Ashtabula County Medical Center | ACMC Pulse | Summer 2016

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THERE IS little more heartbreaking
than a sick child. Even if it’s just
an ear infection, we want to do
everything humanly possible to
make our child feel well again.
Ashtabula County Medical Center
(ACMC) has four pediatricians, a
pediatric nurse practitioner, family
physicians, and Express Care
staff who all diagnose and treat
childhood illnesses.
ACMC’s pediatric team
recognized an increasing number
of patients with diseases of the
endocrine system, and they knew
just where to turn: Cleveland Clinic
Children’s, the only hospital in
Northeast Ohio that is ranked in
10 out of 10 specialties in U.S. News
& World Report’s “Best Children’s
Hospitals 2015–16.” The rankings
are based on quality, safety, care
and reputation. Cleveland Clinic
Children’s 10 specialty rankings
include cancer, cardiology and
heart surgery, diabetes and
endocrinology, gastroenterology
and gastrointestinal surgery,
neonatology, nephrology, neurology
and neurosurgery, orthopaedics,
pulmonology, and urology.
Through a collaboration with
Cleveland Clinic Children’s,
ACMC offers Cleveland Clinic
Pediatric Endocrinologists Sumana
Narasimhan, MD, and Laurie
Tsilianidis, MD, who see patients on
a rotating basis at ACMC.
Teaming up with Cleveland Clinic
Children’s specialists
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ACMC offers
pediatric
endocrinology
To schedule an
appointment
with a Cleveland
Clinic pediatric
endocrinologist,
call 440-997-6969 .
“The pediatric endocrinology
subspecialty at Cleveland Clinic
Children’s focuses not only on the
patient and the disorder, but also
how it affects the entire family,”
said ACMC President and CEO
Michael Habowski. “We are proud
to bring this level of expertise to
Ashtabula County.”
Pediatric endocrinology focuses on:
➜ ➜ Adrenal disorders.
➜ ➜ Growth disorders.
➜ ➜ Hypoglycemia.
➜ ➜ Juvenile diabetes.
➜ ➜ Thyroid disorders.
➜ ➜ Pituitary disorders.
➜ ➜ Puberty and sexual disorders.
➜ ➜ Genetic disorders.
A strong team
Dr. Narasimhan completed her
training in pediatric endocrinology
at Cincinnati Children’s Medical
Center in 2005 and then worked
at Rainbow Babies and Children’s
Hospital until 2015. She is board-
certified in pediatric endocrinology
and in general pediatrics. Her main
interests include general pediatric
endocrinology, puberty, growth and
hormone problems in survivors of
childhood cancer.
Dr. Tsilianidis completed her
training in pediatric endocrinology
at University of Florida College of
Medicine’s Shands Medical Center
in 2012. She is a 2006 graduate
of University of Toledo College of
Medicine. Her specialties include
metabolic bone disease.
“Being able to collaborate with
a nationally ranked children’s
hospital is a true benefit to ACMC
and our community,” said ACMC
Pediatrician Jude Cauwenbergh, DO.
“Having Cleveland Clinic Children’s
specialists come to ACMC makes it
much easier for our patients to get
the specialty care they need.”
ACMC also offers pediatric
cardiology services. Since 2009,
Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist
Thomas Edwards, MD, sees patients
at ACMC, caring for children who
suffer from various disorders of
the heart, including valve disease,
palpitations, murmurs, defects,
stenosis and more.
To schedule an appointment
with a member of the ACMC
Pediatrics team, call 440-997-6969.
To schedule an appointment with
Cleveland Clinic Children’s for
pediatric cardiology, call 800-
223-2273, or for pediatric
endocrinology, call 440-997-6969 .