Ask the Expert - Pediatrics

At Banner Health, we deliver more than 30,000 babies a year, we want to make sure those babies grow up to be as healthy and as strong as possible.

Our Cardon Children's Medical Center is growing to meet the special needs of children and their parents in a hospital designed specifically for children. Other Banner facilities offer a wide range of pediatric care as well.

Here is a list of pediatric-related Ask-the-Expert topics written by Banner Health professionals.

Topics include:

Asthma

• Children and Asthma  Featuring: Lourdes Laraya-Cuasay, MD
• Children With Asthma and Sports  Featuring: Kelvin Panesar, MD

• Causes of Childhood Asthma Featuring: Lourdes Laraya-Cuasay, MD

• How to protect against allergies and asthma in your home Featuring Michael Arbel, MD

• Autism in Children Featuring: Jeff Lobas, MD

Babies

• Babies and acid reflux Featuring: Matthew Bennett, MD
• Jaundice Featuring: Michael McQueen, MD
• Premature babies Featuring: Cheryl Alexander
• Shaken Baby Syndrome Featuring Phyllis Palla
• Which is safer: breastmilk or formula Featuring Sherry Hottenstein, RN
• Hospital tests for newborns Featuring Louis Iorio, MD

Behavior

• Bedwetting at age six Featuring: Wendi Morfitt, MD
• Toilet training Featuring: Phillip Gleason, MD
• Dealing with peer pressure Featuring: Norm Saba, MD
• Test-taking anxiety Featuring: Tracy Oppenheim, MD 
• Teens and dating violence Featuring: Sue Jantzen
• Does my daughter have an eating disorder? Featuring: Tracey Oppenheim. MD
• When should I talk to my child about sex Featuring: Michele Morgan, MD

Cancer

• Cancer radiation and children Featuring: Irene Taw, MD
• Pediatric Melanoma  Featuring: Jeffrey Goldstein, MD
• Children and skin cancer Featuring: Jeffrey Goldstein, MD

Fitness

• A healthy Halloween Featuring: Mandi Turner
• Causes of childhood obesity Featuring Jason Brown, MD
• Childhood obesity and sleep Featuring: Christopher Spiekerman, MD
• High blood pressure in children Featuring: Celida Rangel, MD
• Is my child obese? Featuring: Alicia Acevedo, MD
• Teenagers and steroids Featuring: Norm Saba, MD
• Underweight child Featuring: Mandi Turner
• Weight training and children Featuring: Douglas Mangan, MD
• What is the best thing for my child to drink? Featuring: Michele Grim
• Should my child drink juice? Featuring: Akemi Glass
• Swimmer's ear in children Featuring: Michael Fucci, MD
• What to feed a child athlete Featuring Mandi Turner
• How can I pack a healthy lunch for my child? Featuring: Martin Hernandez, MD
• Pee-Wee football and safety Featuring Greg Hrasky, MD
• Is wearing a bike helmet that important? Featuring Kurt Dickson, MD
• Sports medicine: Featuring Hunt Udall, MD
• How dangerous are concussions for young athletes Featuring Grant Padley, D.O.

General Pediatric

• Childhood urinary tract infections Featuring Barry Chang, MD
• Colds and flu Featuring: Andrea DeMets, MD
• Congested breathing in children  Featuring: Alan Adler, MD
• Breathing problems Featuring: Alan Adler, MD
• Cross-eyed children Featuring: Elyssa Peters, MD
• Ear infections Featuring: Cecil Michael, MD
• Ear infections  Featuring: Cecil Michael, MD
• Emergency care for children Featuring: Jennifer Godwin
• Head Injuries  Featuring: Scott Elton, MD
• Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Curvature of the Spine  Featuring: Mark Flood, D.O.
• Online pediatric information Featuring: Suzan Miller-Hoover
• RSV Featuring:
• Swallowing problems in children Featuring: Kelly VanDahm
• What should I do if my child has a small fever Featuring Frank Benes, MD
• Why does my child snore? Featuring: Alan Adler, MD
• Von Willebrand disease in childen Featuring: Sanjay Shah, MD
• Children getting enough sleep Featuring Troy Sebastian
• Talking to Your Chlidren About Sex Featuring: Michele Morgan, MD
• Scorpions:  Featuring Michelle Ruha, MD 
• Kids and valley fever: Featuring Jeffrey Lobas, MD

Immunizations

• Immunizations Featuring: Andrea DeMets, MD
• Measles immunizations Featuring: John Monroe, MD
• H1N1 Virus: Featuring Felipe Gutierrez, MD

RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)

• RSV  Featuring: Kris Korte, RN
• RSV  Featuring: Alan Adler, MD
• What is RSV?  Featuring: Steven Oscherwitz, MD

Safety

• Drowning prevention Featuring: Tracey Brown
• Booster seats Featuring: Tracey Brown
• Bike safety Featuring: Tracey Brown
• What is BPA and can it hurt my child? John Sarmiento, MD
• Child safety during Halloween Featuring: Anne Bordal
• When does a bump on the head become serious? Featuring Marc Wasserman, MD

Sports Physicials

• School sports physicals Featuring Thomas Anderson, D.O.
• Sports Physicials Featuring: Tom Anderson, MD

Surgery

• Preparing a child for surgery Featuring: Michael Attard