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Sports Safety Series The Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Young Athlete Center has developed a series of interactive injury prevention and educational programs designed to help improve the overall health of young athletes. We offer the programs to private groups of 15 or more ...

Our plastic surgeons perform orthognathic surgery (jaw surgery) to correct jaw and bite problems resulting from cleft palate, craniosynostosis, injury and other issues. ...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a congenital heart defect that causes oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to mix with oxygen-poor blood from the body. This keeps oxygen-rich blood from being carried throughout the body. Your child cannot live with total anomalous pulmonary venous ...

In June, the expertise of Washington University pediatric surgeons is coming to West St. Louis County with the opening of the Children’s Specialty Care Center at Mason Road and I-64. Surgical services at the new location include orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, gastroenterology, general surgery, plastic and ...

The following case study was used by Andrew J. White, MD, the James P. Keating, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and division director of pediatric rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, and director of the St. Louis Children’s Pediatric Residency Program, as part of the “Patient ...

You feed your toddler great meals to keep him healthy, but what happens when the food you serve causes him to break out in hives, have difficulty breathing or develop diarrhea? Your son could be one of the 8 percent of kids affected by food ...

The following case study, "Tell Me Again" is part of the “Patient of the Week” (POW) series. Many of the POW case studies cover uncommon illnesses, or common illnesses with unusual presentations. ...

On September of 2015 it was discovered that Gabe, only 15 at the time, had a brain tumor. The Scalise family fought a long, hard battle filled with brain surgery, MRIs, and radiation. ...

Facts about obesity in adolescence According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 20% of children ages 6 to 11 in the U.S. are considered overweight and 18% of teens (ages 12 to 19) are overweight. Many more people are now overweight than 15 ...

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis is a condition of the immune system that causes swelling and irritation in blood vessels and other tissues. The condition most often affects the respiratory tract–the sinuses, nose, windpipe, and lungs–and the kidneys, but it can damage any organ in the body. ...