Read about how Manny Carrillo's Kawasaki disease was identified and treated through the close collaboration between NSMC and MassGeneral Hospital for Children.
NSMC North Shore Children's Hospital works closely with MassGeneral Hospital for Children to provide a full range of specialty care in the following areas:
Pediatric Cardiology
We provide comprehensive cardiac care to infants, children, and adolescents with congenital or acquired heart disease. Our pediatric cardiologists have consistently achieve excellent results in the interventional cardiology, echocardiography and fetal cardiology surgeries they perform. We are proud of our particular expertise in the area of percutaneous transcatheter techniques. Many of our procedures were pioneered at the MGHfC's Center for Excellence in Interventional Cardiology, and give us the ability to correct cardiac defects as non-invasively as possible. As part of our preventive cardiology program, we also evaluate children and families with lipid disorders. Children with cardiac rhythm disturbances are managed by state-of-the-art techniques.
Our attending physicians work in close collaboration with you and your child's primary care provider throughout the course of treatment, and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to answer questions. For best results, the same pediatric cardiologist will care for your child throughout the course of treatment. Should surgery become necessary, we refer you to the most appropriate cardiac surgeon.
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
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Endocrinology
The Pediatric Endocrinology team diagnoses and treats all endocrine-related conditions of infants, children and adolescents. These include:
- Growth disorders
- Thyroid and adrenal problems
- Problems of puberty
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypoglycemia
- Pituitary diabetes insipidus and inappropriate release of vasopressin associated with thirst disorders and electrolyte imbalance
- Parathyroid problems
- Calcium and bone metabolism disorders
- Intersex disorders
- Hirsutism and pituitary problems
The care we provide is tailored to your child's particular situation, and includes nutritional, psychiatric and social service support. We are strong proponents of the multidisciplinary approach, and typically work in close association with other departments and subspecialists for evaluation, management and treatment.
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
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Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition team provides expertise in gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic and nutritional disorders of children and adolescents.
Endoscopic procedures, including upper endoscopy and colonoscopy are performed in a new unit adjacent to the NSMC North Shore Children's Hospital with state-of-the-art equipment that enables us to offer services to all ages, from infants to adolescents. We provide interventional services such as dilatations and polypectomy, as well as rectal and esophageal manometry and motility, and PH probe monitoring, in the unit. Lactose, sucrose, glucose, lactulose and H pylori breath hydrogen testing are available at NSCH.
Other Gastroenterology & Nutrition programs available at MGHfC include:
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
- Clinical trials of new medications
- Family programs in conjunction with the adult GI unit
- Genetics consultation
- Nutrition evaluation
- Liver-Small Bowel Transplantation
- Weight Center
- View the Pediatric Airway Program on the Mass Eye and Ear site
- Intestinal Rehabilitation Program on the MGHfC site.
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
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Nephrology
Our full-service pediatric nephrology and hypertension team emphasizes personalized, prompt, friendly consultation and care. We diagnose and treat all disorders of the kidneys and urinary tract occurring in infants, children and adolescents--including hematuria and proteinuria; urinary tract infections; enuresis/voiding problems; kidney stones and hypertension.
We treat diseases of the kidneys that fall into a wide variety of categories--and provide care for all aspects of acute renal failure and chronic renal failure, such as:
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Glomerular disease
- Reflux nephropathy
- Acute and chronic pyelonephritis
- Obstructive uropathy
- Renal tubular diseases
- Renal cystic diseases (such as polycystic kidneys)
- Congenital renal diseases; metabolic diseases that affect the kidneys
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
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The Pulmonary staff cares for a wide variety of pulmonary and allergic disorders, including diseases affecting:
- View the Pediatric Airway Program on the Mass Eye and Ear site
- Asthma
- Vocal cords (paralysis, spasm with exertion as well as dynamic paradoxical movement)
- Sleep
- Breathing during sleep (obstructive and central apneas, congenital central hypoventilation)
- Diseases of alveolar/interstitial tissues (cellular interstitial pneumonitis, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia)
Special clinical activities of the Pediatric Pulmonary Unit in caring for infants and children with respiratory disorders include:
- Cystic Fibrosis Center
- Allergy/Immunology Clinic
- Pulmonary function testing
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
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Rheumatology
Our doctors diagnose and treat all rheumatic conditions of infants, children and adolescents. Rheumatic disorders include juvenile arthritis and other diffuse connective tissue diseases and musculoskeletal pain problems of childhood (get them to list a few.) We work closely with specialists in Orthopedics, Physical Therapy, Nursing and the pediatric subspecialties to provide a multidisciplinary approach to helping every child.
Call 978.354.2760 for an appointment.
