What do you do when you’re an active kid, and your joints keep hurting? You seek help from an expert. That’s just what Courtney Carpenter of Girard, Ohio and her family did. “I was a gymnast for many years, until the pain got so bad that I was forced to quit,” she said. “In high […]
Addison makes it back to the pitcher’s mound
Addison Lahmers from West Lafayette, Ohio is a busy teenager. She’s plays volleyball, throws the discus and is an elite softball pitcher with more than 200 career strikeouts in a season and a half. She participates in school clubs and committees, 4-H and Coshocton County Youth Leadership. But among her biggest achievements to date is […]
Hands-on workshop promotes women in orthopedic surgery
Akron Children’s is unique in that three of its 11 orthopedic surgeons are women, well above the national average of just 7%. Orthopedic Surgeon Julie Samora, MD, PhD, chairs the Akron Children’s Orthopedics department, which is also rare. The trio of female orthopedic surgeons – Drs. Samora, Lorena Floccari and Sheryl Handler-Matasar – recently led […]
Dr. Julie Samora is new chair of Orthopedics
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Julie Samora, MD, PhD, is the new department chair of Orthopedics at Akron Children’s. Dr. Samora comes to Akron Children’s from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she served as associate chief quality officer; surgical services director for diversity, equity, and inclusion; and director of clinical fellowship in quality and safety leadership at Nationwide […]
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 […]
