Teen Comes Through Near-Fatal Accident
Neurosurgery, trauma, and neurocritical care teams perform Christmas miracle by saving boy’s life after severe accident.
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Brain and Behavior
Doctors Remove Highly Complex Brain Tumor Through Toddler’s Nose
At 2 and a half years of age, Lewis had a pituitary gland that was working poorly and worsening vision. Then, fear of a new tumor developing near his hypothalamus triggered worry that Lewis would develop hypothalamic obesity. It was time to operate.
Teenager Back on Lacrosse Field After Brain Surgery for AVM
Lauren Adair loves the sport of Lacrosse – so much so that it was the first thing she worried about after being diagnosed with an AVM, or arteriovenous malformation.
Teenager With Epilepsy Looking Forward to Driving After Complex Craniotomy
The Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Stanford Children’s performed a highly complex brain surgery called a craniotomy for Isaac Diaz.
‘There is Hope:’ New Developments in Pediatric Epilepsy Treatment
Epilepsy can be a devastating disease for children, not only physically, but emotionally. Wes Phillips, MD, discusses the many innovations in care and offers hope to families
Preschooler Thrives After a T-Ball Hit Saves His Life
Parents to 4-year-old Carter could never have known that a bump to his head during T-ball would lead to an unexpected discovery—a rare brain tumor.
Children Born Early at Risk From Too Much Screen Time
Children born very prematurely are at risk for cognitive and behavioral problems linked to excess screen time.
Living a Whole Life With Half a Brain
Complex brain surgery cures severe epilepsy in 7-year-old boy.
Alex: 10 Seizures: 0
Persistence, teamwork, high-tech imaging, and surgical advances help 10-year-old boy leave his disabling seizures behind.
Pushing the Limits for Patients
Due to COVID-19 extra protocols were taken in the operating room, including N-95 masks and extra PPE.
Snapshot Reveals Rare Skull Condition in Toddler
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is home to one of a small number of programs in the country that offer expert, multidisciplinary care for complex craniosynostosis patients.
ROSA™ and Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery May Cure Epilepsy
The goal was to cure Brynn’s epilepsy without taking anything away from her quality of life.
Stanford Trial Shows Parents Can Learn Therapy to Help Their Children With Autism Learn to Speak
When James Pim was small, he struggled to express himself. His mom enrolled in a Stanford trial of an autism therapy called pivotal response treatment with the hope that she could help him understand how to use words to communicate.
Hadlee’s Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Story
A Wyoming family’s search for answers to their daughter’s frequent seizures led them to experts at Packard Children’s.
Finding a voice through technology
For most of her life, Alyssa Davilla has only been able to communicate a handful of feelings and phrases. But this is all changing thanks to a new app.
Now Seizure Free, Gracin Gets Her Words Back
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is using the innovative ROSA™ technology to help children suffering from prolific seizure disorders.
After radiation-free treatment for their son’s brain cancer, family travels 6100 miles every year to reunite with their care team at Packard Children’s
Recently, the Loh family, originally from the Bay Area, was in town for their annual visit from Shanghai to check in with son Elliot’s care team. They reflected on the experience of traveling across the world to give their son the best treatment possible.
