PSV Names Dr. Emily Hattwick Medical Director of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

Contact:  Justin Jones, Marketing & Communications Manager (703) 848-6651, jrjones@psvcare.org

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia                           

PRESS RELEASE

Release Date:  May 07, 2018

Fairfax, VA – Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) is pleased to announce that Dr. Emily Hattwick has been named Medical Director of its Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine division. 

Dr. Hattwick is one of the region’s top orthopaedic surgeons, amassing numerous “Top Doctor” awards – Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine – throughout her 13 years of providing top-notch care to children and families in the Northern Virginia area.

“The organization has great confidence in Dr. Hattwick’s ability to lead our orthopaedic surgery and sports division into the future,” said PSV Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Leon E. Moores.  “She has displayed enormous commitment and dedication to our mission, and we’re certain she and her team will continue to provide the best pediatric specialty care possible to the children and families we serve.”

Dr. Hattwick’s areas of clinical interest consists of pediatric hand surgery, congenital, and post-traumatic deformity.  To learn more about Dr. Hattwick’s clinical expertise and credentials, please visit: https://www.psvcare.org/physicians/emily-hattwick-md.

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About Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV): Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) was collaboratively created by Children’s Nationsal Health System and Inova Health System in 2013 as a pediatric specialty group that is dedicated to caring for the needs of children in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas. Its mission is to provide superb pediatric specialty care through clinical excellence, innovation, education, research and family-centered care. As a medical group practice with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, our specialists care for children during hospital stays at Children’s National Medical Center and Inova Children’s Hospital and throughout their childhood on an ongoing, outpatient basis. Many are recognized as “Top Docs” by The Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine, and have appeared in U.S. News & World Report as leading experts in their fields. For more information about PSV, please visit: http://www.psvcare.org/.

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) is excited to announce that our pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center has officially received reaccreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) in late February, 2018 for another three years!

The AAAHC is the leader in ambulatory health care accreditation as they have set the bar for developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education, and research.

Therefore, an organization that receives AAAHC accreditation means its healthcare system/ambulatory surgery center meets or exceeds nationally-recognized standards for quality of care and patient safety.

We would like to thank all of our clinical and administrative staff members for their hard work, attention to detail, and dedication it took to go through the AAAHC accreditation survey and successfully obtain reaccreditation.

Maintaining an ambulatory surgery center environment that is focused on quality of care, patient safety, and efficiency for the patients and families we serve is something we’re committed to each day.

To find out more information about our Ambulatory Surgery Center, please visit: https://www.psvcare.org/specialty/ambulatory-surgery-center.

Contact:  Justin Jones, Marketing & Communications Manager (703) 848-6651, jrjones@psvcare.org

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
                                    

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Release Date: June 02, 2017

Fairfax, VA – Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Leon E. Moores, MD (Neurosurgery), is the featured star in the newly released collaborative book effort between the Tell Me Town Foundation and Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) entitled: A Family Learns About Deployment.

The book, written by Cindy Chambers, President and Founder of The Tell Me Town Foundation, and illustrated by Jim Huber, is now published and available for purchase through BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, and through other on-line book sellers.

In the story Dr. Moores, a retired United States Army Colonel, is cast as Colonel Dr. Smores who teams up with Beamer, a therapy dog who is the star of Tell Me Town’s Beamer Book Series and Tell Me Town Books, to help children and their families better understand the military deployment process and emotional impact it has on all family members involved.

“This was such a great opportunity to partner with Tell Me Town and the terrific students at Harper Park Middle School [Leesburg, VA],” Dr. Moores said.  “The idea of telling the story of deployment in a way that can help young children understand and prepare for a parent leaving to go into harm’s way was so rewarding and now, thanks to Cindy and Jim, a reality.”

The idea to make A Family Learns About Deployment came about via request by Harper Park Middle School students in Leesburg, VA.  The students of Mrs. Duhring’s 8th grade class decided that a book on deployment would be helpful to children and families everywhere.

Because of his outstanding military background, Dr. Moores was selected by Tell Me Town, to be the star of the book.  He came to the school to educate the students and then collaborated with the author and the students to create this very special story.  The students enjoyed spending time with Dr. Moores and the author found his insight and experience to be of great benefit throughout the writing of the story.

In addition, PSV’s Dr. Rupa Dainer, MD (PSV Chief Strategy Officer & Anesthesiologist) was also asked to present her experience to the students as a mom who was deployed and had to leave children during that deployment.  The students appreciated hearing her perspective as a mom missing her children while she was away.

After learning more about deployment, selected students created a poem while others in the class created the associated illustrations for the poem.  This was added to the book.  It was their way of conveying their feelings.

A Family Learns About Deployment is another great collaboration between The Tell Me Town Foundation and PSV.  We are looking forward to A Family Learns About Deployment, which has been endorsed by several highly respected military professionals, bringing comfort to children and their families for years to come.

On Wednesday, June 7 at 9:00 am, Dr. Moores will be receiving the “Tell Me Town Military Deployment Education Award” at Harper Park Middle School for his outstanding work on this book. The 8th grade students of Mrs. Duhring’s class and Mrs. Duhring will be recognized by Tell Me Town, for working on the book and the school will receive an education award as well.

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About Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV): Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) was collaboratively created by Children’s National Health System and Inova Health System in 2013 as a pediatric specialty group that is dedicated to caring for the needs of children in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas. Its mission is to provide superb pediatric specialty care through clinical excellence, innovation, education, research and family-centered care. As a medical group practice with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, our specialists care for children during hospital stays at Children’s National Medical Center and Inova Children’s Hospital and throughout their childhood on an ongoing, outpatient basis. Many are recognized as “Top Docs” by The Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine, and have appeared in U.S. News & World Report as leading experts in their fields. For more information about PSV, please visit: http://www.psvcare.org/.

About Tell Me Town Foundation:  The Tell Me Town Foundation is a qualified 501(c)(3) public charity. Through The Beamer Book Series and Tell Me Town Books, author Cindy Chambers writes stories about health, medical and safety-related subjects with experts who become cartoon characters as they teach this important information in a way that is easy for children to understand. The stories are illustrated by talented artist, Jim Huber.  Tell Me Town is a delightful place where the characters live and the stories take place.  With over 47,000 fans on Facebook and recognition growing throughout the United States and other countries, Tell Me Town is well positioned to bring comfort and education to children and their families for many years to come.

About Children’s National Health System: Children’s National Health System, based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Children’s National is ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by U.S. News & World Report; one of only four children’s hospitals in the nation to earn this distinction. Designated a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a two-time recipient of Magnet® status, this pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers. Home to the Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is one of the nation’s top NIH-funded pediatric institutions. Children’s National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels. For more information, visit ChildrensNational.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Inova Health System: Inova is a global leader in personalized health, which uses a person’s genetic make-up, family/medical history and lifestyle information to determine the best prevention and treatment strategies. Enabling discovery via research, Inova integrates the application of genomic science with bioinformatics for targeted precision medicine. Inova’s personalized health initiatives connect researchers, clinicians, and empowered consumers to improve patient care, enhance prevention, and encourage wellness.

The Inova Health System is based in Northern Virginia and serves more than 2 million people each year throughout the Washington, DC, metro area and beyond. Inova is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care practices, and health and wellness initiatives. It is home to many nationally and internationally recognized programs, including the Inova Center for Personalized Health, Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, and Inova Schar Cancer Institute.

Contact:  Justin Jones, Marketing & Communications Manager (703) 848-6651, jrjones@psvcare.org

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
                                    

PRESS RELEASE

Release Date:  April 07, 2017

Fairfax, VA – Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) is proud to announce that Peggy Harris, MBA, CPA has been named its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective March, 31, 2017. 

Harris originally joined PSV as a Senior Director of Finance in March, 2015 bringing with her more than 27 years of financial and management experience, including responsibility for developing the formative financial operations of PSV on behalf of its parent organizations, Children’s National Health System and Inova Health System.

“Peggy has consistently used her technical expertise, diligence, and leadership to advance PSV’s financial management and overall strategy.  Her contributions as part of the senior leadership team have been and continue to be immense,” said Dr. Leon E. Moores, Chief Executive Officer of Pediatric Specialists of Virginia.  “She deserves to be our CFO and is completely qualified to assume the additional responsibilities.  She has my complete confidence and that of the leadership of both our parent organizations, and she represents PSV with the utmost integrity.”

Harris’ career has been largely spent serving PSV’s two parent organizations in a wide variety of financial roles.  She served as Children’s National controller and managed corporate accounting, finance, treasury and financial risk management functions at Inova.  Over the five years prior to joining PSV, she was Director of Finance for the Inova Medical Group and the Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group.  

Her background includes work with charitable foundations, grants and research programs which supports PSV’s charitable, tax-exempt status.  Harris holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary with a concentration in economics, a Master’s of Business Administration from Boston University Graduate School of Management with a concentration in healthcare administration, and she completed accounting coursework at George Mason University.  She is a Certified Public Accountant who was awarded the Elijah Watt Sells Certificate for performance with high Distinction on the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination.  She is a member of the Medical Group Management Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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About Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV): Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) was collaboratively created by Children’s National Health System and Inova Health System in 2013 as a pediatric specialty group that is dedicated to caring for the needs of children in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas. Its mission is to provide superb pediatric specialty care through clinical excellence, innovation, education, research and family-centered care. As a medical group practice with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, our specialists care for children during hospital stays at Children’s National Medical Center and Inova Children’s Hospital and throughout their childhood on an ongoing, outpatient basis. Many are recognized as “Top Docs” by The Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine, and have appeared in U.S. News & World Report as leading experts in their fields. For more information about PSV, please visit: http://www.psvcare.org/.

About Children’s National Health System: Children’s National Health System, based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Children’s National is ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by U.S. News & World Report; one of only four children’s hospitals in the nation to earn this distinction. Designated a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a two-time recipient of Magnet® status, this pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers. Home to the Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is one of the nation’s top NIH-funded pediatric institutions. Children’s National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels. For more information, visit ChildrensNational.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Inova Health System: Inova is a global leader in personalized health, which uses a person’s genetic make-up, family/medical history and lifestyle information to determine the best prevention and treatment strategies. Enabling discovery via research, Inova integrates the application of genomic science with bioinformatics for targeted precision medicine. Inova’s personalized health initiatives connect researchers, clinicians, and empowered consumers to improve patient care, enhance prevention, and encourage wellness. The Inova Health System is based in Northern Virginia and serves more than 2 million people each year throughout the Washington, DC, metro area and beyond. Inova is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care practices, and health and wellness initiatives. It is home to many nationally and internationally recognized programs, including the Inova Center for Personalized Health, Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, and Inova Schar Cancer Institute.

Contact:  Justin Jones, Marketing & Communications Manager (703) 848-6651, jrjones@psvcare.org

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
                                    

PRESS RELEASE

Release Date:  November 29, 2016

After retiring from the United States Army as Colonels, Jim M. Ecklund, MD and Leon E. Moores, MD joined forces again at Inova Health System in Northern Virginia. Combining their experiences and wide network of subject matter experts in severe trauma, the two neurosurgeons were able to jointly develop and publish a landmark neurotrauma book entitled Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient. The book was released on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by Springer, and can be purchased online or in-store at most major retail bookstores.

“Jim and I are very excited to be able to bring this unique work to those who take care of the most severely injured trauma patients,” Dr. Moores said. “It was amazing collaborating with the distinguished group of authors whose experience and expertise add much to the concept of a multidisciplinary approach to this most complex care.”

The text addresses many of the questions which occur when medical professionals of various disciplines interact and have different plans and interventions, each with its own valid scientific and/or experience-based rationale: Questions involving tourniquet placement, ideal fluids and volumes for resuscitation, VTE prophylaxis and many other management considerations. Straightforward decisions in the patient with a single diagnosis often conflict when applied to the neurologically injured polytrauma patients. Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient answers as many of these questions as possible based on the current literature, vast experience with severe neurotrauma in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the experience of trauma experts across the globe; as well as proposes areas for future study where answers are currently less clear.

James M. Ecklund, M.D., F.A.C.S. serves as Chairman of the Inova Neuroscience Institute. Prior to joining Inova Medical Group, he served as Professor and Chairman of the Neurosurgery Program of the National Capital Consortium, which includes Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University. He is a retired colonel in the U.S Army and was deployed as a Neurosurgeon to both Afghanistan and Iraq. His program received the vast majority of American neurotrauma casualties. Dr. Ecklund’s primary clinical and research interests include complex spine, cerebrovascular disease and neurotrauma with an emphasis on blast and penetrating injury. He directs a neurotrauma laboratory at the Uniformed Services University, has over 100 publications and abstracts, and has lectured throughout the world. He also has served on multiple oversight and advisory boards for the Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, NATO, Neurotrauma Foundation, and Brain Trauma Foundation.

Leon E. Moores, MD, MS, FACS is the CEO of Pediatric Specialists of Virginia and the Associate Chair for Pediatric Programs at the Inova Neuroscience Institute. He retired as a Colonel from the US Army where he led as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Chief of Neurosurgery at Walter Reed, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Walter Reed, Deputy Commander of the National Naval Medical Center, and Commander of the Fort Meade Medical System. Dr. Moores also served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. Dr. Moores’ clinical and research interests center on brain and spinal tumors in children, CNS infections in combat soldiers, and complex craniofacial reconstruction in severe head and facial trauma. He is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University, and a Professor of Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University.

 About Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV): Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) was collaboratively created by Children’s National Health System and Inova Health System in 2013 as a pediatric specialty group that is dedicated to caring for the needs of children in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas. Its mission is to provide superb pediatric specialty care through clinical excellence, innovation, education, research and family-centered care. As a medical group practice with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, our specialists care for children during hospital stays at Children’s National Medical Center and Inova Children’s Hospital and throughout their childhood on an ongoing, outpatient basis. Many are recognized as “Top Docs” by The Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine, and have appeared in U.S. News & World Report as leading experts in their fields. For more information about PSV, please visit: http://www.psvcare.org/.

About Inova Neuroscience Institute: The experienced researchers affiliated with Inova Neuroscience Research Program are part of Inova’s world-class team of neuroscience specialists that collaboratively work toward advancements in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system. Our clinical trials and outcomes studies pair the expertise of our internationally recognized neuroscience physicians and researchers with the real-world needs of patients. Our patients often have access to care that is not widely available. For more information about the Inova Neuroscience Institute, please visit: https://www.inova.org/neuroscience/research/index.

About Children’s National Health System: Children’s National Health System, based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Children’s National is ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by U.S. News & World Report; one of only four children’s hospitals in the nation to earn this distinction. Designated a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a two-time recipient of Magnet® status, this pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers. Home to the Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is one of the nation’s top NIH-funded pediatric institutions. Children’s National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels. For more information, visit ChildrensNational.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Inova Health System: Inova is a global leader in personalized health, which uses a person’s genetic make-up, family/medical history and lifestyle information to determine the best prevention and treatment strategies. Enabling discovery via research, Inova integrates the application of genomic science with bioinformatics for targeted precision medicine. Inova’s personalized health initiatives connect researchers, clinicians, and empowered consumers to improve patient care, enhance prevention, and encourage wellness.

The Inova Health System is based in Northern Virginia and serves more than 2 million people each year throughout the Washington, DC, metro area and beyond. Inova is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care practices, and health and wellness initiatives. It is home to many nationally and internationally recognized programs, including the Inova Center for Personalized Health, Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, and Inova Schar Cancer Institute.