[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16205]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM'S DIVISION OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND 
                               RADIOLOGY

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 20, 2015

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in congratulating Children's National Health 
System and its Division of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology on the 
International Day of Radiology and on the tremendous impact that 
pediatric medical imaging and radiation has on children's health care 
in the District of Columbia.
  Children's National Health System and its Division of Diagnostic 
Imaging and Radiology offers District residents access to a specialized 
staff, full-time Child Life Specialists, state-of-the-art equipment and 
walk-in radiographs. When a procedure, such as an MRI, requires 
sedation, Children's National is the only hospital in the national 
capital region that guarantees a child's anesthesia is administered by 
a fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologist.
  Children's National has one of the few radiology programs in the 
United States with several physicists on staff. Children's physicists 
ensure patient safety through careful monitoring of all equipment. 
Their physicists supervise radiation safety throughout the hospital, 
can answer parents' questions about the radiation dose for an exam and 
ensure safe and effective application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
  Children's National performs approximately 130,000 diagnostic imaging 
studies each year. These studies play a critical role in the detection, 
diagnosis and management of a wide variety of diseases affecting 
children; and they are performed by specially trained physicians, 
technologists, sonographers, nurses and child life specialists who 
understand the unique needs of our youngest patients. Medical imaging 
reduces the number of invasive surgeries, unnecessary hospital 
admissions and lengths of hospital stays, and helps lower health care 
costs for Americans.
  On November 8, 2015, the International Day of Radiology, sponsored by 
the American College of Radiology, the European Society of Radiology 
and the Radiologic Society of North America, is celebrating the 120th 
anniversary of the discovery of the X-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen and 
the important role medical imaging and radiation oncology serve in 
health care. Children's National will designate Friday, November 6, 
2015, to celebrate the International Day of Radiology, which this year 
is dedicated to pediatric imaging.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
celebrating the 2015 International Day of Radiology and recognizing and 
honoring Children's National Health System and its Division of 
Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology for their invaluable contributions to 
improving pediatric radiology on behalf of the residents of the 
District of Columbia.

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