Camren Offenberger is a bit of a celebrity in his hometown. A big fan of Ohio’s winningest football team, the Massillon Tigers, he served as the team’s honorary captain from 2017-2019 from ages 7 to 9. Now 13 years old and a 7th grader at Massillon Jr. High School, Camren is getting ready to launch […]
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School-based healthcare is a blessing to single mother
Ericka Talley is a single mother fighting cancer. Raising four children on her own, she can use all the help she can get – and one of the most welcome helpers in her life is Allison Lantz, an Akron Children’s Hospital nurse practitioner in Warren City Schools. The 45-year-old mom found herself in and out […]
New year brings new hope for Ukrainian parents seeking spine surgery for their daughter
Like all of her fellow Ukrainians, Nadia Tsyukh’s life was suddenly enveloped in fear and uncertainty when Russia invaded her homeland last February. Nadia, her husband, Vasyl, and daughter Dianka, lived in Drohobych, a city near Lviv in northern Ukraine. As they followed daily news of the bombings, war atrocities, and disruption of daily life, […]
Renovated rehab department will expand access to therapies
Akron Children’s Hospital has completed the second and third phases of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar renovation and expansion of Rehabilitative Services, one of the hospital’s busiest departments with children of all ages participating in audiology, speech, occupational and physical therapy. The new space, which opened to patients Dec. 6, dramatically refreshens and brightens a large portion […]
‘Country Roads’ lead burn survivors home to West Virginia
On the eve of Thanksgiving, prayers were answered for the Nelson family of Branchland, W.Va. After 86 days in Akron Children’s Hospital’s Regional Burn Center being treated for burns to 67 percent of his body, 13-year-old Sam Nelson was heading to his home. Sam said his two biggest priorities were to hug his dog, Shep, […]
New procedure helps patient with arthrogryposis
Akron Children’s Hospital surgeons, Stephanie Russo, MD, PhD and Drew Engles, MD, are giving patients with arthrogryposis a new way to move their joints thanks to an innovative procedure called, carpal wedge osteotomy and flexorpronator slide. Arthrogryposis, also called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), is a rare condition that causes stiff or contracted joints at birth and […]
