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New hospital president focuses on strong physician partnerships
St. Louis Children’s Hospital has a new leader as of Nov. 12, 2018. Mark Shen, MD, MBA, has taken the ...
A Sister's Gift Saves Her Brothers
The Rankins’ bustling household includes four children: Camry, 15; Camren, 13; Camari, 11; and Camar, 6. With the mix of ...
3D Spinal Models Improve Surgical Planning and Execution
Riley Jones, 14, was born with three extra vertebrae that caused a sharp angular deformity of the spine and compressed ...
Comprehensive Clinic Addresses Noncardiac Issues of Fontan Patients
Prior to 1971, children born with single ventricle congenital heart disease rarely lived beyond 10 years of age. With the ...
New Neurology Chief Focuses on Research and Collaboration for Better Patient Care
With an insatiable curiosity and passion for patient care, pediatric neurologist Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD, doesn’t accept the status quo ...
The Pros and Cons of Vertebral Body Tethering for Scoliosis
Scott Luhmann, MD, a Washington University orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, has expertise in a variety of procedures ...
Historic Heart-Lung Transplant Saves Baby
Jack was born in January 2018 with an underdeveloped heart and severely damaged lungs—hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Clearly a fighter, ...
Nerve Surgery Leads to Remarkable Recovery After Boating Accident
It was a perfect, sunny Memorial Day weekend on a private lake near New Florence, Missouri, when Ashton Yates, 11, ...
The Head-Heart Connection
In search of the best way to protect the brain development of children with congenital heart disease Neonatologist Cynthia Ortinau, ...
