Infectious Diseases

“In my 30 years as a pediatric emergency physician at Children’s Minnesota, we’ve never seen this level of RSV illness in the middle of summer,” said Dr. Robert Sicoli, medical director of the Emergency Department.

Children’s Minnesota has released a statement on behalf of nearly 100 infectious disease clinicians and researchers from Minnesota and Wisconsin, writing to share our perspective on COVID-19 vaccination.

Deanna Jensen was deployed to New York City to help care for COVID-19 patients. Her team’s research at this hospital led her to a national conference presentation.

Anu Kalaskar, MD

As we get closer to fall, we’re reminded that there’s another respiratory virus about to hit in addition to COVID-19 – influenza. And, once again, it’s more important than ever that you and your family get influenza vaccines this year.

The documentary addresses the importance of vaccines by exploring the 30-year history of Immunization Action Coalition and its founder and executive director, Dr. Deborah Wexler.

Anu Kalaskar, MD

Children’s Minnesota remains a safe place for kids to get the care they need—from routine well-child check-ups to emergency care to surgeries.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Patsy Stinchfield was recently named President-Elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Board of Directors 2020-2021.

Christina Koutsari, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, BCIDP