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  • What Every Parent Should Know About AFM

    If you've been paying attention to the national news lately, you may have noticed that there has been a record number of AFM cases across the nation in 2018. AFM, which stands for acute flaccid myelitis, is a polio-like disease that causes sudden weakness in the arms and legs, along with a loss of muscle tone, and typically affects children.

  • Shahid Qamar, MD

    Shahid Qamar, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist with Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute. He specializes in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation. He has extensive training in cardiovascular disease with special interests in cardiac oncology, pulmonary hypertension and infiltrative heart disease, providing patients the latest diagnostic and therapeutic treatments. Dr. Qamar’s board certifications include internal medicine, general cardiology, echocardiography, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.

  • Charles Hughes, MD

    Dr. Charles Hughes is a board-certified pediatric otolaryngologist with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He specializes in medical and surgical care for conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat. With 35 years of experience, his expertise includes:

  • Khaled Bittar, MD

    Khaled Bittar, MD, is a board-certified physician with the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition.

    After earning his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University in Syria, Dr. Bittar completed his residency in general pediatrics at Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology with the University of Florida at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer.

    Previously, Dr. Bittar was a clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine and a pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center. He has been involved in research on children with celiac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus and on mastocytic enterocolitis in children.

    In addition to being a reviewer for the scientific journal, Clinical Pediatrics, Dr. Bittar has co-authored multiple book chapters and co-presented published abstracts at numerous professional meetings. Dr. Bittar is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP) and a member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

  • Mark A Rich, MD

    Mark A. Rich, MD, FAAP, FACS, is a pediatric urologist with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

  • Carlos E. Sabogal, MD

    Carlos Sabogal, MD, serves as chief of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. He is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine.

  • How should you clean your breast pump?

    If you’re a nursing mom, you may choose to use a breast pump to provide breastmilk for those times you’re away from your baby. Whether you’re going back to work, heading out for the occasional date night or simply need to give yourself a break from nursing, your breast pump can be an indispensable tool in helping you continue breastfeeding as long as you choose.

  • Sickle Cell Disease Program

    Our Sickle Cell Disease Program is the largest of its kind in Central Florida, providing diagnosis, treatment and long-term health management for children, adolescents and young adults up to 21 years of age with sickle cell disease of all types.

  • Kia Small, MSN, CPNP-AC

    Kia Small is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner in acute care (CPNP-AC) with The Haley Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She focuses primarily on providing care for patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease who require chronic transfusions. She is able to perform a variety of procedures, including:

  • Alcohol and pregnancy: not a good mix

    About three years ago this month, my husband and I were getting ready for our first “mommy and daddy” trip since our son was born. Our son was about 15 months old at the time, and he would be staying with grandparents as we explored Napa Valley, California. During that week, as we were scheduling tours of vineyards and making restaurant reservations, I was feeling a little “funny.” And I had only felt that way once before!