Walking in Support of the Collaborators
As I looked down at the little hand holding mine, I felt a real sense of gratitude. I was walking to show my support for a true Children's Hospital...I was walking with and for this little boy and...
View ArticleWhat We Need To Know
It's time to draw my readers' attention to last week's community announcement about my longstanding and much hoped for "true Children's Hospital." The good news? .
View ArticleSunscreen Advice Revisited
I've long been a fan of sunscreen, but I've also joked about how we slather SPF 99 on our babies the minute they're born. As you head out to buy your family's sunscreen for the summer, there's new...
View ArticleTide Pods and Poison Control... Be In the Know
Tide Laundry Detergent Pods... the convenience packaged blob of laundry detergent, softener, brightener all in one pretty package. But looks can be deceiving, and if you've purchased this product, you...
View ArticleStrive For Five
I inadvertently stumbled on an approach to nutrition with my patients, and I think I may be on to something. It began with one of those pregnant pauses around my kitchen table as I pondered the...
View ArticleHealthcare Business Models and The Cheesecake Factory
I read an article with interest this week in the New Yorker magazine by one of my favorite physician writers, Atul Gawande, MD. I'm hoping he will have dinner with me one of these days, but I'm going...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Tears for the Children's Hospital
It was a tough way to end a Monday. I was asked to attend a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the VCU Medical Center/Children's Hospital of Richmond and its new outpatient pediatric clinic facility... and...
View ArticleBuckle Up
We were talking about car seats this week on the practice Twitter feed and the Facebook page, and it reminded me of a wonderful commercial I'd seen recently.
View ArticleA Hospital for MY Children
A picture is worth a thousand words, and as often as I write about our city's need for a free-standing, full service children's hospital, I wondered recently if I ought to switch to pictures...
View ArticleSay What You Gotta Say
This week, I'm writing about the power of words. If you could say anything to a child that would change things for the better, what would you say?
View ArticleI Have The Better Idea
"Isn't telling part of the truth the same as telling a lie, Mommy?" With coffee in one hand and the OpEd page in the other, I knew I needed to explain, and I knew that the eyes of a child see complex...
View ArticleOnly ONE New Year's Resolution
As the year 2012 winds to its conclusion, I am particularly grateful that the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world. There's a lot going on, and I'm not sure I have time for the world to end.
View ArticleAll Children Have Special Needs
It is a privilege and a professional honor to be invited into the life of a special child. All children are special, but some have special needs. When my daughter, Teresa was stillborn...
View ArticleLessons in Perseverance
Twenty years is a long time, Mommy. Did you ask for a hospital for the children EVERY night you said "Now-I-lay-me-down-to-sleep?"
View ArticleThird World Health Perspectives: Boys, Play Ball!
I always say, "We change the world by what we teach the children." I learned that some of my patients are changing the world and looking for your help. I hope you will want read more. Their...
View ArticleCookie Monster and A Rainbow of Good Ideas
It’s an interesting day when Cookie Monster gets invited to TEDMED, a national conference on medical innovation. They host some of the wisest, most creative people in the medical field every year to...
View ArticleThe Power People Need To Hear From Us
Something really important will happen next week in Richmond, and if you would like to be a part of shaping the healthcare options of our children and grandchildren...
View ArticleTEDMED
Years ago, I received a card from one of the families in my practice with a sentiment expressed by Edith Wharton that made me think of TEDMED as I packed my suitcase...
View ArticleHome Birth in the Hospital
An AAP Policy Statement on the care of infants born at home prompted me to offer up another of my mother stories because the things I've learned along the way may resonate and offer some perspective.
View ArticleWhat Could It Mean For The New Children's Hospital?
Let's play pretend...imagine you are running a major university and a generous donor offers to give you a bazillion dollars. Maybe you'd tweak your basketball program, or maybe you need a new...
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