| Akron Children's welcome new doctors |
 Oliver Soldes, MD, and Todd Ponsky, MD, recently joined Akron Children’s Pediatric General Surgery Center. Prior to coming to the hospital, Dr. Soldes served as co-director of minimally-invasive pediatric surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, while Dr. Ponsky served as director of the Center of Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery at University Hospitals’ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospitals in Cleveland. Read more |
| Investing in Mahoning Valley's future |
 As part of Humility of Mary Health Partners' expansion, Akron Children's neonatal intensive care unit located at HMHP's Youngstown campus will relocate to St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. This NICU, with an expected completion date of 2014, is owned and operated by Akron Children’s and the expansion represents another $7 million investment to our patient families in Mahoning Valley. Read more |
| Breakthrough diabetes treatment changes Taya’s life |
 Taya Arny was born with infant diabetes, which left her insulin dependent. Aware of a possible solution, Supamit Ukarapong, MD, an endocrinologist at Akron Children’s, sent her DNA to a registry at the University of Chicago where her genetic makeup qualified her for a treatment that replaced her insulin with a couple of pills. Learn more |
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LOPen Charity Golf Outing |
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Saturday, June 23
Lake Forest Country Club
1 p.m.
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Art Therapy Open Studio |
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Every Tuesday in June
Emily Cooper Welty Expressive Therapy Center
1 - 3 p.m.
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| Nurse’s research uses pictures when words fail |
| When Phyllis Mesko, RN, a staff nurse in Akron Children’s Post Anesthesia Care Unit, used picture communication aids with her non-verbal, autistic son and saw success, she realized these aids could help patients with communication and language barriers locate their pain. Phyllis received a research grant through Akron Children’s Nurse Scholar Program for her study. Learn more |
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