Specialty Care
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
What is Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Hospital medicine refers to the medical care you receive while you are in the hospital. A hospitalist is a physician who has been trained in pediatrics and has special expertise in caring for the complex needs of a pediatric hospitalized patient. Children and adolescents who are hospitalized usually have more acute (or urgent, active) health needs, requiring more management than a doctor’s other, non-hospitalized patients.
Hospitalists oversee your medical care, working closely with other patient care staff and physicians. They also connect with your regular physician to coordinate and manage medications, treatments and other medical needs while hospitalized.
Hospitalists care for children and adolescents with conditions including:
• Respiratory illnesses, such as pneumonia or influenza
• Infectious diseases
• Recovery from injury or surgery
• Problems with ongoing issues such as asthma or diabetes
Available Locations
- IHA Pediatric Hospital Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours Open 24 Hours
Additional Healthcare Service Providers
- Adriana Benedetto, CNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Amy Albert, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Amy Mosher, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Anne Boyd, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Anne Vandenbelt, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Aseel Zeidan, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Calista Campbell, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Jodi Fichera, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Julie Byrne, CNP, IBCLCPediatric Nurse Practitioner & Lactation Consultant
- Kaitlin Wilkinson, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Kelly Strickler, CNP, IBCLCPediatric Nurse Practitioner & Lactation Consultant
- Kerry Mychaliska, MDPediatric Hospitalist
- Kristin Evans, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Marissa DaSilva, CNP, IBCLCPediatric Nurse Practitioner & Lactation Consultant
- Melissa Schroeter, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Sarah Benjamin, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Kathryn Fenton, CNPPediatric Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner
- Alison Emmitt, MDPediatric Hospitalist