Hospital Medicine
University Pediatricians | Michigan
About the Division of Hospital Medicine
Hospitalists in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine are pediatricians who specialize in inpatient pediatrics and care for children requiring hospitalization for a variety of acute and chronic pediatric conditions. Pediatric hospitalists and nurse practitioners at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan (CHM) work in the Observation Unit as well as on three hospital floors, to provide comprehensive and efficient care to patients and families, from admission to discharge.
The division staffs three inpatient teams, two observation unit teams and provides education to residents and medical students throughout the year. The teams may consult and get input from pediatric subspecialists, in order to provide comprehensive care to patients and their families throughout their hospitalization. Hospitalists provide inpatient consultations to surgical specialists and also communicate with outside physicians when children need to be transferred to CHM from outside facilities.
Hospitalists possess the expertise and experience to develop best-practices care pathways, and contribute to system improvements in patient safety and quality. Hospitalists at CHM, working collaboratively with the hospital, are committed to delivering safe, effective, and efficient care while using evidence-based medicine within the family-centered care model.
Leadership
Banu Kumar, MD – Division Chief
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Education
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Recent Research Publications
Banu Kumar, MD
Carrillo MM, Loi RQ, Kroger K, Legacy MJ and Kumar B. Wretched Retching in a 16-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of Nutcracker and Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndromes. J Pediatr Res | Nov 2020 |Volume 4, Issue 4 | 1048
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, DO
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, DO, Jacqueline Leja, MD, Zahra M Jiwani, DO, Dominique Rondot, CPNP-pc, Jocelyn Ang, MD, Nirupama Kannikeswaran, MD, SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in an Urban Community: The Role of Children and Household Contacts, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, , piaa158, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa158
Andrea Bedway Wait, MD
Dyspnea in a Splenectomized 12-year-old Male with Hereditary Spherocytosis; Tristan Knight, Andrea Bedway Wait and Madhvi Rajpurkar. Pediatrics in Review October 2020, 41 (Supplement 1) S23-S26; DOI: http://doi.org/10.15.42/pir.2017-0323
Marlisa Wolf, MD
Increasing Head Circumference and Jaundice in a 4-Week-Old Infant DOI: 10.1542/pir.2018-0110 Pediatrics in Review 2020;41;S46 Marlisa Wolf, Komal Desai, Esther Kisseih and Beena Sood http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/41/Supplement_1/S46
Natalie Sabzghabaei, MD
Takajo D, Sabzghabaei N. Refeeding Syndrome with Hypoglycemia in a Severely Malnourished Infant. Indian J Pediatr. 2020 Mar;87(3):219-220. doi: 10.1007/s12098-019-03173-2. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 31984469; PMCID: PMC7223534.
Khalid Kamal, MD
Participated in PEDIATRIC UPDATE 2020, on February 22.2020 at East Lansing, Michigan, and gave lecture on “Recent Advances in Neonatology
Sara Haidar-Elatrache, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation grant: for Children’s Food Insecurity Task Force lecture series
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, DO
Food Insecurity Screening and Training Program
The CHM Foundation Grant: R1-2019-18
Kevin Dazy, MD
Awards:
Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Award 2019-20
Scott Grant, MD
Awards:
Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Award 2019-20
Other Professional Accomplishments:
Michigan ACE Initiative – Master Trainer course completed
Planning Committee Member and Moderator, CMU “Impacts of COVID-19” Symposium
Presenter, MIAAP 2020 Advocacy Day
Member, Michigan AAP – Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee
Sara Haidar-Elatrache, MD
Awards:
Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Award 2019-20
Khalid Kamal, MD
Other Professional Accomplishments:
Became certified Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Instructor on 08/26/2020
Did multiple cases study presentations and journal reviews for Michigan State Medical Students
Helped establish state of the art NICU at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, affiliated with the Fatima Jinnah
Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan, as a global health initiative to lower the very high neonatal mortality rate in developing countries
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, MD
Awards:
Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Award 2019-20
Natalie Sabzghabaei, MD
Awards:
Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Award 2019-20
Katherine Schafer, MD
Other Professional Accomplishments:
Appointed to the National AAP Committee on Practice & Ambulatory Medicine which reviews and helps to write AAP Policy Statements.