Every day at Akron Children’s, we strive to deliver compassionate care and create positive experiences for our patients and families. This month, we’re spotlighting Erin Spies, DO, a pediatrician at Akron Children’s Pediatrics, Boston Heights, who recently received the following feedback from a patient family: “Dr. (Erin) Spies was amazing with my daughter, [who] has […]
Hospital Updates
More Than a Job: Jared Crum relishes working as a night shift nurse
Jared Crum was only in his second year of nursing school when a clinical shadowing experience he did at Akron Children’s helped cement the kind of nursing care he wanted to pursue. “As a result of that experience in the hospital’s burn center, I became very interested in wound care and knew that I wanted […]
New sports health center for Zips athletes will take collaboration to the next level
Building on a 30-year foundation of providing sports-related health services to University of Akron (UA) student-athletes, our expanded collaboration includes a visionary sports health center that will open later this year. As the Official Sports Health Services Provider for Akron Zips Athletics, the Akron Children’s Sports Health team is dedicated to keeping approximately 500 UA […]
Shelli Reed is proud to serve her hometown as an Akron Children’s pediatric nurse practitioner
There are so many things that Shelli Reed, pediatric nurse practitioner at Akron Children’s Pediatrics, Wadsworth North, likes about Wadsworth, Ohio. Having grown up there, she knows its history and appreciates its small community vibe. When she joined Wadsworth Pediatrics in 2011 as a nurse practitioner, she immediately felt at home. Years earlier, she had […]
Home is where the heart is: private duty nurses describe special bond with patient
As private duty nurses, Mindy Kring and Diana McNulty develop special bonds with their patients – some of whom they’ve taken care of for multiple years, like 10-year-old Reid. For most of his life, Reid’s parents have relied on private duty home care nurses to help them care for their son who has Emanuel Syndrome, […]
Work time is playtime for Akron Children’s CNP Sarah Harris
What’s the easiest part of CNP Sarah Harris’ job? Playing with kids, of course! Lucky for her, she spends her days doing exactly that as Akron Children’s newest certified nurse practitioner in our NeuroDevelopmental Science Center. A big part of a child’s neurologic exam involves observing children play and interact with their surroundings. And, the […]
