US doctors get to heart of the matter
From The Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia (Jan. 2012)
Mike Mitchell, MD, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, Herma Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, recently traveled with a 15-member team to Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia. The team trains staff and performs surgery for children born with congenital heart defects.
Two families connected by tragedy at Grafton High School
From Todays TMJ4 (Jan. 2012)
Joe Lemel lost his son Adam when he collapsed and died in 1999. He started Project ADAM in honor of is son. A little girl was recently saved in Green Bay. Her family spoke with TMJ4 about how a nearby defibrillator brought their 3-year back to life.
Where Grafton Basketball Player Died, the Life-Saving Mission of a Whitefish Bay Family Lives
From WhitefishBayPatch.com (Jan. 2012)
Thirteen years ago, Adam Lemel died in the same place Josh Davis-Joiner did last week, and his family started Project ADAM, operated by Children s Hospital of Wisconsin's Herma Heart Center. Wisconsin schools have come a long way in establishing response.
Event raising money for Children's Hospital
From WHBY AM 1150 (Jan. 2012)
A group of radio stations is raising money for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. This is the 12th year of the Woodward Radiothon, and over those years, listeners have donated more than $3 million.
Darien 'Wonder Boy' Represents American Heart Association
DarianPatch.com (Jan. 2012)
They call him Wonder Boy. In many ways, Marty Viau is actually very ordinary. Caregivers at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Herma Heart Center are making sure he has plenty of time for the ordinary.
Medical advances help raise survival rate of babies born prematurely
From the Oshkosh Northwestern (Jan. 2012)
When Elizabeth was born, she weighed 1 pound and 2 ounces and measured just 11 inches long. Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has a higher survival rate for premature infants younger than 3 days old and weighing less than 1,500 grams in comparison to other NICUs and is recognized as having the most advanced NICU in Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Cancer Drugs Help the Hardest Cases of Pompe Disease
From Medical News Today (Jan. 2012)
David Dimmock, MD, pediatric geneticist, Genetics Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is one of the authors findings to help children with Pompe Disease. The research is helping children with this inherited disorder that affects motor skills and breathing.
Sequencing Breaks into the Clinic in 2011, but Ethical, Regulatory, and Technical Hurdles Remain
From genomeweb.com (Jan. 2012)
2011 will likely be recognized as the year that genome sequencing broke out of the research realm and moved into the clinic. Following on its initial success in the Nic Volker irritable bowel disease case, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have begun implementing a clinical whole-genome sequencing program for undiagnosed diseases.
Detour puts woman on a lifesaving path
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Dec. 2011)
Julie Kapla, a 37-year-old nurse in the neonatal intensive-care unit at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and mother of four, left work on Wednesday and ended up stopping for more than groceries on the way home. She thought she saw a brush fire. Instead, it was a burning car, and someone was inside.
Tosa's hospital school goes high-tech
From WauwatosaNow.com (Dec. 2011)
Children's Hospital school program has three hospital-based teachers and one teacher's aide from the Wauwatosa (Wis.) Public School District. Patients can attend school and get instruction 5 days a week. Teachers and students are using a new tool now.
Texas Children's Hospital, Lead Study Center, Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval of EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device for Use in United States
From bioportfolio.com (Dec. 2011)
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Herma Heart Center, one of the nation's top programs for medical and surgical treatment of congenital heart defects and heart disease in children, participated in the landmark clinical trial of children suffering from end-stage heart disease. Newborns, toddlers and teens who suffer from heart failure and need heart transplantation to survive just got a life-saving pediatric heart pump that buys time and allows them to grow stronger as they wait for a donor heart.
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