April 8, 2024
In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Dr. Sallie Permar gives an overview of the specialties and services for families within the Department of Pediatrics.
January 24, 2023
This year, once again, Weill Cornell Medicine’s physicians are among the best in the country. So say their peers—250,000 leading doctors nationwide—who reported their picks to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.
August 3, 2022
By late July, the World Health Organization (WHO) had documented cases of monkeypox in nearly 80 countries and territories. The virus has been spreading so rapidly that the WHO designated it a global health emergency, one that demands a coordinated international response.
July 20, 2022
July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month. Around 7,000 babies a year are born in the U.S. with a cleft lip or palate. That’s 1 in every 600 babies.
August 31, 2021
When it comes to diagnosing the “lumps and bumps” that parents sometimes find on a child’s head and neck, ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist Steven Rosenblatt, MD, encourages parents to remember that “hoof beats usually mean horses, not zebras.”
July 15, 2021
To raise awareness and promote understanding of these conditions, and of non-congenital conditions of the head and face resulting from illness or injury and affecting thousands of infants, children, teens, and adults each year, National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month was established.
July 5, 2021
Caitlin Hoffman, M.D. and Vikash Modi, M.D. discuss the multidisciplinary cleft and craniofacial program at Weill Cornell Medicine.
May 24, 2021
Gayle Morris M.S. CCC discusses the Weill Cornell Medicine Pediatric Speech Therapy Program. She shares on speech pathology and how people commonly communicate. She also gives an overview on causes of stuttering and advances in early intervention. Finally, she recommends ways that speech therapy can help children develop better language skills and gain more self-confidence.
February 25, 2021
Solving an infant condition called tongue tie—known medically as ankyloglossia—is straightforward when caught early. It’s a common condition in which the band of tissue under the tongue, known as the frenulum, is too tightly anchored to the floor of the mouth. The extra tissue restricts the tongue’s range of motion and cause significant breastfeeding discomfort and challenges for mother and child.
February 18, 2021
Tonsil and adenoid surgeries are the most common surgical procedures performed on children in the United States. That’s been true for about the last 20 years, says Vikash K Modi, MD, Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.
February 17, 2021
When infant snoring crosses into “noisy breathing”—high-pitched, squeaky sounds, and choking while feeding—it’s time for a trip to the pediatric ear, nose, and throat specialist, says Steven Rosenblatt, MD.
February 16, 2021
Timing matters in managing pediatric hearing loss. That’s why Alison M. Maresh, M.D. and the multidisciplinary team at the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine intervene as soon as hearing loss is diagnosed.
