Neuroscience Clerkship

Pediatric Neurology Rotation

To:          Medical Students

From:      Nancy Bass MD,
               Pediatric Neurology Neuroscience Clerkship Coordinator

Re: What you need to know
 
Welcome to the Pediatric Neurology rotation at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. What follows is some helpful information to guide you through your rotation. The Pediatric Neurology rotation is a combined in-patient and out-patient rotation. The in-patient rotation is entirely based at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. The in-patient pediatric services are broken down into four teams. Neurology is part of the Green team. This team includes Neurology, Cardiology and GI. The in-patients consist of patients primarily on the Neurology team. These patients are also followed by the pediatric residents on the Green team. The consults come from the various teams, the emergency room and the two intensive care units; PICU and NICU (Neonatal intensive care unit)
 
Pediatric Neurology, The Rotation
  
The Pediatric Neurology team: (in-patient)
The team members vary from month to month. The Pediatric Neurology Attending rotates every two weeks so you will probably work with at least two of the attendings during your rotation. The team members will include all or none of the following: Neuroscience medical students, pediatric medical students doing a week rotation, adult neurology residents, pediatric residents, family practice residents, psychiatry residents.
 
The Pediatric Neurology team (out-patient)
 
The out-patient clinics are satellite clinics scattered around the Cleveland suburbs. These include the two west side clinics at Strongsville and Westlake; and the east side clinic at the Landerbrook office. We also have clinics based at University Hospitals. This includes the Izant center which is room 1200 near the atrium right near the big “ping pong ball sculpture. We also have clinics at the Bolwell building. This includes Dr. Green’s multidisciplinary clinics on the fifth floor and Dr. Gold’s neuro-oncology clinics at the Ireland Cancer Center.
 
The Pediatric Neurology Team
 

Attendings

Nurses

The Office Team

  
The Place

In-patient pediatric neurology: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital (RBC). RBC is divided into “new rainbow” and “old rainbow” “New Rainbow” is the new tower right next to the circle drive on Adelbert. The “old rainbow” is the building around the corner from the atrium. The elevators to the old rainbow are referred as the “Charlie Brown” elevators (when you take them you will know why). These elevators take you to the intensive care units and the diagnostic center, room 669.
 
Neurology patients are typically admitted to RBC 5. If there is overflow, they may also be found on RBC 6 and sometimes RBC 3. Each floor of RBC has a work room where the teams typically meet for rounds.
 
Attending service beeper: 31441
 
  
RBC Floor Breakdown:
 
2: Heme/Onc PICU/ NICU 5: General medical floor
3: Sedation Unit/ EEG lab 6: General medical floor
4: Newborn babies 7: Epilepsy and Sleep monitoring Unit
 
* Make sure you get your ID coded at protective services before starting the rotation. Security has really cracked down since 9/11 and you need your ID to swipe into every floor on Rainbow!
 
Out-patient Pediatric Neurology Clinics
 
The out-patient clinics are at suburban satellite locations. Maps/directions are included in your packet. There are also some clinics at the main campus. Check the schedule for the month. At the beginning of the rotation, you will be given a schedule/sign-up sheet for clinics. We have various rotators attending clinics including adult neurology residents, family practice residents, child psychiatry fellows and medical students from other services. The maximum number of participants per clinic is one resident and one medical student. Dr. Klein’s and Dr. Wiznitzer’s clinics are only allowed one person per clinic. The sign-up sheets have the name of the attending for the clinic, location of clinic, time (am/pm) of clinic and blank lines for sign-up to attend that clinic. You can contact Cheryl Key, our lead Administrative Assistant for the clinic sign up sheets. Her number is 4-3753
 
You should check with your attending on service as to when he/she will be rounding on the in-patient team. In-patient rounds are mandatory. You can attend clinics in the afternoon. Please try and attend two clinics a week. Because of time constraints and scheduling you may not be able to go in first on your own with the clinic patients. The clinics are still a great chance for one on one teaching and an opportunity for exposure to the various peds neuro attendings. Take advantage of them!!!!!
 
Here are directions to the suburban satellite offices

 
Strongsville Office
UHHS Southwest General Health Center
18181 Pearl Road #A202
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
440-816-5950

Our office is on the second floor. Take the stairs up one level and turn left. (office is on the right)

1) From the North
Take I-71S to Route 82W (Royalton road Strongsville exit). This is AFTER the 42 Strongsville exit! Stay in the left lane toward Howe Road (not the mall lanes) Proceed to #3

2) From the South
Take I-71N to Route 82 Strongsville exit. Turn left on Route 82. Proceed to #3

3) Turn left at Howe Road (the first traffic light. Take Howe road to Drake Road, turn right. Take Drake road to Pearl road. (note: the Pearl Rd. street sign is above the traffic light), turn left onto Pearl road.
 
The building is on the left side. There are water fountains in front.

  
Westlake office
Westlake Medical Center
950 Clague Road, #1600
Westlake, Ohio 44145
Phone: 440-250-2800

Our office is on the first floor straight ahead from the information desk, 1600 (door is on the right)

1) Coming from the West (Avon, Sheffield Lake, Lorain) Take I-90 East to Columbia road exit. Turn right onto Columbia. Quickly move to left lane. Turn left at traffic light onto Detroit Road. The medical center will be on your left, approx. 8/10 of a mile. IF you should happen to pass the driveway, turn left onto Clague Road and another drive is on your left.

2) Coming from the East: Take I-90 West to Clague Road exit. Turn left at the traffic light. Entrance to medical center is on your right.

3) Coming form south: Take I-71 North to 480West . Exit at Clague road. Turn right on Clague road. Just past the intersection of Clague and Detroit roads you will see the entrance to the medical center on your left. 

 
Landerbrook office
University Health Center at Landerbrook
5850 Landerbrook Drive, Suite #220
Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
440-646-8055