Parents whose children need surgery can have enhanced trust in Akron Children’s Hospital now that it has been verified as a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program. Akron Children’s joins other top children’s hospitals in achieving Children’s Surgery Verification, and is the only northeast […]
Honey – in the right place, at the right time for button battery emergency
Katie Jacobsen will long remember her 41st birthday. The Barberton mom, her husband and eight children had just celebrated with a take-out dinner from Cracker Barrel when 3-year-old Maggie said she had swallowed something shiny. Katie looked around to see what Maggie could be referring to and saw Elsa and Anna dolls that “sing” thanks […]
PA Julia Schrof brings an adventurous spirit to new role
Julia Schrof, PA, doesn’t shy away from adventure. In fact, she recently rented a van with her fiancé to live and travel throughout Washington and Oregon for a month. They started in Seattle and drove down the coast, exploring Mount Rainer, North Cascades and Olympic national parks. Altogether, they hiked 115 miles and drove about […]
My child has a lump – What should I do?
As a pediatric surgeon, a consultation for a lump on a child is one of the most common reasons for a referral to our office. Lumps can appear anywhere. They are commonly found when bathing the child or are noticed by a parent during everyday activities. Finding a new lump triggers anxiety in everyone involved, […]
Innovations in chest wall repair shorten recovery time and improve pain control for Alex
When Alex Manda was about 9 years old, his parents, Rina and Mick, noticed his chest was slightly caved in, a condition known as pectus excavatum. Pectus excavatum is a disorder of the chest wall that causes some of the ribs and the breastbone to grow inward, forming an indentation in the chest. “By the […]
New CNP Abigail Dinh is Akron Children’s newest trailblazer
Abigail Dinh is just the woman to blaze the trail as Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley’s first certified nurse practitioner in perioperative surgery to screen children for upcoming operations. While the hospital’s main campus has always provided perioperative evaluations, patient families in Boardman can now receive this service in their community. Prior to joining the […]
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