Publicado en: 6/03/2013

Pictured from L to R: Dr. Ziad Khatib, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist; Nancy Humbert, Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Planning and Public Affairs; Dr. Andrea Maggioni, Director of Global Health; HRH Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan; Mr. Majdi Al-Saleh; Dr. Narendra M. Kini, President and CEO of Miami Children’s Hospital; Dr. Deise Granado-Villar, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical and Academic Affairs

Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan visited Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) on March 5, 2013 to meet with administrators and greet hospitalized children.Her Royal Highness toured the hospital to learn about some of the cutting edge programs being offered at MCH. They were given a demonstration of MCH’s TeleHealth program, which extends MCH’s medical expertise to families around the world through the use of medical technologies.

They also toured the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), which provides highly specialized pre- and post-operative care for children undergoing cardiac surgery and interventional catheterization.

The Michael Fux Family Center (MFFC) welcomed the royal guests with a private reception and a tour of the family centered facility. The visit was made possible by MCH’s Department of Global Health, which is dedicated to the health of children throughout the world.

About Miami Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Miami Children's Hospital® is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with more than 650 attending physicians and over 130 pediatric sub-specialists. The 289-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor.

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Durante los últimos 75 años, Nicklaus Children's ha sido un faro de esperanza para los niños y las familias en todo el estado de Florida y más allá. Nicklaus Children's Hospital es el #1 independiente, sin fines de lucro y con licencia especializada del sur de Florida exclusivamente para niños y atiende a cerca del 70 por ciento de los niños de la comunidad metropolitana de Miami. En adición, Nicklaus Children's ofrece atención dentro del Hospital NCH North en Naples, la Unidad Pediátrica De George del Jupiter Medical Center y unidades de emergencia pediátricas seleccionadas de Baptist Health South Florida. El hospital y su red de más de 35 centros de atención ambulatoria ofrecen atención vital en los condados de Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin y Palm Beach. Estos centros incluyen una variedad de servicios de urgencias, atención primaria pediátrica y centros de subespecialidades, y son basado en hospitales o centros ambulatorios de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Nicklaus Children's es una filial académica y clínica de Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine y ofrece una fuente de futuros médicos e investigación innovadora. Nicklaus Children's alberga centros de excelencia, como el Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, el Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute y el Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. El hospital con 325 camas es reconocido por su excelencia en todos los aspectos de la medicina pediátrica, y muchos de sus programas han sido clasificados regularmente entre los mejores del país por U.S. News & World Report desde 2008. Nicklaus Children's también cuenta con una filial de práctica médica sin fines de lucro con más de 40 especialidades y un centro de cirugía ambulatoria.