What Ophthalmologic Feature Is This Child Most Likely To Develop?
A 5-year-old male presents to his pediatrician for a yearly check-up and immunizations. On examination, numerous light brown macules are …
Do recognize this genetic disorder?
A full-term female infant is born to a healthy 34-year-old woman. Newborn examination reveals a broad chest with widely spaced …
Developmental Delay and Hypocalcemia—What’s the Cause?
Case Details A 9-year-old girl is brought to a new pediatrician by her mother over concerns regarding her weight. She …
Q&A with Dr. Perri Klass, Pediatrician and Journalist
Dr. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and journalist for the New York Times, an author, and a professor of Journalism …
Decision in a Sea of Dental Residencies
Over the holidays, dental school students all over the nation put down the books, hung up the scrubs, and went …
Q&A with Dr. Shane Quinonez, Pediatric Geneticist
Dr. Shane Quinonez is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at The …
20 Clinical Practice Guidelines That Medical Students Should Know
Clinical practice guidelines are the backbone of evidence-based medicine. While there are literally thousands of published guidelines, a few of …
Why Med-Peds? A Current Resident’s Perspective
The transition from eager-to-learn-everything MS3 to self-assured MS4 with a clear residency goal comes much easier for some than others. …
Pediatrics In Review: A Look at Clerkship #2
Central to the skillset of every physician is the differential diagnosis; this is the process by which new patients are …
Reflections On An Encounter During My Elective in Vanuatu
Despite being on the top of a hill, the hospital was remarkably unimposing and unimpressive: just one floor high and …
What You Should Know: Talking to Parents about their Obese Children
According to the Center for Disease Control, childhood obesity is reaching what some are calling an epidemic proportion in America: …
What You Should Know: Connecting With Pediatric Patients
What You Should Know is an ongoing series covering a range of informational topics relevant to current and future healthcare …
The Med-Peds Residency: Big and Small, We Care for Them All
As third year medical students you’re rotating through your general specialties and you think you’re seeing familiar faces but in …
Talking to Parents About Vaccines
Well Baby visits can be stressful for both physicians and the new parents – not to mention the baby! Discussions …
20 Questions: John Hunt, MD, Peds Pulmonology/Allergy/Immunology
Dr. John Hunt discusses his varied career as a pediatric asthma specialist, military physician, academic, novelist, and entrepreneur, and offers some advice for students.
20 Questions: Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Sapna Kudchadkar shares advice for students and gives perspective on the field of pediatric critical care medicine and anesthesiology
20 Questions: Dennis Stokes, MD, MPH, Pediatric Pulmonologist
Dr. Dennis C. Stokes is a Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Program in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at Children’s …
20 Questions: David C. Hilmers, Med-Peds, Former Astronaut
David C. Hilmers, MD, EE, MPH, is as assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in the …