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International PPB/DICER1 Registry honors Dr. Yoav Messinger with Lifetime Service Award

Dr. Messinger was recognized for his devotion to the Registry’s mission of improving the outcomes for children and adults with PPB and other DICER1-related cancers.

Dr. Kade Goepferd named a 2024 Top LGBTQ+ Doctor

Congratulations to Dr. Kade Goepferd, chief education officer and medical director of the Children’s Minnesota Gender Health program, on being honored as a 2024 Top LGBTQ+ Doctor by Castle Connolly.

Children’s Minnesota physicians recognized as 2023 Top Doctors by Minnesota Monthly

Children’s Minnesota is proud to congratulate 173 professional staff members who have been recognized as 2023 Top Doctors by Minnesota Monthly magazine. The annual list was determined by a survey of thousands of licensed doctors in the Twin Cities.

Children’s Minnesota Kid Experts recognized as Top Doctors by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Children’s Minnesota is honored to have 185 physicians recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as 2023 Top Doctors. The 27th edition of the list includes hundreds of local physicians from across the Twin Cities in multiple specialties.

66 Children’s Minnesota physicians recognized as Rising Stars by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

The ninth edition of the Top Doctors: Rising Stars list highlights up-and-coming physicians who have been fully licensed to practice for approximately 10 years or less and are recognized for their achievements by peers.

Dr. Goepferd talks gender-affirming care in Human Rights Campaign video

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a new report about the threats and harassment targeting health care providers and systems for offering gender-affirming care. The report includes a video that features Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd (they/she), chief education officer and medical director of the Gender Health program at Children’s Minnesota, discussing the attacks on providers, including themselves.

Children’s Minnesota physicians recognized as Top Doctors by Minnesota Monthly

The annual list was determined by a survey of thousands of licensed doctors in the Twin Cities, based on a list provided by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice.

Dr. Gigi Chawla named 2022 Walter Ramsey Award honoree by Children’s Hospital Association

The Walter Ramsey Award honors a professional who has given their life’s work to the service of others, who has partnered with CHA to make a marked impact in pediatric health care, and who embodies the core CHA values of: integration, innovation, impact, and involvement.

Children’s Minnesota announces new Sickle Cell program leadership

Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephanie Fritch Lilla has accepted the role of medical director of the sickle cell program.

Children’s Minnesota to help prepare clinical trials of lab-created pediatric heart vessels that grow with the patients

A Children’s Minnesota surgeon is part of a University of Minnesota-led research team recently awarded a $3.7 million grant to prepare for human clinical trials of artificial, bioengineered pediatric blood vessels that grow with a patient.