The Department of Pediatrics cares for babies and children through the age of 18 and offers an in-house pediatric hospitalist 24 hours a day. Our pediatric unit offers eight private rooms decorated in colorful, child-friendly themes, many with colorful wall murals painted by our staff and students from a local high school. Each of our private rooms offers a color television, VCR's (we have a selection of children's movies on the unit for loan free of charge) and a sleeper chair that will comfortably accommodate overnight stays by a family member. In addition, we also offer a playroom filled with toys for children of all ages. Child-size tables couches and chairs help our pediatrics patients feel more like they are in a home environment.
Our Pediatric Unit features an "ouch free zone" where nurses use a numbing cream prior to administering an injection. In addition, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was the first hospital in the area to offer an Open-MRI. Our Open MRI helps alleviate claustrophobia often associated with a traditional "closed-style" MRI and allows a parent to be in the room and to see and hold your child's hand while he/she is having a MRI.
If you are in need of a pediatrician for your child, please call our physician referral line at 703-750-8800 or visit our online physician database.