Department of Pediatrics

We are committed to giving children a bright future. We provide the highest-quality clinical care, and we improve it every day through scientific research and training tomorrow's pediatrics leaders.

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Welcome! For over a century, faculty at Emory University have provided clinical care to children in Georgia. The Department of Pediatrics is committed to providing the best clinical care, cutting-edge research, and training opportunities for tomorrow's pediatric leaders.

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From rare diseases to routine procedures, we provide advanced treatment for children and teens through our clinical facilities at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Leading the way in pediatric health

#4 in 2021 NIH funding

We rank among the top pediatrics departments in the U.S. for National Institutes of Health funding awards.

4 Specialties in Top 10: U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023

The Cancer Program (No. 7), the Gastroenterology and GI Surgery Program (No. 7), the Nephrology Program (No. 9) and the Urology Program (No. 10).

73 children cured of sickle cell

The largest sickle cell program in the nation gives children suffering from the disease a healthy new future.

400+ clinical trials for pediatric cancer

Our Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center has one of the largest brain tumor and leukemia-lymphoma programs in the U.S.

News Feature Baricitinib treatment resolves lower-airway macrophage inflammation and neutrophil recruitment in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques

SARS-CoV-2-induced hypercytokinemia and inflammation are critically associated with COVID-19 disease severity. In this issue, Hoang et al. (460–475) investigate the use of baricitinib as a therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2 and demonstrate that treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques with baricitinib early during infection reduces lung pathology and inflammation.

Image credit: Jason Ooi (Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University).

News Feature Warp Speed chief visits Emory, urges participation in COVID vaccine trials Evan Anderson, MD

Operation Warp Speed's Chief Science Advisor visited Emory University and urged Americans to continue enrolling in ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, toured the Emory Children’s Center, where two leading COVID vaccine clinical trials are underway.

News Feature Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19

A novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first identified in December 2019 as the cause of a respiratory illness designated coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19.1 Several therapeutic agents have been evaluated for the treatment of Covid-19, but none have yet been shown to be efficacious.

Pediatrics News

Emory School of Medicine welcomes new leader in children’s behavioral and mental health Jun. 24, 2022

John Constantino, MD, is joining Emory University School of Medicine as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and will serve as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s first system chief of Behavioral and Mental Health.

COVID-19: Testing the tests May. 25, 2022

Wilbur Lam, a principal investigator for RADx, joins epidemiologist Jodie Guest to talk about his team's work to bring new COVID-19 diagnostic tools to market and provide free testing to the community.

Emory-led collaborative puts COVID tests to the test May. 12, 2022

A facility located at 59 Executive Park in Brookhaven is home to a team of researchers testing the accuracy and safety of tests designed to detect COVID-19, as well as provide tests for the public.

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