Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Your Partner in Pediatric Specialty Care

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center has been named one of only 12 of the country's Top Children's Hospitals by the Leapfrog Group for providing the safety, highest-quality care to pediatric patients. We believe working hand-in-hand, collaborating with community physicians, health care professionals, and families to provide trusted pediatric care ensures the best results for everyone. Because of you, our pediatric specialists, nursing staff and countless professionals are all here to be your partner in caring for children. Together, we have access to the region’s leading pediatric experts and resources to get your patients back to being kids.

We will continue to develop this website by providing helpful tools and resources to better assist you and the children you care for.

Please email us with your questions or suggestions at sherrilee.shawcroft@multicare.org.

REFER A PATIENT

• Mary Bridge Fast Phone Guide
• Critical Care & Transport Service
• Specialty Care Clinics and Services (maps/services)
• Contact a Pediatric Specialist
• Inpatient Pediatric Service
• Emergency Department

MEDICAL EDUCATION

• CME
• Pediatric Grand Rounds
  First Tuesday of each month
  7-8am
  Jackson Hall Auditorium
  314 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
  Tacoma, WA 98405
• Pediatric Medicine Committee
  Second Thursday of each month
  7-8am
  Mary Bridge Children's Health Center
  A/V Conference Room - Basement - West Wing
  311 South L Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
• Epilepsy/EEF Conference
  Fourth Thursday of each month
  4-5pm
  Mary Bridge Children's Health Center
  A/V Conference Room, Basement - West Wing
  311 South L Street, Tacoma, WA 98405

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MultiCare Women & Children’s Grand Rounds

First Thursday of each month from 6-7pm *
Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center
A/V Conference Room, Basement – West Wing
311 South L Street, Tacoma
 *except January 10 and April 11

Three options for attending: 1. Attend in person, 2. Attend online via live streaming video or 3. Watch recorded presentation at your convenience. Go to: www.multicare.org/wcgrandrounds.  Enter Username = cme and Password = cme.   For more information email cme@multicare.org or call 253-403-1221.

January 10, 2013, 6-7pm
Don't Let Newborn Screening Have an Achilles Heel: New screening tests and what to do with abnormal/borderline newborn screening results
Michael Raff, MD
Mary Bridge Genetics Clinic

February 7, 2013, 6-7pm
Vaginal Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Best Practice vs. Controversy
Jeffrey Clemons, MD
Urogynecologist 
MultiCare Women's Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

March 7, 2013,6-7pm
H Pylori and other GI Infections in Children - Diagnosis and Treatment
Daniel Lustig, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Mary Bridge Pediatric Gastroenterology Program

April 11, 2013, 6-7pm
Diagnosis and Treatment of Shortened Cervix
Kathryn Drennan, MD; Elizabeth McKinney, MD
MultiCare Regional Maternal-Fetal Medicine

May 2, 2013, 6-7pm
Surfactant Use in the Non-preterm Infant
Melinda Hendrickson, MD
Neonatologist
Pediatrix Medical Group 

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ADVOCACY and RESOURCES

• BRIDGES: A Center for Grieving Children
• Center for Childhood Safety
• Child Abuse Intervention Department
• Mobile Immunization Clinic
• Tree House, A Place for Families
• MHS Medical Staff Resources