The hospital’s onsite Ronald McDonald House includes a kitchen and living room, with five family suites under construction. A Family Resource Center provides a respite area and a library with computers for easy access to health and other Web information. All patient rooms are private and feature parent sleeping areas, bathrooms, and showers. The Pediatric Organ Transplant Center for the region, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital also acts as one of only five Pediatric Asthma Clinical Research Centers in the U.S. sponsored by the American Lung Association. The advanced medical facility even houses a pediatric hematology/oncology center addressing bone-marrow transplants, experimental chemotherapy, and cutting-edge therapies for sickle cell anemia and other hematological disorders.
Dr. Gustavo Stringel serves as an example of the level of physicians at the world-class children’s hospital. Possessing an M.D. and an M.B.A., he completed two internships and two residencies and holds fellowship status with several professional organizations. He has delivered presentations internationally and earned recognition from New York and Westchester WAG magazines, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and other publications. The children’s hospital also has garnered numerous awards, such as the Mission Triangle Award from the March of Dimes and honors for the NICU nurses for their compassionate and exceptional care. Maria Fareri’s parents, John and Brenda Fareri, must be very proud of the melding of top physicians and facilities in an environment embracing families that Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital has become.