Department
of Pediatrics
To train caring, compassionate physicians who are
competent to provide the best possible medical care
for neonates, infants, children and adolescents; are
children’s advocates in terms of social, emotional
and medical needs; and have the requisite medical
and scientific background to pursue careers in pediatric
medicine.
Monmouth's 26,000-square-foot Mary Stavola Children's
Pavilion is the core setting for providing comprehensive
care for children from birth through adolescence.
The Medical Center is located two blocks from the
beach, and a seashore theme is carried throughout
the pavilion, including a salt water marine aquarium.
The Stavola Pavilion also features a 21 bed inpatient
pediatric unit, including a 6 bed pediatric ICU, and
an isolation intensive care room. Monmouth's Child
Life Services staff assists families and children
in making life as normal as possible for youngsters
in the hospital. There is a playroom, children's library,
and Stay Smart University, a one-room schoolhouse
developed to meet the educational needs of children
hospitalized at Monmouth. Child Life Services also
offers a pediatric preoperative program, featuring
a slide presentation, medical play and tour of the
Surgical Day Stay Area.
More than 100 pediatricians are affiliated with the
department's attending staff, more than half of whom
are subspecialty trained in such areas as
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy
- Cardiology
- Child Psychiatry and Psychology
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Neonatology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pathology
- Pulmonary
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
Outpatient Services
Monmouth Medical Center's location and population
base provides a context in which a very high level
of general pediatrics is practiced in a large number
of top quality practices in the area. Pediatric ambulatory
services at Monmouth includes a large primary care
clinic for the residents' continuity clinic training.
There is also a pediatric emergency department, where
patients from both private and resident practices
may be seen.
Monmouth has extensive subspecialty outpatient services
for children with special needs or chronic illnesses.
There are outpatient programs and electives in all
the major subspecialties listed above.
Monmouth is one of six hospitals in New Jersey that
are Valerie Fund Centers, which treat children with
cancer and blood disorders.
Monmouth has one of only two Cystic Fibrosis Centers
in New Jersey and is part of national research trials
in leading-edge therapy sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation.
The hospital's Muscular Dystrophy Program is one
of five in the state sponsored by the National Muscular
Dystrophy Association.
Monmouth Medical Center has a Regional Newborn Early
Intervention Program, where pediatricians and other
specialists provide services to children up to the
age of 3 who are developmentally disabled.
The hospital also serves as a Regional Cleft Palate
Center, one of four in the state, providing outpatient
services and surgery to children born with cleft lip,
cleft palate or other orofacial abnormalities.
Regional Newborn Center
Monmouth's Regional Newborn Center includes a 28 bed
neonatal intensive care nursery and 8 special care/stepdown
care beds, all part of Monmouth's state designated
Level III Regional Perinatal Center covering Monmouth
and Ocean counties. Babies and mothers from throughout
central New Jersey are transported here to be treated
for problems such as prematurity, acute illness or
congenital disorders. Infants who begin their lives
in this specialized nursery become part of a regional
newborn extension program where their neurodevelopment
is evaluated as they grow up. The regular nursery
cares for about over 4,000 births per year, with its
own individualized teaching program.
Ronald McDonald House
Today Monmouth is one of 150 hospitals in the country
and one of two in New Jersey that offers a Ronald
McDonald House. Here, home-like accommodations are
provided for families of seriously ill children who
are being treated at Monmouth and other area hospitals.
Hospital based schooling/tutoring is also offered
for children who need prolonged hospitalization. The
Ronald McDonald House at Monmouth completed a major
expansion and has also undertaken the installation
of a special parent and child rest area within one
of the Pediatric wings of the hospital.
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