24. Dr. Rebecca Scharf- Understanding How Children Develop Who Have Medical Complexities And Special Health Care Needs!
Dr. Rebecca Scharf is a developmental pediatrician at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
She talks about the 3 aspects of how she helps children with medical complexities such as critical care, education, and research.
Discusses the 4 different clinics that she oversees that help children.
How a family friend who was a doctor in the Congo inspired her to become a pediatrician.
Talks about UVA's Center For Global Health and how the research benefits children around the globe.
Discusses how the first 1,000 days from conception are critical to lifelong development.
Plus, Dr. Scharff talks about the developmental challenges faced by children who have been hospitalized for long periods of time.
The importance of a g-tube to help children receive adequate consistent nutrition, and how it affects them developmentally.
Moreover, Dr. Scharff discusses a developmental study on children's with congenital heart disease and their long-term developmental outcome.
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