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WellSpan and the Johns Hopkins announce new pediatric surgery collaboration in York County

YORK, Pa. — Clinical partnership brings Johns Hopkins surgeons to WellSpan York Hospital WellSpan Health and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center announced...
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YORK, Pa. — Clinical partnership brings Johns Hopkins surgeons to WellSpan York Hospital

WellSpan Health and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center announced today a collaboration that will improve local access to expert pediatric surgical care.

The two health care organizations will collaborate to bring Johns Hopkins General Pediatric Surgery to York. The new surgical practice, located at 300 Pine Grove Commons, in York, will open and begin seeing patients on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center board-certified pediatric surgeons will be available for consultative services at the WellSpan York practice location on a weekly basis. Surgical procedures will be performed at WellSpan York Hospital. Starting in October, all eight surgeons will be available 24/7 for on-call consultative services at WellSpan York Hospital.

“WellSpan’s collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center will bring a cadre of specialized pediatric surgeons to the York/Adams community, ensuring that many children in our communities who need pediatric surgical care will no longer need to be transported to hospitals outside our area,” says David Turkewitz, M.D., chairman and education coordinator of pediatrics and director of pediatric emergency medicine for WellSpan York Hospital.

“It is safer for the child, and it will allow parents to better focus on the needs of their child, rather than worry about how to get to an unfamiliar hospital, where to park, where to stay, where to eat and how to navigate the hospital,” he adds. “This is a win for our patients and our community.”

The practice will offer the latest minimally invasive and surgical treatments for all aspects of surgery for neonatal, infant, child and adolescent conditions. Additionally, children with conditions that are rare or require the expertise of additional pediatric subspecialists can seek continued care at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

“We share a common goal with our colleagues at WellSpan, which is to provide the best pediatric surgical care in southcentral Pennsylvania,” says David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., surgeon-in-chief for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. “Our shared vision is to ensure that whenever possible, pediatric surgery should be delivered in the community where the child and family live to make the experience as stress-free as possible. For more complex pediatric surgical cases, we seek to build on our existing relationships and to ensure rapid and easy access to all of the services available at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.”

The following Johns Hopkins surgeons will staff the new Johns Hopkins General Pediatric Surgery practice in York:

– David J. Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., surgeon-in-chief for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
– Samuel M. Alaish, M.D., surgical director of the Center for Intestinal Rehabilitation and Cure Using Science at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
– Alejandro V. Garcia, M.D., surgical director of the pediatric ECMO program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
– Eric Jelin, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s Fetal Program
– Isam W. Nasr, M.D., associate director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
– Jeffrey R. Lukish, M.D., Johns Hopkins associate professor of surgery
– Daniel Rhee, M.D., lead surgeon for pediatric surgical oncology at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
– Dylan Stewart, M.D., director of the Pediatric Trauma and Burn Program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

For referrals and appointments, prospective patients may call 717-812-4390. For more information, visit http://www.hopkinschildrens.org and http://www.WellSpan.org.

About WellSpan Health
WellSpan Health is an integrated health system that serves the communities of central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. The organization comprises a multispecialty medical group of more than 1,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, a home care organization, six respected hospitals, more than 15,000 employees, and more than 130 patient care locations. WellSpan is a charitable, mission-driven organization, committed to exceptional care for all, lifelong wellness and healthy communities.

About the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Founded in 1912 as the children’s hospital at Johns Hopkins, the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country, with more than 92,000 patient visits and nearly 9,000 admissions each year. The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is Maryland’s largest children’s hospital and the only state-designated Trauma Service and Burn Unit for pediatric patients. It has recognized Centers of Excellence in dozens of pediatric subspecialties, including allergy, cardiology, cystic fibrosis, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, pulmonary, and transplant.

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