Maryland's Health Matters - UMMS - Spring 2015 - (Page 1)

SPOTLIGHT: GOING THE DISTANCE UM Children's Hospital pediatric specialists bring care to kids in their own communities 5:00 a.m. The alarm clock goes off inside Runa Watkins' Baltimore home. UM Children's Hospital. Dr. Baker-Smith starts her morning with a 5-mile run, but the real race will begin after she returns home, to ensure she and her family are prepared for the day ahead. 7:30 a.m. After dropping off their children at school and day care, both doctors take a moment to consider which direction they need to head today. They're adept at juggling their schedules because their clinical locations change almost every day. Today, Dr. Baker-Smith is headed for the UM Cardiology Practice in Westminster. Pediatric gastroenterologist Runa Watkins, MD 5:15 a.m. Her feet hit the floor after the The UM Children's Hospital has multiple specialty snooze button offers the MD a few more practices in different parts of the state. On any moments of shut-eye. Dr. Watkins, a pediatric given day, close to 20 doctors with expertise in gastroenterologist at the University of Maryland everything from asthma, allergy and genetics to Children's Hospital and a mother of two, has a hematology, orthopaedics and surgery are seeing busy day ahead-and many miles to go before patients everywhere from Harford County to Queen she sees her first patient and family. But first, she Anne's County. has to get her children ready for school. 5:30 a.m. In Howard County, a similar scene "My patients don't realize I've been in the car for more than 40 minutes," says Dr. Watkins, who's also an assistant professor of pediatrics unfolds in the Ellicott City home of Carissa at the UM School of Medicine. "They just assume Baker-Smith, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at the where I am that day is my primary location." Our chart lists recommended immunizations for children ages birth-16. Go to

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