Inova Children’s Hospital is home to the region’s only Level IV, comprehensive sub-specialty NICU. For the sixth year in a row Inova Children’s Hospital NICU has been recognized for its quality care and outcomes. The 108-bed unit is staffed 24 hours a day by a multidisciplinary team of neonatal specialists, including round the clock in-house board-certified neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners and specialized nurses. Our NICU cares for high-risk infants requiring specialized care and observation.
The Congenital Heart Program at Inova Children’s Hospital has been caring for the hearts of our region’s children for more than 25 years. Board-certified pediatric cardiologists, electrophysiologists, anesthesiologists, radiologists, and congenital cardiac surgeons have dedicated their practice to helping children overcome complex congenital anomalies, including hypoplastic left heart and other single ventricle syndromes. Fetal cardiologists partner with obstetrics, maternal fetal medicine and other pediatric specialists for multi-disciplinary care coordination and consultation. Each year, our pediatric cardiac surgeons perform approximately 300 surgeries with outcomes that outperform national benchmarks and standards.
Inova Children’s Neuroscience Program is uniquely qualified to evaluate and treat neurological conditions from birth and into adulthood.
Combining the expertise of Inova Children’s Hospital with the specialty knowledge of Inova Neuroscience Institute, the program features a full complement of board-certified specialists who cover all aspects of inpatient and outpatient care from diagnosis and treatment to rehabilitation and long-term follow-up.
The pediatric neurosurgeons, neurologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, and other clinical team members are skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of the most complex congenital brain and spinal cord anomalies. Capabilities include the surgical and non-surgical treatment of spina bifida, hydrocephalus, chiari malformation, tethered spinal cord, encephalocele and intracranial cysts.
Inova Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Program and its pediatric experts use a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate and treat children with craniofacial abnormalities. Pediatric plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, oral and maxilofacial surgeons, ENTs, dentists, audiologists, and speech and language pathologists see patients in a coordinated clinic model, led by a nurse navigator.
The Craniofacial Program is skilled in the treatment of cleft lip/palate, craniosynostosis, hemifacial microsomia, Pierre Robin sequence, and other craniofacial abnormalities.
The division of Medical Genomics includes medical geneticists and genetic counselors who are able to provide expectant mothers with genetic testing and counseling for a variety of maternal and fetal diagnoses. In addition to clinical genetic testing that Inova is able to provide, the Inova Translational Medicine Institute focuses their research on identifying genomic causes for disease. If a rare or unknown genetic diagnosis is suspected, the Institute is able to perform full genome sequencing in order to help determine a possible diagnosis.