Dr. Saumini Srinivasan has joined the Pediatrics Department as a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist. She joins a strong team headed by Dr. Dennis Stokes, Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology, along with Dr. Robert Schoumacher and Dr. James Tutor.

She comes to UTMG from Duke University School of Medicine, where she recently completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine. She earned her medical degree from the University College of Medical Sciences at the University of Delhi in India and completed pediatric residencies there and at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She later went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Los Angeles’ Children’s Hospital.

New clinical guidelines issued by the National Osteoporosis Foundation confirm that bone thinning is an equal opportunity condition. For the first time, the Foundation includes men over the age of 50 as well as post-menopausal women of all ethnicities in its recommendations.

Osteoporosis-related fractures cause more than 432,000 hospital admissions, almost 2.5 million medical office visits, and about 180,000 nursing home admissions each year in the U.S. The cost to the healthcare system associated with osteoporosis-related fractures was an estimated $17 billion in 2005.

UTMG’s pediatric cardiovascular program is having a red letter month with the opening of a new Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center and the recent accreditation of the pediatric echocardiography laboratory.

The new CICU will enable the cardiovascular team to provide the tiny patients with the specialized care they require in an environment designed just for them, says Dr. Antonio Cabrera, UTMG pediatric cardiologist and CICU Medical Director.

Located on the hospital’s second floor, the CICU is staffed by a team of pediatric intensivists, cardiac intensivists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac nurse practitioners, pediatric cardiac nurses and respiratory therapists. The unit features five large rooms, with plenty of space to accommodate the patients’ families and the large medical team who work in tandem on critical cases.

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