If it weren’t for a successful career in medicine, Carrie Miller, CNP, would be a musical entertainer. She spent her high-school career as a lead singer and performer in school productions, a jazz band and madrigal singing group. To this day, she still gets a taste of the bright lights and excitement from live theater […]
Akron Children’s makes flu shots available
Akron Children’s is making flu shots available in a variety of settings and formats to make it convenient for children to get protected during the upcoming influenza season. Some settings allow for the whole family to get vaccinated together. According to Dr. Eric Robinette, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Akron Children’s, each year’s vaccine […]
CNP Teresa Fletcher works tirelessly to motivate kids to live their best lives
Teresa Fletcher, CNP, hopes to live up to the legacy of her “work dad” and most influential mentor, Dr. James Fitzgibbon. She credits the former director of Akron Children’s Adolescent Medicine Center for helping her develop and grow in both the practice and leadership by teaching her how to advocate for and offer teens the […]
Teen affected by transverse myelitis navigates school with help of Akron Children’s nurse
In 2010, at the age of 2 ½, Dereon North’s life was forever changed when she awoke from a nap unable to move. Dereon was eventually diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological condition that left her paralyzed from the neck down. Fast forward 12 years and Dereon is now an 8th grader at East Middle […]
$3.9 million nurse-led grant allows kids to receive medical care in their schools
For many years, Akron Children’s has contracted with school districts throughout Northeast Ohio to provide health services in local schools to address minor medical issues, as well as oversee the ongoing health needs of children who have chronic conditions, like asthma and diabetes, and those who are medically complex (ventilator-dependent or require tube feedings). In […]
Kelly Turley receives Ohio PTA Health Service Staff Award
Congratulations to Kelly Turley, an Akron Children’s school nurse aide at Fort Island Primary School, for receiving the Ohio PTA Health Service Staff Award. The annual award recognizes outstanding school health professionals throughout the state. Fort Island Primary School staff, parents and students surprised Kelly with the award at a celebration on March 14. The […]