The Emory Division of Pediatric Radiology provides services to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at both its Egleston and Hughes Spalding locations. The NICU at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown are also serviced. With a staff of eleven radiologists, more than 100,000 pediatric examinations are read from the four covered hospitals, as well as four outpatient immediate-care locations. Interventional radiology and some neuroradiology coverage are provided by the respective divisions of the Department of Radiology. Pediatric radiology covers: general radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, PET, and MR imaging. The recent renovation at the Egleston campus has expanded space to include two nuclear medicine rooms, a Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) room, and the sole pediatric-dedicated PET/CT scanner in Georgia. All of the new equipment utilizes protocols designed to address the specific needs of children, including precise configuration to accurately diagnose clinical questions, minimize radiation exposure, and reduce the need for sedation.
- Stephen F. Simoneaux, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Radiology
25 Most Influential in Radiology
As a member of the Steering Committee for the Image Gently Campaign, Dr. Applegate has contributed to the awareness of reducing unnecessary radiation exposure to children. This campaign, led by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, ranked #8 as a mover and shaker in the radiology industry by RT Image magazine, the only national, weekly magazine for radiology professionals.
RT Image recognized the campaign for its efforts including interventional radiology. "Through easily accessible online teaching materials and checklists, the 'Step Lightly' campaign helps interventional radiology providers use the lowest dose necessary to perform interventional radiology procedures on children." The article goes on to point out, "The team approach that Image Gently emphasizes includes ensuring that the technologists, nurses, doctors, and anyone else who is involved in pediatric care are educated about radiation safety." Image Gently has included all the educational materials on their web site for complementary download.
This achievement is preceded by other successes of the Image Gently campaign, which include a joint effort with the ACR to successfully add CT dose in children to the list of 34 national goals for safety by the National Quality Forum (NQF). The only other radiology-related item on the list is contrast media safety (both iodinated contrast and gadolinium contrast risks).
We are very fortunate to have a leader of the Radiology Community serving as our Vice Chair of Quality & Safety. If you would like to get more involved in the efforts of quality & safety here at Emory, please contact Dr. Applegate at keapple@emory.edu.
Read the complete 25 Most Influential in Radiology list in the Sept. 7 issue of RT Image. www.rt-image.com
For more about the image gently campaign visit: www.imagegently.org
American College of Radiology (ACR) Accreditation
Children's Health Care of Atlanta (CHOA) received accreditation from the ACR for CT. This modality joins the list with MR, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound of ACR accredited modalities at Egleston.
Top Doctor in Atlanta
Atlanta Magazine named Dr. Stephen Simoneaux, Director of Pediatric Imaging as one of the Atlanta Metro area Top Doctors of Diagnostic Radiology in their July issue. The doctors were chosen after consulting data gathered by the New Your-based research firm Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The unique selection process allows physicians to nominate other physicians that they feel are clinically outstanding, both regionally and nationally.
Caffey Award
Dr. Adina Alazraki, Pediatric Imaging Fellow, contributed to the success of the paper entitle "Evaluation of single functioning kidneys using MR urography", which earned the Carry Award for Best Clinical Science Paper at the Society for Pediatric Radiology.
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Dunn AL, Busch MT, Wyly JB, Sullivan KM, Abshire TC. Arthroscopic Synovectomy for Hemophilic Joint Disease in a Pediatric Population. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics Jul/Aug 2004; 24 (4): 414 - 426
Abramoswsky C, Alvarado C, Wyly JB, Ricketts RR. Harmartoma of the Spleen (Splenoma) in Children. Journal of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology May/June 2004; 7 (30): 231 - 236
Stephen Simoneaux, MD - Director of Emergency Radiology
Adina Alazraki, MD
George Atkinson, MD
Kimberly Applegate, MD, MS - Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Estelle Bank, MD
Kiery Braithwaite, MD
Paula Dickson, MD
Jonathan Loewen, MD
Robert Lorenzo MD
Ellen Patrick, MD
Brad Wyly, MD
Fellows
Kristopher Lewis
Unni Udayasankar
Pediatric Radiology
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
1405 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Margaret Nix
404-325-6532
Fax: 404-315-2216
email: margaret.nix@choa.org