Divisions

Residents and third-year medical students will learn to treat and manage certain conditions in adolescents, such as:

• Sexually transmitted infections
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Menstrual abnormalities
• Nutrition and weight loss concerns
• Genitourinary problems
• Female athlete triad
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Depression, anxiety and substance abuse
• Acne
• Chronic fatigue

Students and residents will also learn about contraceptive initiation and reproductive counseling.

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Phone: 757.668.7850
Fax: 757.668.7885

Residents and third-year medical students will learn to treat and manage certain conditions, such as:

• Asthma
• Allergic rhinitis and sinusitis
• Chronic otitis
• Chronic urticaria
• Refractory atopic dermatitis
• Food and drug allergies

Residents and students will also learn how to administer allergy immunotherapy injections and diagnostic procedures including skin testing, pulmonary function testing and radioallergosorbent testing.

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Phone: 757.668.8255

Fax: 757.668.9444

Residents and third-year medical students will learn to:

• Perform preoperative screenings and assessments
• Provide care during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Offer postoperative pain management

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Phone: 757.668.7320

The Pediatric Cardiology division includes a team of pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists and physician assistants. We work closely with pediatric intensivists, medical geneticists, neonatologists, perinatologists and adult cardiologists as well. 

Residents and third-year medical students will learn to treat and manage certain conditions, such as:

• Acquired heart disease
• Adult congenital heart disease
• Cardiac arrythmias
• Chest pain
• Congenital heart defects
• Congestive heart failure
• Fainting
• Murmurs

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Phone: 757.668.7214
Fax: 757.668.8225

While working with the Child Abuse Pediatrics division, residents and third-year medical students will learn to provide comprehensive medical and mental health evaluations and therapeutic intervention for children suffering from suspected child abuse and neglect. 

This division offers a three-year Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship, which leads to a subboarding in Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. 

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Phone: 757.668.6100
Fax: 757.668.6109

Residents and medical students working in the Pediatric Clinical Psychology division will:

• Master outpatient and inpatient evaluation
• Conduct behavioral assessment
• Learn intervention methods such as cognitive, behavioral, individual and family psychotherapy
• Treat and manage chronic illnesses including cystic fibrosis, AIDS, sickle cell disease, cancer, diabetes and asthma

Residents and students provide services under direct supervision and receive personalized feedback. 

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Phone: 757.668.7247
Fax: 757.668.8288

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine division provide care for patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), an 18-bed medical and surgical unit. Patients in the PICU require maximum observation, support of vital functions and/or therapy for reversible life-threatening conditions. Residents and students may also gain experience placing central venous lines and sedation/analgesia for children with burns or other injuries that require specialized therapeutic intervention.

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Phone: 757.668.7331
Fax: 757.668.7537

Residents and medical students will learn to treat and manage a variety of acute and chronic skin disorders including:

• Atopic dermatitis
• Acne
• Cutaneous infections
• Nevi
• Vitiligo
• Genodermatoses
• Vascular anomalies
• Hair and nail disorders

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Phone: 757.668.8785
Fax: 757.668.8795

Residents and medical students will learn to provide a wide range of general medical services for patients with conditions such as:

• Intellectual disability
• Attention deficit disorder
• Autism
• Learning disability
• Speech or language challenges
• Cerebral palsy
• Down syndrome

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Phone: 757.668.7473
Fax: 757.668.7474

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Emergency Medicine division gain experience in emergency care for patients suffering an urgent medical condition. Our state-of-the-art emergency division consists of 26 treatment rooms including the minor care area. 

This division offers a three-year Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. 

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Phone: 757.668.9222
Fax: 757.668.7568

Residents and medical students will learn to diagnose, treat and manage conditions or diseases of the endocrine system in infants, children and adolescents. These conditions may include:

• Diabetes
• Disorders of sexual development of the thyroid, adrenal and parathyroid glands
• Hypoglycemia
• Hirsutism
• Menstrual disorders
• Disorders of bone metabolism/formation (including rickets)

In addition to the more than 3,500 visits to our clinics each year, our inpatient program is responsible for at least 100 admissions per year for children who require diagnostic workups. The division also has an ongoing contract with the City of Norfolk to provide care for adolescents at the Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center. 

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Phone: 757.668.7237
Fax: 757.668.9767

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Gastroenterology division will be exposed to the treatment of the entire spectrum of nutritional disorders as well as digestive, liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease.

Our division operates three satellite offices and makes monthly visits to St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children.

The Pediatric Gastroenterology division received the Chair's Award for Excellence in Clinical Education in 2004 and again in 2007.

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Phone: 757.668.7240
Fax: 757.668.7721

Residents and students working with the General Academic Pediatrics division will provide expert outpatient and inpatient clinical care that addresses the physical, emotional, educational and social needs of children and their families. 

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Phone: 757.668.7179
Fax: 757.668.9810

Residents and students will learn to provide care for infants, children and adolescents with malignancies and/or blood disorders. Special procedures include:

• Bone marrow aspirates and biopsies
• Laboratory evaluation of bleeding and thrombotic disorders
• Lumbar punctures
• Platelet aggregation
• Von Willebrand factor analysis
• Stem-cell harvest
• Treatment of disorders of the red blood cells

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology received the Chairman's Award for Excellence in Clinical Education in 2010. The division also received the Chairman's Award for Excellence in Pediatric Specialty Care for seven consecutive years (from 2005 through 2011).

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Phone: 757.668.7243
Fax: 757.668.7811

Residents and students working with the Pediatric Hospital Medicine division will learn to provide patients with safe, efficient, quality medical care that addresses the longitudinal needs of patients and their families. Our vision is to become the preferred provider of quality inpatient general medical services to children and families in the Hampton Roads area and surrounding communities. This vision is carried out using the Clinical, Administration, Research, Education (CARE) model:

• Clinical: CHKD hospitalists specialize in inpatient, non-intensive medical care of children. They provide comprehensive coverage for patients from admission through discharge, communicate routinely with primary care pediatricians to discuss diagnostic and treatment regimens and ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Administration: Hospitalists are actively involved in hospital administrative efforts, including routine participation on safety, quality and electronic health committees. They work closely with our nursing and ancillary staff colleagues to practice evidence-based medicine and develop practical clinical algorithms.
• Research: The Pediatric Hospital Medicine division is involved in several academic pursuits that include projects to examine discharge coordination, electronic communication, meningitis demographics and the treatment of inpatient asthma. 
• Education: There are routinely 3 to 4 medical students from EVMS on the ward team. Our hospitalists teach about 20 residents per year. They prepare several instructional sessions and encourage independent thought in the discovery and review of cutting-edge research. Members with the division have won several teaching awards.

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Phone: 757.668.8177
Fax: 757.668.7895

Residents and medical students will be exposed to the Pediatric Infectious Diseases division's two clinics: the Special Immunology Clinic and the Infectious Diseases Clinic.

This Special Immunology Clinic is held three times per week for patients (infants, children and mothers) with HIV/AIDS. Patients can work with a social worker or nutritionist or consult with family medicine and maternal-fetal medicine healthcare professionals.

The Infectious Diseases Clinic, held twice a week, sees over 600 patients annually. Patients are referred by community physicians for infectious disease-related problems.

Inpatient services include the treatment of cystic fibrosis, infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.

This division participates in research focused on gastroenteritis viruses. 

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Phone: 757.668.7238

Residents and medical students will learn to provide diagnostic evaluation, education, counseling and medical care for children and families with genetic disorders, birth defects, intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, neurological disorders, inborn errors of metabolism and chromosomal abnormalities.

Our division conducts 10 weekly clinics. Diagnostic procedures include:

• Metabolic studies
• Chromosome laboratory evaluations
• Peripheral blood and skin fibroblast chromosome evaluations
• Molecular genetic studies
• Genotype/phenotype correlation

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Phone: 757.668.9723
Fax: 757.668.9724

While working with the Neonatal Perinatal Medicine division, residents and medical students will learn to provide consultation, assessment, emergency and continuing care for premature and critically ill infants as well as Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients. Our division also supervises a neonatal follow-up clinic, where high-risk graduates from neonatal nurseries are given careful attention for growth, development and medical problems.

The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine division received the Chairman's Award for Excellence in Clinical Education in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

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Phone: 757.668.7546
Fax: 757.668.9255

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Nephrology division will learn to provide the most advanced diagnostic and treatment procedures for a wide range of diseases of the kidney and urinary tract including:

• Congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Postnatal management
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Acute and chronic glomerulonephritis
• Acute and chronic renal failure
• End-stage renal disease
• Hypertension
• Hematuria
• Proteinuria
• Renal tubular acidosis
• Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities
• Vitamin D resistant rickets
• Renal calculi
• Renal insufficiency
• Cystic kidney disease
• Renal stone disease
• Autoimmune diseases
• Patients requiring home dialysis
• Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration

Our division works closely with the CHKD and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital transplant teams in arranging renal transplants; post-surgery, the Pediatric Nephrology division is committed to comprehensive post-transplant patient care.

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Phone: 757.668.7244
Fax: 757.668.9255

Residents and students working with the Pediatric Neurology division will learn to consult, evaluate and manage acute and chronic disorders of the central and peripheral nervous and neuromuscular systems such as:

• Seizure disorders
• Epilepsy
• Cerebral palsy
• Intellectual disabilities
• Developmental delay
• Attention deficit disorders
• Neonatal neurological dysfunctions
• Birth defects
• Movement disorders
• Headaches
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Muscular dystrophy
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
• Cranial ultrasound
• Electroencephalogram

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Phone: 757.668.9920
Fax: 757.668.9905

Residents and students will learn to consult, recommend treatment and manage medication for children suffering from the effects of mental illness or behavioral disturbance. In a working partnership with parents and child, our division obtains a history of behavior, emotion and function with attention to genetic, medical, developmental, educational, social and family factors.

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Phone: 757.668.8866
Fax: 757.668.8870

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Pulmonology division will learn to treat patients with:

• Ventilators
• Racheotomy tubes
• Supplemental oxygen
• Apnea-bradycardia monitors
• Asthma
• Cystic fibrosis
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Pneumonias
• Interstitial lung diseases

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Phone: 757.668.7426
Fax: 757.668.7784

Residents and medical students will learn to treat patients with the following conditions:

• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Soft tissue rheumatism
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic fatigue
• Sports injuries
• Over-use syndromes
• Chronic and recurrent musculoskeletal pain syndromes

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Phone: 757.668.8572
Fax: 757.668.7784

Residents and medical students working with the Pediatric Sleep Medicine division will help treat patients with sleep disorders such as:

• Sleep apnea
• Breathing control
• Periodic limb movement disorder and restless leg syndrome
• Circadian rhythm disorder
• Narcolepsy
• Problems falling and/or staying asleep
• Insomnia and daytime sleepiness
• Sleepwalking, sleep talking, nightmares and sleep terrors

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Phone: 757.668.9466
Fax: 757.668.7000

Residents and students will learn to treat a wide range of conditions including:

• Musculoskeletal injuries for all body parts
  
  • Sprains, strains, dislocations, ligament injuries, tendonitis, apophysitis
  • Overuse injuries such as shin splints and stress fractures
  • Simple fractures and avulsions
  • Concussions
• Running shoe analysis and prescription
• Spondylolysis
• Female athlete triad
  
  • Irregular menses
  • Osteopenia
  • Disordered eating
• Heat illness
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Activity-related syncope, chest pain or difficulty breathing
• Nutritional and hydration assessment
• Performance enhancing substance counseling

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Phone: 757.668.7850
Fax: 757.668.7885