Department of Pediatrics
About Us
The Department of Pediatrics started as a phase IIB Philippine Pediatric Society accredited department in 1983. It has been granted a Level II Pediatric Residency Program last January 2016 The department’s proudest boast is its full complement of Pediatric subspecialties: Adolescent Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Ambulatory Pediatrics, Cardiology, Child Protection Unit, Critical Care, Developmental Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neonatology, Neurology, Oncology, Pulmonology and Toxicology.
We were among the pioneer advocates of breastfeeding in the country for which we were recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “Baby Friendly Hospital”.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) fulfils the Level III standards as required by the Philippine Pediatric Society. Currently it accommodates 70-80 sick neonates and reaches up
to a maximum of 100 patients during the peak months of September to December. It has a fully accredited fellowship training that started in 2017. The Maternal and Child Services Unit located on the 3rd floor, North and East wings averages a daily census of 100 well newborns who were immediately roomed-in with their mothers. Breastfeeding is encouraged and strictly observed in these areas. The Birthing Center is located at the lower ground floor of the hospital where mothers identified as having non–complicated pregnancies and deliveries are admitted. It serves as a training center for LGU and DOH accredited facilities.
We lend full support to the TB D.O.T.S (Tuberculosis, Directly Observed Treatment Strategy) among our admitted and out patients. The TB DOTS facility is a one floor building located at the far end of the right-side parking lot. Diagnostic work-up for TB is free of charge and patients enrolled in the TB program are given free anti-TB medicines. Our Tumor Clinic serves the indigent cancer patients through the DOH Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Medicine Allocation Program (ALLMAP). It is located at the ground floor of the hospital near the main laboratory and is composed of consultation rooms and chemotherapy areas. It operates every Wednesday and sees an average of 60-75 patients per month. Procedures, like OPD chemotherapy and bone marrow aspiration are done in the clinic where they can be observed for six hours after which they are sent home. This unit is currently undergoing renovation and will reopen towards the first quarter of 2019.
The TAHAN TAHANAN located at the lower ground floor, is a halfway home for children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and solid tumors without any communicable diseases who seek treatment in Metro Manila hospitals together with their family/caregiver from the provinces. The clients are provided with free board and lodging coupled with a comprehensive enrichment program like home-study, arts and crafts, music, theatre, dance and skills training for the parents/caregivers.
Together with the Department of Medicine, we became a Satellite Center of the National Poison Control Center since 1995.
At present, we maintain active consultations and referral system with Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Pediatric Urology, and Pediatric Anesthesiology. The Department also serves as a good training ground for residents from other institutions when it opened its door for affiliation in Allergology, Nephrology, Toxicology, Normal and intensive newborn care and Pediatric Pulmonology and Critical Care.
The Department actively remained in the forefront of national concerns by sending medical teams to the victims of natural disasters such as flood, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Vision and Mission
Vision
The East Avenue Medical Center Department of Pediatrics is the leader for advocacy, training, research, and quality health care for children.
Mission
1. To deliver quality and holistic healthcare service to pediatric patients.
2. To produce competent and compassionate Pediatricians through a comprehensive Residency Training Program.
3. To conduct ethical and clinically relevant researches to improve pediatric health care.
4. To promote and actively participate in community health and child advocacy programs.
Core Values
- Family centered
- Integrity
- Respect
- Excellence
- Quality
- Compassion
Subspecialty Clinics
Day | Time | General Pediatric Clinic | Subspecialty Clinic |
Monday | 8:00 - 12:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Neurology |
10:00 - 12:00pm | CP Clearance | Nephrology | |
1:00 - 3:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | TB DOTS Clini / Community Clinic | |
Tuesday | 8:00 - 12:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Pulmonology Clinic |
10:00 - 12:00pm | CP Clearance | Hematology Clinic / Allergology Clinic / Gastroenterology Clinic | |
1:00 - 3:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Hihg Risk Infants follow up / TB DOTS Clinic | |
Wednesday | 8:00 - 12:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Oncology Clinic (Tumor Clinic) |
10:00 - 12:00pm | CP Clearance | Endocrinology Clinic / Nephrology Clinic | |
1:00 - 3:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics / Well Baby Clinic | Nephrology Clinic / Community Clinic / TB DOTS Clinic | |
Thursday | 8:00 - 12:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Cardiology Clinic / TB DOTS Clinic |
1:00 - 3:00pm | Community Clinic / TB DOTS Clinic | ||
Friday | 8:00 - 12:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics | Neurodec Clinic / High Risk Infants follow up |
1:00 - 3:00pm | Gen. Pediatrics / Well Baby Clinic | Community Clinic / TB DOTS Clinic |
Sikap Bata Foundation
The SIKAP bata foundation was founded in 2003, to provide financial assistance and give solace to children who have been stricken with illness and who could not afford the price of
medicines for their survival.
For many families, EAMC offers the last hope to heal their child. Armed with a full complement of pediatric specialists and driven by charity and compassion, we go beyond our
cookie-cutter lives and make a difference in the lives of others.
The SIKAP BATA foundation empowers us to respond to the needs of each child with one goal, to give every child, hope to be healed.
Your participation will enable us to seize this pivotal moment and shape healthier futures of children and families.
Put the CARE back in Health Care
Commit to the cause of sick indigent children
Act in the spirit of love, charity and solidarity
Reform the inadequate system of health care
Engage in the preservation of human life and dignity
Services Offered
Provides high quality medical care and satisfactorily serve the needs of each pediatric case.
SERVICES OFFERED: | |
• Newborn Screening | |
• Neonatal Intensive Care | |
• Pediatric Intensive Care | |
• Out-Patient Clinic | |
• Emergency Pediatrics | |
• Cancer Chemotherapy | |
• Pain Management | |
• Birthing Center | |
• National Center for Poison Control | |
• TB DOTS | |
• Immunization | |
• Well Baby Clinic | |
• Hearing Screening | |
• ROP Screening | |
• Animal Bite Center | |
• Community Pediatrics | |
• Nephrology | |
• Gastrointestinal | |
SUB-SPECIALTIES | |
• General Pediatrics | |
• Allero-Immunology | |
• Cardiology | |
• Critical Care | |
• Endocrinology | |
• Infectious Disease | |
• Neonatology | |
• Neurodevelopment Pediatrics | |
• Neurology | |
• Oncology | |
• Pulmonology | |
• Toxicology | |
• Rheumatology (Adolescent and Pedia) | |
• Hematology | |
• Nephrology | |
• Gastroenterology |