Felix is the first infant to receive a live donor liver transplant that was removed laparoscopically from an adult donor on the West Coast.
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Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Celebrates Women’s History Month: Enjoy the Journey
Elisabeth Martin, MD, and Raji Koppolu, NP, encourage those who are just starting their career to enjoy each step of the journey.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Celebrates Women’s History Month: Go After Your Calling
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Irogue Igbinosa, MD, Kelly Mahaney, MD, and Hayley Gans, MD, explain how they found their calling.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Celebrates Women’s History Month: Setting Priorities
In part two of our Women’s History Month features, we celebrate some of the outstanding women at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health who make such a difference for patients and the community at large.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Celebrates Women’s History Month: Finding Your Passion, Mentor
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are featuring some of the outstanding women at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health who make such a difference for patients and the community at large.
Premature Babies’ Survival Rate is Climbing, Study Says
A comprehensive new study of premature babies in the United States is helping redefine what it means for a premature infant to survive.
Avery’s Family Finds Answers in Her Genes
A diagnosis of Coffin-Lowry syndrome and monitoring by a team of experts puts a family at ease.
Rare Treatment Clears Gallstones in Newborn
About 150 ERCP procedures a year are performed at LPCH, about 10% in infants.
COVID-19 and Influenza: A Q&A with Drs. Roshni Mathew and Katya Gerwein
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever for children to be vaccinated now against the flu.
Multiple Joys
Four sets of twins are born in the span of 32 hours at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Safely Caring for Patients during COVID-19
Care teams work to ensure safe, quality care during a global pandemic.
Safe at Home
Trauma expert provides advice for parents on how to keep their children safe during shelter in place.
C-section rates up to 19 percent help save women and their newborns, global study finds
Cesarean sections are the most commonly performed operations around the world. But just how effective are these procedures, which have their own risks and complications, in saving the lives of women and their newborns?
From A to ZZZZs: The trouble with teen sleep
Teenagers who don’t sleep enough pay a heavy price, potentially compromising their physical and mental health. Study after study in the medical literature sounds the alarm over what can go wrong when teens suffer chronic sleep deprivation: drowsy driving incidents, poor academic performance, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and even suicide attempts. “I think high school is the real danger spot in terms of sleep deprivation,” says Stanford sleep expert William Dement, MD, PhD. “It’s a huge problem.”
Stanford physician shares his story of treating Ebola patients in Liberia
For a month, Stanford emergency physician Colin Bucks, MD, found himself in the remote, dense jungle of northeast Liberia in the heat of the battle against Ebola. Now back home in Redwood City, Calif., he shares his stories from the front.
