It was a day to raise awareness for our Children’s Hospital Collaborators and to see our children’s health as worthwhile and deserving. But it went largely unnoticed, and in the end…the day may not have achieved even the smallest of successes. It’s been a year since the coalition of pediatricians formed to rally community support for a […]
My grandmother used to say “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all!” so I have been very purposeful to speak and write in a way that honors the people who have worked to have a real Children’s Hospital in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia. For the twenty years that I have been a pediatrician, […]
An Open Letter to John Duval and Coley Wortham: Gentlemen: Please accept my most sincere congratulations on the occasion of a merger between Children’s Hospital and VCU Children’s Medical Center. You have accomplished today what many before you have only dreamed possible. By marrying two veritable institutions for the betterment of children and children’s healthcare, […]