Make Every Moment Count - Pediatric Specialties

Featured Image for Pediatric Subspecialties photo

Akron Children’s is taking the lead in ensuring the full continuum of care is easily accessible for our patients and their families. We are expanding the region’s pipeline of pediatric subspecialists to ensure that the breadth and quality of patient care remains high. And we are fostering a culture of innovation through patient and community-based research to improve pediatric health care today and for decades to come.

We are also building new, family-centered facilities to accelerate our programs and enable us to deliver convenient and inclusive care to everyone we serve.

Your support can:

Help enhance programming for our new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Intensive Unit that will open in summer 2025 in Akron.
Expand our services by establishing new locations in Medina, Cleveland and Marietta.
Provide robust fellowships and residency programs.
Establish named and endowed chairs to retain the best faculty.
Enhance our strong pipeline of subspecialists and caregivers.
Support translational research and technology driving treatment innovation and patient outcomes.

Akron Children’s Subspecialties

Adolescent Medicine
Burn Management
Cardiology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Genetics
Critical Care Medicine
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Diagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Gastroenterology
Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Disease
Interventional Radiology
Neonatal Intensive Care
Nephrology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Palliative Care
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Pulmonology
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine
Surgery

For a complete list of services please click here.

leah-leo — Leah is pictured here with Leo at 11 days old after his first open heart surgery.

Leo’s story

“He has no restrictions. He is full of energy and keeps us on our toes. We are very thankful for the care he received and continues to receive from Akron Children’s.”

– Leo’s mom, Leah

Leo’s story - Mending tiny hearts: Surgery for congenital heart defect gives 6-year-old a healthy future : Inside Children's Blog

Ezra Swartzentruber is recovering from serious injuries he suffered after being hit by a car.

Ezra’s story

More hope, through the interconnected efforts of Akron Children’s emergency medicine, orthopedics, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, Ear, Nose and Throat Center, and collaboration with Cincinnati Children’s.

“Seeing how everyone came together on the day of surgery, understanding the impact we are making in the life of a single child made me most proud. In real time, we saw two different hospital systems come together for this one patient. This is the future of what’s to come from our collaboration, as we grow our multidisciplinary programs ... with the expertise to keep kids close to home.”

– Akron Children’s division director of ear, nose and throat Julie Wei, MD, MMM, FAAP

Ezra’s story: Hospital teams pull together for Ezra after a serious accident : Inside Children's Blog

Kaiden and Kali’s story

More time, granted by leading-edge gene therapy for Kali and Kaiden, twins born with a genetic disease that causes muscles to weaken and waste away due to a missing protein. Through infusions, Akron Children’s replaced the gene that produces that protein.

“We are literally watching history being rewritten. These precious children would have had a much different path just a few years ago. But now, due to amazing advances in our ability to treat SMA, kids who may not have survived past the age of 2 are not only surviving but thriving.”

– Akron Children’s pediatric physiatrist Kathryn Mosher, MD

Kaiden and Kali’s story: Dr. Kathryn Mosher on SMA gene therapy: "These are days we hardly dared to dream of" : Inside Children's Blog