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Meet the Doctors
Kurt
D. Newman, MD
An attending surgeon at Children’s National since 1986, Dr. Newman received his medical education at Duke University and his training in surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has a special expertise in the surgery of children with thyroid cancer and liver tumors, and is the author or co-author of more than 60 publications.
Dr. Newman is currently a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, a past member of Board of Governors of American Pediatric Surgery Association, and former Chair of the Surgery Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Full bio.
Julia Finkel, MD
A pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr. Finkel has extensive experience
designing and conducting clinical trials relating to analgesics in
children and receives substantial support from industry. Under her
leadership the pediatric pain medicine program has grown to its present
level of more than 2,500 clinical patient encounters a year. Dr. Finkel
received her medical education at the State University of New York
Health Science Center in Syracuse, and her residency training at the
University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore. She did her
fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Children’s National Medical
Center. She is regularly invited to speak at professional meetings on
topics related to pediatric pain medicine. Dr. Finkel is determined to
perfect scientific, objective methods to measure, and hopefully
eliminate, pain in children’s medicine. As one of the nation’s
preeminent pain medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Finkel is a leader in
the field of pain medicine. Full bio.
Eric Hoffman, PhD
A world-renowned human geneticist educated at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Hoffman established Children’s National’s Center for Genetic Medicine Research. An interdisciplinary research facility of 100 scientists working on the most common disorders of children as well as on advanced therapeutic approaches for specific rare disorders, the Center integrates state-of-the-art genome-enabled approaches with drug development and clinical trial networks. It receives about $10 million a year in support of research projects related to muscular dystrophy, asthma, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, sports medicine, and brain disorders. Dr. Hoffman has over 400 publications, chairs the Department of Integrative Systems Biology at George Washington University, and is among the more frequently cited scientists working today. As co-lead of the Systems Biology Initiative, Dr. Hoffman will work to exploit the incredible possibilities of the genetic code to manipulate patients’ cell, tissue, and organ function to increase treatment options and provide the next level of children’s care. Full bio.
Evan Nadler, MD
Evan Nadler, MD, is a pediatric surgeon and researcher. Dr. Nadler serves as Co-Director of the Obesity Institute and is a principal investigator in the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. Dr. Nadler performs bariatric surgery on adolescents who meet certain criteria. He works closely with the multidisciplinary team of pediatric specialists in the Obesity Institute.
Dr. Nadler's basic science research focuses on the liver fibrosis associated with biliary atresia. His clinical and translational science investigates the systems biology of obesity surgery, and the safety and effectiveness of various weight loss procedures in adolescents. Dr. Nadler has published widely in these areas. Full bio.
Zenaide M. Quezado, MD
Dr . Quezado is an internationally renowned pediatric anesthesiologist. In addition to her role as an anesthesiologist at Children’s National, she is also director of the Pain Neurobiology Lab at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation.
Prior to joining Children’s National, Dr. Quezado was chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Services at the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health. An active researcher, Quezado has published more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts in clinical and scientific medical journals. Dr. Quezado is originally from Brazil and received her medical degree from the Federal University of Ceará.
Dr. Quezado is the recipient of multiple NIH awards for excellence in patient care, including the 2005 Director’s Award for dedication to the Magnusons Clinical Center’s mission and her leadership of anesthesia services. Full bio.
Nabile M. Safdar, MD
Dr. Safdar is a radiologist who specializes in musculoskeletal imaging. He is one of a dozen radiologists who is fellowship-trained in imaging informatics. In addition to his role as a radiologist, he is a principal investigator in the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation.
Dr. Safdar’s areas of research include optimizing computer interfaces for communication, measuring and improving the factors that affect radiologist performance, and computer-aided diagnosis. He works with both bioengineers and orthopedic surgeons in the development of innovative approaches to the diagnosis, treatment planning, motion analysis, and post-operative evaluation of children with musculoskeletal and sports-related diseases and injuries.
Within the Sheikh Zayed Institute, Dr. Safdar is Principal Investigator for the Bioengineering Initiative. His research will focus on improving pre- and post-surgical evaluation through biomedical imaging and computational sciences, and improving the training of radiologists and surgeons in these advanced methods, including the use of computer-assisted surgery. Full bio.
Anthony Sandler, MD
Dr. Sandler is internationally known for his work on childhood solid tumors and operative repair of congenital anomalies of the gastro-intestinal tract. Dr. Sandler was educated at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, the University of Iowa, and the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto. He has received several awards for outstanding teaching as well as the Joel Rosyln Young Investigator Award from the Association for Academic Surgeons, and has chaired the Publications Committee for the American Association of Pediatric Surgery.
He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts in clinical and scientific medical journals. Through the institute’s Immunology Initiative, Dr. Sandler will focus on ways to harness the latent power of the immune system to destroy tumors and target specific disease cells, to perhaps eliminate the need for surgery. Full bio.
Raymond Sze, MD
Dr. Sze’s expertise is in molecular translational imaging, imaging informatics and image-guided therapy. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson. He has received numerous awards for his excellence in medical education and research, including the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Washington, the American Roentgen Ray Society Scholarship, and the John A. Kirkpatrick Young Investigators Award from the Society of Pediatric Radiology.
Dr. Sze serves as Associate Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and has four medical imaging patents granted or pending. Currently the Chief of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging at Children’s, Dr. Sze’s expansive understanding of computer technology, physics, chemistry, and bioengineering research will guide the Bioengineering Initiative into a world-class imaging and therapeutic resource that provides previously unseen levels of precision, detail, and surgical success.
Full bio.
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