Over her nine years at Children’s Minnesota, Tami Vance, LICSW, cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) programs, not only shines as an outstanding social worker inside our walls, but she’s also an expert voice and advocate for PCD mental health care internationally.
The Mother Baby Center, a partnership between Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota, is proud to announce The Mother Baby Center in St. Paul has been recognized for its success in supporting Black maternal health by U.S. News & World Report for Black Maternal Health Week 2024.
Children’s Minnesota is pleased to congratulate the 64 kid experts recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as 2024 Top Doctors: Rising Stars.
Join Children’s Minnesota leaders as they share their insights at Becker’s 14th Annual Meeting. Three of our kid experts will be joining other health leaders from across the country to talk about the future of health care.
Children’s Minnesota and Mayo Clinic collaborate in the care of children with congenital heart disease; enabling both health systems to share expertise and knowledge to improve the outcomes for children with serious or complex heart conditions.
The recognition celebrates outstanding contributions of women across the health care industry, highlighting their efforts in improving care delivery, promoting health equity, shaping policy, and advancing gender equality in health care leadership.
Children’s Minnesota is ecstatic to share that The Kid Experts® in the St. Paul pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) celebrated five years without a central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI). A CLABSI can be a serious setback in the recovery of a critically-ill child who requires a central line, which is a thin tube inserted into a large vein that goes to the heart. It can result in a longer, more expensive hospital stay, and even increase morbidity and mortality.
The efforts of two Children's Minnesota departments to successfully identify opportunities to enhance the patient family experience were highlighted in a case study by NRC Health.
In the Talking Pediatrics episode, “In a heartbeat: Outpatient screening to determine cardiovascular risk,” host Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd talks with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Chris Carter about screening student athletes and all young patients for heart issues in the primary care office.
An exciting phase two clinical trial led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital neuro-oncologists recently launched at Children’s Minnesota. Anne Bendel, MD, director of the pediatric neuro-oncology program, and Maggie Skrypek, MD, pediatric neuro-oncologist at Children’s Minnesota, are investigators in the study and will play key roles in managing the trial, completing the study, and preparing the results for publication.