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News

  • Genetic Sequencing: The Missing Puzzle Piece

    October 20, 2018

    Columbia’s pediatric critical care team is offering genetic sequencing to children admitted to the ICU. The goal: to arrive at more accurate diagnoses of complicated disorders.

    Pediatrics
    gene sequencing test

  • What Drives Food Intake?

    Columbia's Obesity Research Initiative promotes collaborative studies of the regulatory, cognitive, and emotional aspects of food intake.

    Obesity

  • Bringing Solace to the NICU

    Mothers whose infants end up in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after delivery say their most difficult moment is when they are discharged from the hospital—without their baby.

    Neonatal Care

  • An Early Change of Heart

    November 5, 2018

    Columbia is home to New York State’s first Fetal Cardiac Intervention Program, which is giving infants with CHD a fighting chance before birth.

    Heart Health
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Message From the Chair

The Department of Pediatrics is committed to innovation and excellence in clinical medicine, education, research, community health, global health, and the development of our faculty.

History

250 Years of Caring for Children

During the 250 years since the founding of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, doctors in the Department of Pediatrics have pioneered many advances in the care of children.
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