Regional Centers of Excellence for Children with Special Health Care Needs. Their mission is to develop and promote a system that serves children with special health care needs that is community-based, culturally competent and coordinated care, delivered within comprehensive and integrated systems of services.

The CVACCC provides services to families using a multidisciplinary approach including the professions of medicine, nursing, social work, education, insurance/eligibility and advocacy. The team-based approach assists the family in “pulling together” medical personnel including primary and specialty care, educators and community resources to determine how children with special health care needs can reach their maximum potential.

A care coordinator can help families:

  • find a pediatrician or family practice doctor.
  • find specialty medical care.
  • coordinate specialty care services.
  • get health insurance.
  • understanding their health insurance.
  • learn about community resources.
  • talk to schools, doctors and county services.
  • plan for the future.
  • solve problems when they come up.
  • access the “pool of funds” if they have no health insurance and meet the guidelines.
  • by offering to listen when there is no where to turn.

http://www.careconnections.vcu.edu
CCC Office: (804) 827-1795
Toll Free: (866) 737-5965

Pediatric Dentistry

Dental disease is the most common chronic illness of childhood, affecting 58 percent of all children. VCUMC Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive oral health care and dental services to children. Services range from regular outpatient checkups and treatment to hospital consultations, dental surgery, emergency room intervention and care for children with special health needs.

John H. Unkel, D.D.S., M.P.A., Department Chair
Tegwyn Brickhouse, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Holly Lewis, D.M.D.
Diane Howell, MSNA
Michael Webb, D.D.S.
Appointments: (804) 828-9095

Dermatology

Dermatologists at the Children’s Medical Center provide diagnosis and treatment of chronic and acute disorders with special interest in acne, atopic eczema, vascular malformations and hereditary and/or congenital skin diseases in children.

Laurie Shinn, M.D.
Appointments: (804) 828-9361

Emergency Medicine

As the only Level One Trauma Center in the area, the Children’s Medical Center ER is a premier site for the evaluation, treatment, and expert care of children who have experienced severe and life threatening injuries. Our multidisciplinary ER team comprises surgeons, physicians, nurses, social workers and physical and occupational therapists.

The VCUHS Pediatric Transport Team and the VCULifeEvac helicopter enable the rapid air transfer of patients requiring immediate interventions. Most air-transport patients suffer from head-trauma, neurological or respiratory failure/arrest. The pediatric transport team also cares for patients suffering from everything from animal bites to severe burns. With its multidisciplinary team approach and ability to perform air transports, the Pediatric Emergency Room serves as a hub for transports from regional hospitals and beyond.

Robin Foster, M.D., Medical Director
Samuel Bartle, M.D.
Steven Liner, M.D.
Christopher Woleben, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Room: (804) 828-9111
Pediatric Transport: (804) 371-8080
Child Abuse Clinic: (804) 828-7400

Human Genetics

The Genetic Program seeks to address families’ concerns about their children’s special health care needs, birth defects, metabolic and inherited conditions. A genetics consultation includes a review of medical records, family history and a detailed physical exam. All families receive counseling and written information with follow up describing their child’s genetic issues.

Patients are often referred to the division for evaluation of and comprehensive services for failure-to-thrive, developmental delay, neurological symptoms, recurrent vomiting, hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia and metabolic acidosis. The division currently has an interest in genetic hearing loss and has NIH funded research to study genes causing hereditary deafness, in addition to researching Smith-Magenis syndrome, Mosaic Down Syndrome, birth defects, epidemic lagy, and cancer genetic counseling.

Joann Bodurtha, M.D., M.P.H.
Margie Jaworski, M.D.
Arti Pandya, M.D., M.B.A.
Usha Sundaram, M.D.
Sarah Elsea, Ph.D.
John Quillin, M.S., MPH, Ph.D.
Appointments: (804) 828-9632

Child Neurology

The VCUHS Department of Child Neurology provides comprehensive evaluation of and follow-through care for all neurological problems. Services are available for children with neurological problems ranging from seizures and developmental delay to Attention Deficit Disorder and severe headaches.

John Pellock, M.D., Chair
David Leszczyszyn, M.D.
Lydia Kernitsky, M.D.
Lawrence Morton, M.D.
Steven Shapiro, M.D.
Jean E. Teasley, M.D.
Kathryn O’Hara, RN
Mary S. Wilson, FNP-BC
Clinic and Appointments: (804) 828-0442

Ophthalmology

Christopher Leffler, M.D.
Keith W. McNeer, M.D.
Referrals: (804) 828-9315

Pharmacology and Toxicology

The Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology provides emergency and elective consultation for children and adolescents with both acute and chronic poisonings, adverse drug reactions, and drug interactions.

Billy R. Martin, Ph.D.
Forrest Smith, Ph.D.
Office: (804) 828-8407

Child Psychiatry/Psychology

The VCUHS Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Child Psychiatry has a state of the art child psychiatry facility that provides services for short-term, inpatient, residential, day treatment and outpatient care to children and adolescents. The physicians also serve hearing-impaired children with mental health needs and provide specialty child psychiatry clinics in Developmental Disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, and Mood Disorders that require a multidisciplinary approach.

Bella Sood, M.D., Chair and Medical Director
Cheryl Al-Mateen, M.D.
Robert Cohen, Ph.D.
Nenita Estrera, M.D.
Leslie Kimball Franck, Ph.D.
Brian Hill, L.C.S.W.
Jane Kudlas, Ph.D.
Julie Linker, Ph.D.
Bryce Mcleod, Ph.D.
Brian Meyer, Ph.D.
Donald Oswald, Ph.D.
Roxann Roberson Nay, Ph.D.
Ray Sattler, M.D.
Ronald Snead, M.D.
Neil Sonenklar, M.D.
Radhika Sriram, M.D.
Joel Walker, M.D.
Susan Williams, Ph.D.
Issac Wood, M.D.

Virginia Treatment Center for Children (VTCC)
VTCC Inpatient Admissions: (804) 828-8822
VTCC Outpatient Services: (804) 828-3137
VTCC After Hours Admissions 1-800-628-4141

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program at the VCU Children’s Medical Center serves children and adolescents in need of rehabilitation due to trauma, disease, surgery or congenital disability. The program offers levels of treatment that range from comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation care, day patient and outpatient services provided by a team of pediatric experts and led by pediatric physical and rehabilitation physicians. Follow-up care and consultative services are available in surrounding community hospitals and the Outpatient Center at Children’s Hospital, located at 2924 Brook Road in Richmond, Va.

William McKinley, M.D., Program Director
Sharon Brown, MSPT
Patty Cooper, M.Ed., OTR-L, BCP
Elizabeth Higgins, MACCCSLP
Jean Maxwell, MACCCSLP
Sheri Michel, MSOT, OTR-L
Eugenio Monasterio, M.D.
Appointments with the doctors: (888) 628-4240

Radiology

Three certified pediatric radiologists, providing consultation and interpretation of all aspects of pediatric imaging, including 24-hour call coverage for emergencies in children, cover the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Radiology.

The division currently is developing a project involving chest X-ray roles in the evaluation of severity of bronchial asthma. Radiology services at the Children’s Medical Center currently include MRI and CAT scanning, radiation therapy, ultrasound, x-ray and other techniques for diagnostic examinations of infants and children

Lakshmana Das Narla, M.D., Chair
Out patient: (804) 828-6831
Inpatient: (804) 828-5498

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia Commonwealth University | VCU Health System | School of Medicine
Children's Pavilion
1001 East Marshall Street
P.O. Box 980264
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0264
Phone: (804) 828-7035 | Fax: (804) 828-8559
Email: scantor@vcu.edu
Updated: 12/09/2008