Chiari malformation is a serious neurological disorder where the bottom part of the brain, known as the cerebellar tonsils, descends out of the skull and crowds the spinal cord.
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Stanford Trauma Center saves 10-year-old’s hand — and his life
When Elijah Olivas’s hand was severed in a car accident, dozens of experts from our pediatric trauma team coordinated to perform 20 hours of life- and limb-saving surgery.
On Veterans Day, chief of pediatric neurosurgery reflects on service and how it impacts his work
On Veterans Day 2014, Grant is reflecting on his service to our country and how it impacts his lifesaving care for kids. In 2005, at the height of the Iraq war, Grant was one of 18 U.S. Air Force and Army surgeons in a tent hospital at Balad Air base, the largest U.S. military base in Iraq. Located outside Balad in the Sunni Triangle, the base housed the Air Force Theater Hospital, a level 1 trauma center.
At one-year anniversary, Reno family recalls lifesaving neurosurgery for daughter at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Dr. Gerald Grant and his neurosurgery team quickly and successfully treated Emily Zimmerman’s fast-growing brain tumor. “To have this level of care for our daughter is our greatest relief,” said mom.
A chance discovery, and a decision to wait
In 2005 13-year-old Monica Datta joined several other young people in undergoing MRIs as part of a research study at Stanford University. Unlike everyone else, Datta’s unexpectedly revealed a spot in her brain that nobody had known about.
"Kicking for Miracles" Raises Over $10K!
The first-ever “Kicking for Miracles” event, hosted by World Class Tae Kwon Do in San… Read more »
Test First, Build Later: Group Simulations Help Refine Design
In planning the layouts of the new patient rooms and operating suites, life-size mockups were constructed off-site and assessed by representatives of everyone who would use them.
Packard Children’s Ranked Among Nation’s Best
In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13,… Read more »
