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  • News Special Highlights Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital Compassion

    Looking into Arnold Palmer and his namesake’s golf tournament and how it has an impact through the hospitals that bear his name.

  • Survey: Parents should be allowed to be present during trauma care

    Orlando, Fla - When a seriously injured child arrives at the trauma center at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, the patient's parents are ushered into the trauma room alongside the medical team. The policy to allow parents to be present during care is not the norm among pediatric trauma centers, but a new national survey by Orlando Health shows that the vast majority of people think it should be. The survey found 90 percent agree that parents should be able to stay with their child during treatment for a life-threatening injury or condition.

  • Does My Child Need a Support Group?

    At The Hewell Kids’ Kidney Center at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, patients who have been diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease often have difficulty coping and adjusting to a lifelong chronic illness.  

  • How we help children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and allergic gastrointestinal problems

    Eosinophilic esophageal disorder (EoE) is a long, tongue-twisting name that is perhaps fitting for this very complicated disorder. Sometimes referred to as a food allergy of the esophagus, it is a chronic problem that has to be carefully managed by a team of experts over a long period of time.

  • Protecting Kids with Asthma from COVID-19

    What doctors know about COVID-19 is still emerging, but experts consider children with asthma to be at-risk for more serious illness if infected than children without asthma. To help protect them, ensure your child regularly uses their preventive asthma therapies — such as an inhaler — and work hard to reduce triggers like exposure to pollen and stress. Doing so lowers your child’s risk of serious infection from COVID-19. 

  • Is Babywearing Hurting My Child’s Hips?

    Babywearing is the practice of carrying a baby close against your body through the use of a sling or similar carrier. When done safely, this practice can be a beneficial choice for both infants and parents. In fact, carrying your baby on your chest or back has been shown to increase the health and happiness of babies, among other positives.

  • Why Children Should Avoid Energy Drinks

    Here is a fact all parents should know: Energy drinks have no health benefits for children.

  • Sending a child with epilepsy to school: what every parent should know

  • Stephanie Klotz, AuD

    Stephanie Klotz is a certified pediatric audiologist with The Hearing Center at Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital. She specializes in hearing evaluations and treatments, and her expertise includes:

  • Khaled Bittar, MD

    Khaled Bittar, MD, is a board-certified physician with the Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital 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.