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Questions to Ask Your Doctor When Diagnosed With High-Risk Pregnancy

Questions to Ask Your Doctor When Diagnosed With High-Risk Pregnancy

For most expecting parents, learning that you’re pregnant and waiting for your baby to arrive is an exciting, joyous time. However, when you learn that you may have a high-risk pregnancy, time just sort of stops. Read some questions to ask your doctor, from a mom who's been through it.

Welcome Sue Kramer to Radiology!

Welcome Sue Kramer to Radiology!

My name is Sue Kramer and I just joined the Cincinnati Children’s team as a senior administrative assistant in Radiology. I’m so glad to be a part of this fantastic organization. I am a lifelong resident of the West Side of Cincinnati. While I grew up in Bridgetown, my husband and I raised our children in Price Hill. Our kids were able to walk to school,

You Have A Non-Anesthesia Interventional Radiology Study At Cincinnati Children’s, What Happens Next?

You Have A Non-Anesthesia Interventional Radiology Study At Cincinnati Children’s, What Happens Next?

If your child is having a procedure in Interventional Radiology without sedation/general anesthesia, you will first check-in at the main radiology desk located in Building B1. A nurse will take you and your child to a holding room in Interventional Radiology before reviewing your child’s medical history and verifying the exam to be conducted. The interventional

Safety and Prevention

Winter Sports Injuries: What You Need to Know

Winter Sports Injuries: What You Need to Know

These safety tips can help protect your kids from common winter sports injuries associated with skiing, snowboarding and sledding.

Child Development and Behavior

COVID-Related Anxiety in Kids: Why It’s Happening and How to Help

COVID-Related Anxiety in Kids: Why It’s Happening and How to Help

After two years of living through a pandemic, we're noticing that kids are behaving in ways that are similar to how we act after experiencing loss. This makes sese -- they have missed out on nearly two years of normalcy. A child psychologist explains how to help kids work through COVID-related anxiety.

2021 Year End Wrap Up

2021 Year End Wrap Up

Happy New Year! We hope you and your family had a great holiday. Last year was a very productive and busy year for the Radiology Department. Below is our year-end wrap up! Several technologists joined our Radiology family. We gained three new faculty members: Dr. John Choi, Dr. Aki Tanimoto and Dr. Shireen Hayatghaibi. All three have some very interesting backgrounds. We also said goodbye to a few others. Drs. Steven Kraus and

Safety and Prevention

Cold Weather Car Safety Seat Reminders

Cold Weather Car Safety Seat Reminders

Cold weather gear and car safety seats don't go well together. Puffy coats and snowsuits are too bulky to allow straps to get tight enough. Learn how to buckle your baby and kids safely in cold weather.

Rare and Complex Conditions

From My Perspective: A Doctor’s View of Multidisciplinary Care

From My Perspective: A Doctor’s View of Multidisciplinary Care

A few years ago, I met a family from Minnesota seeking an additional opinion about care for their teenage son, Bryce. He had autism as well as liver disease, which had recently worsened. He had developed hepatic encephalopathy, a condition seen in advanced liver disease that causes confusion, irritability, change in school performance, disorientation, and

Heart Conditions

Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Your Teen Athlete

Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Your Teen Athlete

While sudden cardiac arrest in the young is rare, it often quickly leads to death. Here's what you need to know in case it does happen.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

In this loveliest of seasons, may you find many reasons for happiness. Wishing you a very Happy New Year and sending lots of love from our Radiology family to yours! Meredith Towbin, copy editor

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Hope this Holiday Season brings you many great memories and wonderful reasons to smile. -Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Christmas vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com

Learning and Growing

Tips for Teaching Empathy To Kids During the Holidays

Tips for Teaching Empathy To Kids During the Holidays

As a season of giving and being of service to others, the holidays are a great opportunity for children to learn about empathy! It is essential for forming healthy, fulfilling relationships. Learn some strategies to help children develop and build this skill, from one of our child psychologists.

Welcome Dr. Shireen Hayatghaibi

Welcome Dr. Shireen Hayatghaibi

Hello everyone, my name is Shireen Hayatghaibi. I’m one of the new faculty working in the Imaging Research Center, a sub-division of Radiology. My primary role is research, writing papers/grants, giving presentations, accumulating data and drinking large quantities of coffee. I’m also affiliated with the Anderson Center. I grew up in Houston, TX. Houston is known for

Rare and Complex Conditions

Liver Transplant Recipient Becomes Nurse on Same Floor

Liver Transplant Recipient Becomes Nurse on Same Floor

The first day of a new job is always a mixture of emotions. For Kara Westra, things felt like they had become full circle. That's because she was once a patient on the liver transplant floor, and now she is a nurse treating the same types of patients.

Child Development and Behavior

Moving Cross Country for Lifesaving Heart Care

Moving Cross Country for Lifesaving Heart Care

We decided to bring Wyatt from California to Cincinnati Children’s because of the team of talented surgeons and cardiologists. Their experience and expertise in the field are second to none and knowing that helped put me at ease.

Heart Conditions

What Heart Patient Families Need to Know About COVID-19

What Heart Patient Families Need to Know About COVID-19

As the pandemic continues, many parents of children with heart conditions have questions and concerns about COVID-19 and how to keep their children safe and healthy.

RSNA 2021, Why Our Faculty Attend

The holidays are a busy time of year for everyone, but they also happen to be an even busier time for radiologists. Every year during the week following Thanksgiving, the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting is held in Chicago, Illinois. This is the single largest radiology conference of the year and one of the

What Are You Grateful For?

Here in our Department of Radiology at Cincinnati Children’s, we are grateful for so much. We challenged our staff to send out appreciation of gratitude to their fellow co-workers via an electronic medium or in person. We challenged them to continue to express their gratitude to at least two colleagues per day and write a

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the time to be thankful, remember good times, and embrace those who enrich our lives. Our Radiology Department at Cincinnati Children’s is thankful for a lot of things, but we are most thankful for our hard-working faculty and staff. Happy Thanksgiving!

Gratitude Games

Gratitude Games

This month of November our Radiology Department is launching its Gratitude Games. It is a way for our colleagues to express their thanks to each other and to our patients and families. Many of us received heartfelt thank you messages from our co-workers. We know that many thank you messages were provided directly in person. However, we also saw a large increase

The COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunocompromised Kids

The COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunocompromised Kids

With the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases and the increasing vaccination rates, it may feel like the pandemic is headed in the right direction. However, people who are immunocompromised may feel stuck because the COVID-19 vaccine was not studied in this group. Learn why and what's next for this patient population.

Radiology Adopt a Family Fundraiser

Radiology Adopt a Family Fundraiser

Each year, the Radiology department historically “adopts” a family for Christmas. Our adopted families share a history with Cincinnati Children’s. The families we typically adopt are dealing with the normal demands of daily life with children when suddenly their family experiences devastating news regarding a child. Now, instead of their family holiday-time traditions, they must learn to adjust to a new normal of doctor/clinic

My Child Is Fully Vaccinated – Now What?

My Child Is Fully Vaccinated – Now What?

The long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine is now here! After waiting five weeks for the vaccine to be the most effective, an infectious diseases doctor explains what parents can feel comfortable doing.

Radiology Week Thank You in the Words of Our Patients and Families

Radiology Week Thank You in the Words of Our Patients and Families

The words and phrases listed above come directly from feedback from our patients and families who visited us in the month of October. The last comment sums it up succinctly: “Thank you for taking such good care of us.” The word cloud gives us in Radiology some idea of the real impact that we have on those that come to us for help. Y’all really

More Radiology Employees Joining our Team this Fall

More Radiology Employees Joining our Team this Fall

We are still busy filling our ranks in our Radiology Department this fall. Here are some more new technologists and support administration joining our team. Avalonia Ava McCloud Hi, I’m Avalonia “Ava” McCloud, but you can just call me Ava. I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and came to Cincinnati for my medical education. Cincinnati is more of a relaxed town as compared to Atlanta—not

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