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February 2012 Bulletin

Nutrition Clinic Provides Guidance to Patients and Families for Common Questions

Seattle Children’s offers a Nutrition Clinic in Seattle and Bellevue for children and adolescents from birth through age 21. Dietitians in the Nutrition Clinic have expertise in working with patients who have issues or questions about poor weight gain, food allergies, “picky eating” and sports nutrition. Same-week appointments are available.

When to refer:

  • General nutrition
  • Failure to thrive
  • Underweight
  • Abnormal weight loss (not an eating disorder)
  • Energy-deficit/secondary amenorrhea (not an eating disorder)
  • Food allergies
  • Poor eating habits
  • Sports nutrition
  • Mild lipid disorders or insulin resistance (when patients do not meet criteria for Lipid or Diabetes Clinics in Endocrine)
  • Tube feeding/total parenteral nutrition (typically developing or special needs)
  • Vegetarianism
  • Autism
  • Low weight due to attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) medications

If your patient has an eating disorder, please refer to the Eating Disorder Clinic in Adolescent Medicine. For overweight patients, refer children ages 2 to 11 years to the Child Wellness Clinic and adolescents ages 12 to 20 years to the Adolescent Wellness Clinic.

For more information, see the Pediatric Nutrition and Feeding Intervention Consult and Referral Guidelines (PDF). To learn how to make a referral via phone, fax or online, please see our referral information page.

Seattle Children's Mill Creek Clinic Opened in January

Seattle Children’s Mill Creek Clinic opened in January at the Providence Mill Creek Medical Building. Like Children’s Urgent Care in Seattle and Bellevue, Mill Creek Urgent Care will be open from Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

For more information on conditions treated in Urgent Care compared to the Emergency Department, see the patient education handout. A discharge summary will be faxed to the primary care provider within 24 hours.

Children’s Mill Creek also offers Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Sports Physical Therapy clinics. It will also include an on-site sports gym. Children’s will no longer offer an Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic at Seattle Children’s Everett. Learn more about the Mill Creek Clinic.

CME: Detecting and Addressing Risky Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in Teens, Feb. 21

Adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Leslie Walker will talk about strategies for detecting substance abuse, and gynecologist Dr. Anne-Marie Amies Oelschlager will discuss current trends in teen sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and contraceptive compliance, including long-acting reversible contraceptives. You may claim category 2 continuing medical education (CME) credits for this event. Refreshments will be provided.

Date and time: Feb. 21, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

Location: Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, 2nd floor conference room

RSVP: Please confirm your attendance with Megan Modun at 206-987-5765 or megan.modun@seattlechildrens.org.

Free Webinar: How to Promote Swimming and Water Recreation, March 5

Dr. Lenna Liu, pediatrician at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic and physician leader of Seattle Children’s Obesity Program, shares successful strategies to promote swimming that were used in Seattle and King County with low-income and culturally diverse children and families. These strategies were developed by a partnership called Everyone Swims, which brought together primary care providers, water recreation organizations and obesity prevention experts at Seattle Children’s.

Date and time: March 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by emailing Sarah Stempski at sarah.stempski@seattlechildrens.org.

New Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals, February 2012

New Medical Staff

Rebecca P. Barclay, MD, Seattle Children's, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Anne F. Reeves, DDS, MPH, Northwest Pediatric Dentistry, Dentistry
Tara B. Karamlou, MD, University of Washington, Cardiac Surgery
Steven L. Goldberg, MD, University of Washington, Cardiology

New Allied Health Professionals

Katherine R. Daniels, ARNP, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett – Pavilion for Women and Children, Neonatology
Karen L. Sporn, ARNP, Seattle Children's, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Contact Us

Physician-to-Physician Consultation (providers only)
206-987-7777
877-985-4637, option 4 (toll-free)

Emergency Department Communication Center/Neonatal and Pediatric Transport (providers only)
206-987-8899
866-987-8899 (toll-free)

Seattle Children’s Hospital
206-987-2000
206-987-2280 (TTY)
866-987-2000 (toll-free)

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Seattle Children’s is actively recruiting parent volunteers to participate in an online survey panel. Parents with or without experience at Seattle Children’s are needed to give feedback to help guide decision making. For more information and to join the panel, go to OpinionSandbox.org.

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The Miracle Season, hosted by Steve Pool and Molly Shen, aired December 10, 2011, on KOMO 4 TV. It celebrated the lives of Children’s patients and featured seasonal entertainment and a special appearance by Kathi Goertzen.

 

In honor of Kathi’s nearly 30 years of support of Seattle Children's and her impact on our patients and families, donations through the show helped establish a new endowment in Kathi’s name.

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Seattle Children's Hospital Guild Association, the largest all-volunteer fundraising network for any hospital in the nation, is the umbrella organization for nearly 500 groups of friends, families, co-workers and community members who donate their time and resources to support Seattle Children's. The Guild Association has been integral to the success of Children's for over 100 years. Your participation is essential to our continued success as we move into our second century.

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