Staff Spotlight: Meet Paula Cruz
Paula Cruz is a registered nurse in the Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. The center treats children with complex colorectal and pelvic conditions, including anorectal malformations, cloacal deformities, and cloacal exstrophy. In addition to treatments such as surgical procedures and medical management, the center offers a bowel management program for children who are ... Read More about Staff Spotlight: Meet Paula Cruz
Chaplains, or spiritual companions on a journey
I’m a United Methodist minister working on a multi-faith team of board-certified chaplains. Our team includes a rabbi, an imam, an Episcopal priest, a United Church of Christ minister, a Lutheran minister, a Christian chaplain, and three Roman Catholic chaplains. We closely collaborate with nurses and doctors, child life specialists, social workers, music therapists, and other caregivers. None ... Read More about Chaplains, or spiritual companions on a journey
Scoliosis patients get a preview of spinal fusion surgery
“Patients are more at ease when they know what to expect,” says, Dr. Daniel Hedequist, chief of the Spine Division in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Hedequist performs dozens of spinal fusion surgeries each year to treat children with scoliosis. While the procedure is familiar ground for the surgical team at Boston Children’s Hospital, ... Read More about Scoliosis patients get a preview of spinal fusion surgery
From local teams to elite athletics: Caring for youth athletes with disabilities
Anna Johannes considers herself lucky. “My swim coaches were oblivious to my disability — in a good way,” says the U.S. Paralympic medalist. Anna, who joined Boston Children’s Hospital as a cause marketing coordinator in 2018, was born with amniotic band syndrome, a condition that led to the loss of her left hand and forearm. ... Read More about From local teams to elite athletics: Caring for youth athletes with disabilities
Staff Spotlight: Meet Jonette Jean-Louis
Jonette Jean-Louis is the program coordinator for the Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. Midaortic syndrome is a rare but serious condition in which the part of the aorta (the heart’s largest blood vessel) that runs through the chest and abdomen becomes narrow. This can lead to lower blood flow in ... Read More about Staff Spotlight: Meet Jonette Jean-Louis
Women in Medicine Month: Celebrating women who paved the way
September is Women in Medicine Month, the perfect time to acknowledge the many brilliant, talented, and passionate women who care for our patients and innovate new discoveries every day at Boston Children’s Hospital. In honor of Boston Children’s 150th anniversary, we’d like to recognize a few of the many trailblazers who helped pave the way. ... Read More about Women in Medicine Month: Celebrating women who paved the way
A lifetime of care: Looking back with nurse Donna Morash
On August 30, Donna Morash, a registered nurse in the Boston Children’s Hospital Advanced Fetal Care Center (AFCC), will retire after 46 years of service to families. We asked her to share some of her favorite memories from her career at Boston Children’s. Why did you originally choose to work at Boston Children’s? I was ... Read More about A lifetime of care: Looking back with nurse Donna Morash
Meet Sylvia, the ‘calm before the storm’ of cardiac surgery
I’ve been here for 21 years — first in the Department of Cardiology and now in the Department of Cardiac Surgery. I’m the administrative assistant for Drs. Emani and Kaza, but I do a little of everything. With 10 surgeons and four assistants, we all help each other out. In person, I call some of the doctors by their first names — ... Read More about Meet Sylvia, the ‘calm before the storm’ of cardiac surgery
Provider Spotlight: Meet Dr. David Mooney
David P. Mooney, MD, MPH, is director of the Trauma Center, an assistant in the Department of Surgery, and an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He’s been at Boston Children’s Hospital for 20 years. How did you become interested in pediatric surgery? I realized early on that I have a “surgical personality.” ... Read More about Provider Spotlight: Meet Dr. David Mooney
Knowledge is empowerment: The 2019 Female Athlete Conference
School was out for the summer at Babson College, but on June 4, Sorenson Auditorium was filled with over 400 people as Dr. Kathryn Ackerman kicked off the fourth biennial Female Athlete Conference. The one-of-a-kind conference, hosted by the Female Athlete Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, drew attendees from as close as Boston and as ... Read More about Knowledge is empowerment: The 2019 Female Athlete Conference