ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A teen’s mother is fighting in her memory, using the loss of her daughter to inspire others to become organ donors. Dawn Torrain’s daughter Jasmine was in and out of the hospital since she was born, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was only 7 months old. “We always accepted […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – Advanced technology and additional treatment methods are helping newborns and infants with kidney disease across the region. St. Louis Children’s Hospital has been putting it to use and perfecting it since 2020. Washington University nephrologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Dr. Eileen Ciccia says dialysis machines were originally designed for […]
The 2023 Pediatrics Research Retreat was held at Live! by Loews, a beautiful venue right next to Ballpark Village. The more than 250 attendees were treated to a day of fascinating research and time to catch up with colleagues. Twelve presenters discussed topics spanning from viral DNAemia and herpesvirus seropositivity to machine learning in congenital […]
Congratulations and welcome to our 2023-2024 intern class! We are so excited for you to join our team. Name Medical school Madison Baer, MD University of Missouri School of Medicine- Columbia Emily Bao, MD, MPH University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine Lauren Black, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas […]
Alison C. Nash, MD, a third-generation pediatrician, understood the importance of health equity in medicine decades before it became a priority in most medical schools and hospitals. She recognized that achieving health equity requires physicians to identify people in need of care, particularly those from disadvantaged communities.
When Ericka V. Hayes, MD ’98, came to Washington University as an undergraduate, she felt as though she had finally found a community of like-minded people. That sense of belonging continued when she entered Washington University School of Medicine, where a close-knit cohort of classmates and outstanding mentorship from attendings and residents were catalysts for […]
As a pediatrician and adolescent medicine doctor, I will always support preventing more kids coming into the child welfare system, but the legislative proposal for the level of need I see is not near enough. For the last 12 years I have served youth in foster care with a team of helping professionals. I perform […]
Teen mental health was in crisis before COVID-19. Persistent feelings of hopelessness and sadness almost doubled over a 10-year period ending in 2019, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also during this time, attempted suicide and thoughts about suicide skyrocketed among U.S. high school students.
A new report that compares the cost for housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services for metropolitan areas across the United States finds that St. Louis is the most affordable of America’s 25 most populous metropolitan areas.
A Metro East baby was recently given the gift of life thanks to the doctors at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. His family lives in Mascoutah, but Children’s Hospital is seemingly the only place 9-month-old Ben Hay has ever known. “We took him home for eight days over Christmas,” said mother Jacqueline Hay.