Pictured: In the new Pediatric Radiology suite, Drs. Melissa Spevak, Thierry Huisman and Aylin Tekes.
The Division of Pediatric Radiology at Hopkins Children's has a new home!
• Ultra-modern technology designed to improve care, streamline workflow and encourage efficiencies
• X-rays and CT scanners use the newest techniques to reduce the applied radiation dose to a minimum
• The most sensitive, highest-speed CT scanners and pre-imaging quiet rooms eliminate the need for sedation in many young children who tend to fidget
• Conveniently located right next to the pediatric ORs and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• An MR-compatible incubator for critically ill newborns allows a baby to be imaged without ever leaving the safety of the incubator
New Home for Our Inpatients Our patients who need hospitalization have a new home at Johns Hopkins: The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center. Our new 205-bed building features: Easy access via front entrance or pedestrian bridge to Orleans Street Garage and our Rubenstein Child Health Building. |
“All of our imaging equipment and technology will be where all the action is and where we’re needed the most.The pediatric ORs literally open into pediatric radiology.” -Thierry Huisman, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Radiology
Mission of the Division of Pediatric Radiology
- State-of-the-art pediatric radiology with the highest level of medical expertise and the newest imaging techniques limiting exposure to ionizing radiation in a child friendly environment for patients up to 19 years of age.
- State-of-the-art education for radiology residents, fellows in pediatric (neuro-)radiology and radiological technologists.
- State-of-the-art research to better understand pediatric diseases and pathologies and to develop advanced imaging techniques tailored to the specific needs of children.
Special Services
- Plain film imaging.
- Functional imaging using fluoroscopy with reduced radiation dose techniques.
- Pediatric ultrasonography including duplex sonography.
- Computer tomography with reduced radiation dose techniques (Dose-care).
- Magnetic resonance imaging in natural sleep, conscious sedation and in general anesthesia.
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging including diffusion tensor imaging, perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging, 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- Second opinion of pediatric radiological studies.
- All studies are performed with child-specific equipment.