Infusion and Sedation Center
The Infusion and Sedation Center at Akron Children’s Hospital provides two distinct services. Our sedation services are provided for children that need to hold still for a test or procedure and involves a sedation medication to help children relax. Infusion is an outpatient procedure providing IV therapy for children and young adults to treat a variety of conditions.
Our Doctors/Providers
Director, Pediatric Sedation Services; Pediatric Hospitalist
Director, Pediatric Infusion Services; Pediatric Hospitalist
Tarun Bhalla, MD, MBA, FAAP
Chair, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Sophia Chen, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Carly Dulabon, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
LeRoy Eberly, MD
Director, Hospital Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital Beeghly Campus; Pediatric Hospitalist
Samantha Gunkelman, MD
Co-Director, Residency Quality Improvement Program; Pediatric Hospitalist
Lindsay Harsey, DO
Co-Director, EBM and Journal Club; Pediatric Hospitalist
Nimisha Jain, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Kathryn Mansel, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist; Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director; Co-Director, EBM and Journal Club
James Nard, MD
Director, Hospital Medicine; Pediatric Hospitalist and Sedationist
Susan Nofziger, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Lauren Ousley, DO
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Brittany Potts, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist; Medical Director, Hospital Based Services; Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Advanced Practice Providers
Hannah Rhodes, DO, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Zachary Rohrer, DO
Pediatric Hospitalist/Nocturnist
Lawrence Shaffer, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Jeffrey Solomon, MD, FAAP, FACP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Wendy Van Ittersum, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Residency Simulation Program; Pediatric Hospitalist
Kenneth Wyatt, DO
Pediatric Hospitalist; Pediatric Clerkship Director
Jonathan Baldridge, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Megan Dahlheimer, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Anna Hauenstein, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Amanda Hubay, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Amanda Pelligra, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Jackie Pressman, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Leah Rawdon, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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What Should Families Expect When They Come for an Appointment?
At Akron Children’s, your child’s health and safety is our priority. Please continue to bring your child for wellness visits, vaccinations or sick care appointments that keep children healthy. We want to assure you that we have taken additional precautions to ensure a safe environment for your child and family. The following are additional safety efforts, in addition to our normal cleaning protocols, that we are taking to help you be comfortable bringing your child to an appointment.
Masking and Other Safety Protocols
Akron Children’s has a number of safety protocols in place for our patients and visitors in order to provide a safe hospital environment.
Infusion Center
The Infusion Center offers a comfortable, convenient, patient centered environment to receive intravenous infusions by specially-trained pediatric nurses. Infusion therapy is administered to pediatric patients who require one-time or ongoing IV therapy for a variety of acute and chronic illnesses. Some therapies available:
- Antibiotic therapy
- Biologics for treatment of arthritis and Gastrointestinal diseases
- Biosphosphonates (therapies to enhance bone density)
- Blood product transfusions
- Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
- Iron therapy
- IV fluid hydration
- Immune globulins
- IV steroids
- Mediport maintenance
- Monitoring of first dose medications for patients at high risk due to allergies
Sedation
Sedation is a safe way to keep children comfortable during a short, painful procedure or a long test that requires them to stay perfectly still. This includes:
- Radiology exams such as MRI, CAT scans, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine studies.
- Botox injections and nerve blocks to improve spasticity
- Lumbar punctures to collect and examine the fluid around the brain and spinal cord
- Biopsies to obtain tissue samples
- Hearing tests (brain stem evoked response tests)
- Removal of sutures or stitches
- Interventional radiology procedures
- Oncology procedures (bone marrow aspiration and biopsy)
- Dental procedures
- Joint injections
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