St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Washington University pediatrician to lead $11 million Gates Foundation grant Dec. 10, 2007 -- James S. Kemp, M.D., will co-lead a campaign to prevent infant death due to unsafe sleep practices with funding from an $11 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kemp is a professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital. ... more

Children with sickle cell disease and silent strokes show some relief with blood transfusion therapy Dec. 10, 2007 -- A group of children who have sickle cell disease and who experience silent strokes showed some relief from the silent strokes with blood transfusion therapy, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. ... more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Hospital Association has honored Lee F. Fetter, president and senior executive officer of St. Louis Children’s Hospital; Randall L. O’Donnell, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City; and Douglas A. Ries, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, with its Vision for Children award ... more

ST. LOUIS, November 8, 2007 – As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, Dr. Mark Manary is trained to save young lives. But it is his innovative use of peanut butter that saved the lives of more than 20,000 children in Malawi, Africa over the last five years. ... more

St. Louis, Oct. 23, 2007 -- Matt Schneider is your typical college student –studying and always on the go. However, Matt has a rare skin disorder called epidermolysis bullosa that causes his skin to blister severely when touched. Because his toes fused together from the painful disorder, he uses a wheelchair, but that doesn’t slow him down. ... more

Oct. 18, 2007 -- Children who are obese or who are at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease similar to obese adults with heart disease, a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. ... more

Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) and eleven hospitals within its designated organ procurement region will be awarded Medals of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) for achieving organ donation conversion rates at or above 75 percent for a continuous 12-month period. A conversion rate is defined as the number of people who are approached and who ultimately consent to donate. The Medals were presented during a dinner and awards celebration at the Second National Learning Congress on Organ and Tissue Donation in Nashville on Wednesday, October 10. ... more

TOUCH dogs unite for “Group Therapy” Canine social gives kids opportunity to learn about different breeds of dogs and their special healing touch ... more

LOCAL ARTISTS LEND A HELPING HAND FOR A LIFETIME OF ART ... more

The ride of a lifetimeChildren’s Hospital: patient wins drawing to go up in hospital’s hot air balloon ... more