SUFFOLK, Va. – CHKD Medical Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Sara Smith to Suffolk Pediatrics in Suffolk, Virginia.

Dr. Smith grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, and earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.

She completed her master's of health science in reproductive and cancer biology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, and then earned her medical degree at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Smith did her residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She has been working in the emergency department at CHKD as a chief resident since 2020.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Smith to Suffolk Pediatrics and the CHKD Medical Group.

Dr. Sara Smith pictured right.

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CHKD Medical Group is part of the not-for-profit CHKD Health System, which operates Virginia’s only freestanding children’s hospital, along with surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. CHKD Medical Group operates 20 pediatric practices in 31 locations. For more information, click here.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – Hampton Roads Walmart and Sam’s Club stores raised over $285,000 during this year’s annual campaign to help kids treated at CHKD. Customers and members donated $1 or more at checkout lanes and self-checkouts at Walmart stores or Sam’s Clubs in Hampton Roads in June and July.

The annual campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals raised money for children’s hospitals throughout the United States and Canada.

Funds from the local annual campaign support radiology for CHKD kids. This year, the local Walmart and Sam’s Club stores also supported two other CHKD programs, a Child Advocacy Center program that helps children who are victims of child trafficking, and support services for our hematology and oncology patients.

Pediatric healthcare is underfunded across the country, and money raised at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores helps close the gap for pediatric hospitals. All funds raised at Hampton Roads Walmart and Sam’s Club locations directly benefit the kids treated at CHKD.

You can still help make a difference by donating now at HelpKidsLiveHealthy.org.

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About CHKD

CHKD is the only freestanding children’s hospital in Virginia and serves the medical and surgical needs of children throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The not-for-profit CHKD Health System operates primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout its service region. In 2019, CHKD broke ground on a 60-bed, 14-story mental health hospital and outpatient center on its campus to address the mental health crisis facing our youth. The new tower being built on CHKD’s campus in Norfolk is scheduled to open in 2022.

About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $7 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support and identify your member hospital at CMNHospitals.org.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – We’re pleased to welcome Jennifer Moran, PsyD, to CHKD’s mental health program.

She is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in providing therapy and assessment services to children, adolescents, and families. She grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, and came to Virginia Beach for her pre-doctoral internship.

Jennifer Moran’s clinical experience includes diverse treatment settings, such as schools, hospitals, community health centers, and university-based counseling and assessment centers. Her work in school settings has given her experience conducting psychological and psychoeducational assessments, providing behavioral and academic consultation, and helping families understand school-related challenges and services, including the special education process.

Please join us in welcoming psychologist Jennifer Moran.

Jennifer Moran, PsyD, pictured right.

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CHKD is the only freestanding children’s hospital in Virginia and serves the medical and surgical needs of children throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The not-for-profit CHKD Health System operates primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout its service region. In 2019, CHKD broke ground on a 60-bed, 14-story mental health hospital and outpatient center on its campus to address the mental health crisis facing our youth. The new tower being built on CHKD’s campus in Norfolk is scheduled to open in 2022.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – CHKD Medical Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Christina Neeley to Coastal Pediatrics in Elizabeth City, N.C.

Dr. Neeley grew up in South Carolina and attended medical school at Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her residency at Carolinas Medical Center.

Dr. Neeley has been a pediatrician for more than 20 years. The most important and rewarding aspect of her work, Dr. Neeley says, is getting to know her patients and their families and developing a team approach to their healthcare and well-being. Those relationships are the key to helping children and families reach optimal milestones in all areas of their lives.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Neeley to CHKD Medical Group.

Dr. Christina Neeley pictured above.

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CHKD Medical Group is part of the not-for-profit CHKD Health System, which operates Virginia’s only freestanding children’s hospital, along with surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. CHKD Medical Group operates 20 pediatric practices in 31 locations. For more information, click here.

NORFOLK, Va. – We’re pleased to welcome a new pediatric hematologist-oncologist to CHKD, and also a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor.

Dr. Kevin Todd, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, completed his medical school and residency training in Hampton Roads at Eastern Virginia Medical School and CHKD.

He returns having completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he focused his clinical and research efforts on bleeding and clotting disorders in children.

Even before he became a doctor, CHKD had a special place in his heart because his brother was born with trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome, and received treatment at CHKD. "I have been inspired as a sibling, parent, and trainee at CHKD, and I’m ecstatic to serve as a partner alongside the tremendous staff that makes CHKD so phenomenal,” says Dr. Todd.

Dr. Kevin Todd pictured right.

Dr. Dana Bartlett Dasher is a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor who received her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Richmond.

She attended Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed her intern year in general surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Dasher returned to EVMS for her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Dasher has dedicated her career to the field of pediatric rehabilitation medicine by completing a specialized fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Todd and Dr. Dasher.

Dr. Dana Dasher pictured left.

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CHKD is the only freestanding children’s hospital in Virginia and serves the medical and surgical needs of children throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The not-for-profit CHKD Health System operates primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout its service region. In 2019, CHKD broke ground on a 60-bed, 14-story mental health hospital and outpatient center on its campus to address the mental health crisis facing our youth. The new tower being built on CHKD’s campus in Norfolk is scheduled to open in 2022.

Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters is notifying individuals of a breach caused by an email phishing scam that allowed unauthorized access to a small number of employee email accounts that held patient information.

The incident occurred on April 20, 2021. Upon discovery of the incident, CHKD immediately launched an internal investigation and blocked the unauthorized access. The hospital also engaged outside forensic experts to fully investigate the incident. On June 11, 2021, the outside experts determined the full scope of the potential access and began an extensive review of all potentially accessed emails and attachments in order specifically identify individuals whose information may have been impacted. On July 12, 2021, the outside experts provided CHKD with a list of individuals whose personal information was potentially accessed through the compromised email accounts, including some patients of CHKD and their guarantors, certain patients of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for whom CHKD provided laboratory testing and diagnostic services, and certain student athletes for whom CHKD provides athletic training services.

CHKD is in the process of sending notification letters to the affected individuals for whom it has mailing addresses. The personal information potentially at risk may include any or all of the following: full name, date of birth, patient account number, health insurance number, and/or other health related information. In a few instances, social security numbers were also potentially accessed. CHKD is providing identity theft monitoring to any individual whose social security number was potentially accessed within the email accounts.

CHKD is fully committed to protecting its patients’ and other personal information and is continuing to take steps to enhance its security measures to help prevent something like this from happening in the future.

While CHKD has no evidence that any personal information has been, or will be, misused, it is always a good idea to use precautions with regard to personal information as part of routine practices.

CHKD has set up a toll-free call center to answer questions, which will be available for 90 days starting on August 10, 2021. Individuals who are concerned that their information was involved in this incident may call (800) 750-9063, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, excluding holidays, to verify and obtain additional information regarding whether their information was potentially involved.