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Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs)

What We Treat

Our PICU is equipped to care for:

  • Children with complex chronic illness
  • Children with single or multi-organ system failure
  • Children recovering from complex, orthopaedic, neurologic and general surgeries
  • Children undergoing organ transplants
  • Trauma patients
  • Children requiring breathing support
  • Critically ill cancer patients
  • Children with serious infections or pneumonia
  • Children experiencing neurologic problems such as seizures

Services We Offer

Our services include:

  • 74 pediatric intensive care beds
  • Board-certified pediatricians trained in critical care
  • Nurses with expertise in pediatric intensive care
  • State-of-the-art life monitoring technologies and life support
  • Emergency medical transportation by ground and air 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Pediatric ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) Center with sophisticated heart and lung bypass machines

Our Unique Approach

Our state-of-the-art pediatric intensive care units are staffed around the clock with physicians and nurses who are specially trained in caring for critically ill children. These experts are dedicated to meeting the needs of each child and their family from admission through discharge and post-hospital care.

Meet the Team

Meet our PICU providers

  • Matthew L Paden, MD

    Matthew L Paden, MD

    Matthew L Paden, MD

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    Matthew L Paden, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Oklahoma at Tulsa College of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Susan Hibler Anderson, MD

    Susan Hibler Anderson, MD

    Neonatologist

    Susan Hibler Anderson, MD

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    Susan Hibler Anderson, MD

    Neonatologist

    Education

    • Medical School: University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
    • Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Rajit Basu, MD

    Rajit Basu, MD

    Rajit Basu, MD

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    Rajit Basu, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Lurie Children's Hospital - Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly) Childrens Memorial Hospital

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    James D Fortenberry, MD

    James D Fortenberry, MD

    Critical Care Physician

    James D Fortenberry, MD

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    James D Fortenberry, MD

    Critical Care Physician

    Education

    • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia - Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University)
    • Internship: Charlotte Memorial Hospital & Medical Center
    • Residency: Charlotte Memorial Hospital & Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Jocelyn Rebecca Grunwell, MD

    Jocelyn Rebecca Grunwell, MD

    Jocelyn Rebecca Grunwell, MD

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    Jocelyn Rebecca Grunwell, MD

    Education

    • Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    • Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Sharon Holloway Hamre, MD

    Sharon Holloway Hamre, MD

    Attending physician, Intensive Care Medicine

    Sharon Holloway Hamre, MD

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    Sharon Holloway Hamre, MD

    Attending physician, Intensive Care Medicine

    Education

    • Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Kiran B Hebbar, MD

    Kiran B Hebbar, MD

    Kiran B Hebbar, MD

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    Kiran B Hebbar, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
    • Internship: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at UMDNJ
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    James H Jose, MD

    James H Jose, MD

    Neonatologist

    James H Jose, MD

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    James H Jose, MD

    Neonatologist

    Education

    • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
    • Internship: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children
    • Residency: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children
    • Fellowship: Harvard University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston Medical Ctr Program
    • Fellowship: Childrens National Medical Center
    Pradip P Kamat, MD

    Pradip P Kamat, MD

    Pradip P Kamat, MD

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    Pradip P Kamat, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Goa Medical College
    • Residency: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Munir J Kapasi, MD

    Munir J Kapasi, MD

    Pediatric Intensivist and Neonatologist

    Munir J Kapasi, MD

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    Munir J Kapasi, MD

    Pediatric Intensivist and Neonatologist

    Education

    • Medical School: Behramji Jijibhai Medical College
    • Residency: Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center
    • Residency: Westchester Medical Center Maria Fareri's Children
    • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Fellowship: SUNY at Stony Brook
    Toni M Petrillo, MD

    Toni M Petrillo, MD

    Toni M Petrillo, MD

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    Toni M Petrillo, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia - Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University)
    • Internship: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Nga B Pham, MD

    Nga B Pham, MD

    Nga B Pham, MD

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    Nga B Pham, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Meharry Medical College
    • Residency: All Childrens Hospital
    • Fellowship: Shands Hospital at the University of Florida

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Alexander R Santos, MD

    Alexander R Santos, MD

    Alexander R Santos, MD

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    Alexander R Santos, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: University of the Philippines
    • Internship: Philippines General Hospital
    • Residency: Philippines General Hospital
    • Residency: Childrens Hospital of Michigan
    • Fellowship: Childrens Hospital of Michigan
    Patrick S Spafford, MD

    Patrick S Spafford, MD

    Neonatologist

    Patrick S Spafford, MD

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    Patrick S Spafford, MD

    Neonatologist

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
    • Internship: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
    • Residency: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
    • Fellowship: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
    Jana A Stockwell, MD

    Jana A Stockwell, MD

    Jana A Stockwell, MD

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    Jana A Stockwell, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    • Residency: Duke University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Duke University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Atul Vats, MD

    Atul Vats, MD

    Atul Vats, MD

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    Atul Vats, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
    • Internship: University of Oklahoma at Tulsa College of Medicine
    • Internship: University of Kansas Medical Center
    • Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Karen Walson, MD

    Karen Walson, MD

    Karen Walson, MD

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    Karen Walson, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

    The Children's
    Care Network

    Michael J Wolf, MD

    Michael J Wolf, MD

    Pediatric Cardiologist

    Michael J Wolf, MD

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    Michael J Wolf, MD

    Pediatric Cardiologist

    Education

    • Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at UMDNJ
    • Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
    • Residency: Maimonides Medical Ctr Children's Hospital of Brooklyn
    • Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell)
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

    Children's
    Physician Group

    The Children's
    Care Network

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