Zaharoula Viennas, MD
Specialty:
Education
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Certification
American Board of Pediatrics
Personal Statement
I joined CHKD Urgent Care because I wanted to work with a team of dedicated pediatric providers who strive to deliver the best in pediatric care.
Bio
Dr. Viennas is a tried and true University of Michigan Wolverine who grew up just outside of Detroit. She graduated from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at Michigan with a BS in biology. She also received her medical degree from the Medical School at the University of Michigan.
After eight years in Ann Arbor, she moved to Baltimore to complete her pediatric internship and residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. While there, she met her husband, Dr. Lambros K. Viennas, currently the chief of plastic surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Dr. Viennas has worked in pediatric urgent care centers and in pediatric emergency departments in community hospitals in Baltimore and surrounding areas. Prior to moving to Virginia Beach in 2009, she worked at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. as a pediatric hospitalist for several years.
Since coming to the Tidewater area, she worked at several Tricare Prime clinics affiliated with Naval Medical Center Portsmouth before joining CHKD's first pediatric urgent care.
Additional Information
Clinical Interests
- Increasing resilience in children
- Maximizing patient potentia
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics (fellow), Pediatric Urgent Care
Honors and Awards
- Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc" 2021
Community Involvement
- Member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Virginia Beach and Annunciation Cathedral in Norfolk
- The Friends of Children Fund through the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Doctors Without Borders
- International Orthodox Christian Charities
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