Brian Martin, DMD, MHCDS, has joined Akron Children’s as vice president of Population Health. Dr. Martin is responsible for the clinical leadership of Akron Children’s Health Collaborative (ACHC), Akron Children’s pediatric accountable care organization, and home care program. He is the clinical leader responsible for provider engagement and supporting the clinical direction of the two […]
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Akron Children’s joins the Children’s Brain Tumor Network to accelerate pediatric research
Akron Children’s is now a member institution of the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN). Erin Wright, MD, Akron Children’s director of Neuro-oncology in the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, serves as CBTN principal investigator. “Akron Children’s is very excited to join the Children’s Brain Tumor Network as an affiliate member,” said […]
Get to Know Sheryl Handler-Matasar, MD
As a little kid, Sheryl Handler-Matasar, MD, was fascinated by injuries and broken bones. “I used to put casts on my Barbie® dolls and perform surgery on them. I never wanted to be anything else,” she said. “When I was in high school, I truly fell in love with orthopedics. My mom had a business […]
Akron Children’s continues to expand services in Beachwood
Akron Children’s services in Beachwood are filling an important need by providing timely, pediatric care to children in greater Cleveland. A new Outpatient Surgery Center, located at 3775 Orange Place, Suite 102, opened this summer. The center provides pediatric gastroenterology, orthopedic and otolaryngology surgery, with plans to add pediatric urology in January and pediatric dentistry […]
Intensive Outpatient Program now in Boardman
Akron Children’s Division of Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology now offers the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) on our Boardman campus, completing the continuum of behavioral health care for children and adolescents in the Mahoning Valley. The program is currently offered 1:15 to 4:30 pm but in January it will settle into its permanent time slot of […]
Akron Children’s delivers digital mental health support tool to adolescents
As the youth mental health crisis continues, Akron Children’s has partnered with Woebot Health to give teens a new tool to help them better manage their symptoms of anxiety and depression. Woebot for Adolescents is available through clinician referral to 13- to 17-year-old patients. This evidence-based, AI-powered mental health support tool is designed to work in […]













