Akron Children's Mahoning Valley has upgraded its radiology department at the Beeghly campus. Primarily funded by a $1 million donation from the Kikel Charitable Trust, the enhancements and upgrades include new transcranial Doppler equipment that uses ultrasound waves to detect at-risk stroke in sickle cell patients. Learn more

Todd Ritzman, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Akron Children’s, and Stephen Fening, PhD, director of orthopedic devices for ABIA, have obtained patents to test a magnet device that could reduce surgeries for children with scoliosis. As a result, the Austen BioInnovation Insitute (ABIA) in Akron recently announced the formation of APTO Orthopaedics, a medical device company that will work to commercialize the device. Learn more

For more than 20 years, Keith and Joanne Jones’ daughters, Kim, Karen and Kathy, received care at Akron Children’s for cystic fibrosis. In 2010, the Barberton couple made a planned gift to the hospital as their way of saying thank you. Read Keith and Joanne’s story