From food allergies to digestive disorders, many factors can affect your child’s nutritional intake. At UMass Memorial Health – Children’s Medical Center, a team of pediatric registered dietitians specializes in developing tailored nutrition plans for infants, children and adolescents. We work closely with your child’s other health care providers to provide nutritional support that meets their needs.
Pediatric nephrologists care for children with kidney, bladder and urinary tract conditions. Your child’s team may include several providers working together, including pediatric nephrologists, urologists, hematologists, endocrinologists and dietitians.
At our Children’s Medical Center, our clinicians specialize in treating young patients. We help your child feel as comfortable as possible.
Your child's immune system fights infections. If it's not working the way it should, your child may suffer from many kinds of health problems. In those cases, a pediatric immunologist has the special skills needed to treat your child.
If your child has primary (when the immune system is missing or does not work properly) or acquired (when diseases or medications cause problems with the immune system) immunodeficiency disorder, you can be confident in the care provided by pediatric immunology experts.
Children with feeding disorders often have physical, behavioral or developmental challenges that make it difficult to consume enough food.
Our team includes occupational and speech therapists, registered dietitians, psychologists and nurse practitioners. We work together to address all your child’s needs so they can develop healthy eating habits.
We care for children who have difficulty feeding because of:
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The UMass Memorial Health Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) seeks to foster a culture of care and caring where patients are nurtured in body, mind and spirit.
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An intensivist is a board-certified physician who provides special care for critically ill patients. Also known as a critical care physician, the intensivist has advanced training and experience in treating this complex type of patient.
After medical school, an intensivist completes a residency and board certification in a specialty such as surgery, internal medicine, pulmonary medicine or pediatrics, plus an additional two- to three-year fellowship and certification in critical care medicine.