Online Education

Pediatric Grand Rounds covers a wide variety of topics from general practice issues in health care to specialized pediatric subspecialty disorders that are difficult to diagnose and manage. The purpose of this regularly­ scheduled lecture series is to enhance knowledge and to inform others on best practices and state of the art advancements in pediatric medicine and research with the goal to close learning gaps that relate to changes in practice, education and research.

The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment shares educational activities through a series of lectures. These activities incorporate current evidence-based diagnostic techniques and the latest research to guide clinicians to perform optimal care and achieve better outcomes for patients.

Children with moyamoya disease have a progressive narrowing of the carotid arteries, which feed oxygen-rich blood to the brain. As they narrow, blood flow to the brain is reduced and very serious symptoms can occur, including stroke. Moyamoya disease requires coordinated care from neurologists, neurosurgeons and other stroke specialists. At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, stroke and rehabilitation specialists from the dedicated Pediatric Stroke Program work in close partnership with the pediatric...