Announcements

Seattle Children’s partnered with the Washington State Department of Health to create the new Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: Critical Elements of Care guide.

To learn more, check out these additional resources:

• Seattle Children’s: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
• Seattle Children’s: Refer a Patient 
• Seattle Children’s: Patient and Family Resources

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Seattle Children’s is providing influenza vaccinations to inpatients and outpatients. Patients will be screened for eligibility. Seattle Children’s will also offer the vaccination to the Emergency Department and Urgent Care patients. All vaccinations given to patients are documented in the Child Profile Immunization Registry.

Seattle Children’s efforts to vaccinate patients are in accordance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase access to the vaccine in healthcare settings.

For questions about flu vaccinations at Children’s, email Dr. Matthew Kronman, infectious diseases specialist.

The Seattle Children’s Program to Enhance Attention, Regulation and Learning (PEARL) for ADHD is now accepting limited patients. Our demand continues to exceed supply and as our community partners we want to inform you of changes to our referral process.

Moving forward, all referrals to the PEARL clinic need to include a Vanderbilt Assessment completed within the last 3 months by both the patient’s caregiver and teacher along with the top three reasons for referral. Our goal is to see your patients within 4 months of referral to provide specialized evaluation and treatment services.

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While Seattle Children’s previously used a radiology service called eMix, we recently transitioned to PowerShare Medical Image Upload.

PowerShare offers providers and patients a way to securely load medical images directly into Children’s systems. This new system allows providers and patients access to upload medical images directly, helps improve patient care and reduces dependencies on CDs and DVDs.

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Seattle Children’s will be opening a new Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC) adjacent to the Othello Link light rail station in the Rainier Valley. OBCC is a community clinic that provides medical, dental, mental health and nutrition services to all families, regardless of their ability to pay. OBCC has been committed to delivering equitable health and wellness care to lower-income and ethnically diverse children for nearly half a century. The clinic will be approximately 35,000 square feet to meet the wellness needs of the growing pediatric population in south Seattle and south King County.

With surging rents and rising housing prices leading to gentrification around Seattle’s urban core, the second location will be closer to the 75 percent of OBCC patient families who have moved from the Central District to south Seattle and south King County for more affordable housing.

The original OBCC, located in the Central District, will be renovated to upgrade its clinical facilities and maintain its cultural heritage in the community. The clinic will continue to serve families in the Central District and adjacent neighborhoods, as well as communities to the north and west. Read full post »

Located on the Providence Everett Colby campus, our new North Clinic will offer more than 18 pediatric specialties, including many that are new to the area. The clinic will also provide lab services, urgent care and radiology.

North Clinic features all the leading technology you expect from Seattle Children’s. We’re dedicated to partnering with you and
providing expert pediatric specialty care to families in north King, Snohomish, Whatcom and Skagit Counties.

Seattle Children’s North replaces our Mill Creek and Everett clinics, which will close as of Aug. 10.

Services We Will Offer:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Audiology
• Cardiology (including fetal and pediatric echo)
• Child Wellness Clinic
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology/Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery
• Genetics
• Lab
• Nephrology
• Neurodevelopmental
• Neurology (including EEG)
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology
• Physical Therapy
• Pulmonology and Sleep
• Medicine
• Radiology
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Sports Medicine
• Telemedicine
• Urgent Care
• Urology

Come visit Seattle Children’s new North Clinic in Everett during our Community Provider Open House Aug. 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Meet Children’s leaders and the providers who will be offering care in your neighborhood.

Tour the facility and learn more about our expanded pediatric services.

Heavy appetizers and drinks will be served.

RSVP by July 30 to Physician Relations at (206) 987-5765 or [email protected].

Seattle Children’s North Clinic is located at 1815 13th St. in Everett, WA.

Starting August 15, Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center Lab will have new hours for blood draws:

• Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Closed Sundays and holidays

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To see all course information and upcoming dates visit: www.seattlechildrens.org/PALS.

Providers seeking the full course training may appreciate the one day PALS Provider Course for Physicians and Advanced Practitioners offered September 8, 2018. Providers seeking flexible time may choose HeartCode PALS On-Line Part 1 and In-class Part 2, offered September 6 or 8, 2018.

The official American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) curriculum includes:

• Video and PALS Instructor-led science, resuscitation skills and case scenario simulation
• Skills test with team approach in cardiac, respiratory and shock case scenarios
• Written exam in class for Provider and Renewal Courses. On-line for HeartCode PALS Part 1
• HeartCode PALS, Part 1 online learning and Part 2 in-class skills test, for either initial PALS certification or renewal
• PALS Provider certification eCard issued upon successful completion of objectives

At completion of the PALS Provider, HeartCode and Renewal Courses, the participants will:

• Evaluate, identify and intervene for respiratory failure, cardiac dysrhythmia, and shock states in infants and children
• Demonstrate effective communication in resuscitation team approach as team leader and team member
• Perform correct techniques in basic life support, airway maintenance, vascular access, and cardiac electric and pharmacologic therapy

The following Seattle Children’s medical staff were recognized in Seattle Magazine’s Top Doctors list for 2018.

• Cora Breuner, MD, MPH
• Ann Giesel, MD
• Margaret Adam, MD
• Heather Brandling-Bennett, MD
• Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH
• Daniel Doherty, MD
• William Walker Jr, MD
• Samuel Zinner, MD
• Dennis Shaw, MD
• Catherine Pihoker, MD
• Craig Taplin, MD
• Russell Geyer, MD
• Douglas Hawkins, MD
• Dana Matthews, MD
• Julie Park, MD
• Karen Murray, MD
• David Suskind, MD
• Ghassan Wahbeh, MD
• Yuk Ming Law, MD
• Mark Lewin, MD
• Jack Salerno, MD
• Douglas Hanel, MD
• Sherilyn Smith, MD
• Danielle Zerr, MD, MPH
• Joseph Flynn, MD, MS
• Jodi Smith, MD, MPH
• Richard Ellenbogen, MD
• Jeffrey Ojemann, MD
• Catherine Amlie-Lefond, MD
• Edward Novotny, MD
• Russell Saneto, DO, PhD
• Avery Weiss, MD
• Sanjay Parikh, MD
• Kathleen Sie, MD
• Raj Kapur, MD
• Benjamin Danielson, MD
• Susan Apkon, MD
• Teresa Massagli, MD
• Richard Hopper, MD
• Ray Hsiao, MD
• Hower Kwon, MD
• Carol Rockhill, MD, PhD
• Ronald Gibson, MD, PhD
• Gregory Redding, MD
• Amanda Striegl, MD
• Anne Stevens, MD, PhD
• Jorge Reyes, MD
• Jeffrey Avansino, MD, MBA
• Patrick Javid, MD
• Robert Sawin, MD
• John Waldhausen, MD
• Thomas Lendvay, MD
• Paul Merguerian, MD, MS

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