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Subspecialty referrals and consultation: it’s time to partner with primary care paediatricians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2022

Ashraf S. Harahsheh Open the ORCID record for Ashraf S. Harahsheh [Opens in a new window]
Ashraf S. Harahsheh*
Affiliation:
Division of cardiology, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA and Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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Author for correspondence: Ashraf S. Harahsheh, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.A.P. Director of Quality and Outcomes in Cardiology. Medical Unit Director of both the Northern Virginia (NoVA) and Fredericksburg, VA Regional Outpatient Centers. Director of Children’s National Kawasaki Disease Program. Director of Resident Education in Cardiology, Division of cardiology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s National Hospital, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 111 Michigan Ave, N.W. Washington, DC 20010, USA. Tel: 202 476 2020. E-mail: aharahsh@childrensnational.org
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Keywords

Subspecialty referralpediatricspediatric cardiologyambulatory medicine
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 9 , September 2022 , pp. 1498 - 1501
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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