For Stephanie Ogden, clinical coordinator of the inpatient behavioral health unit in Akron, and Sara Zingaro, staff nurse in the partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient program in the Mahoning Valley, caring for kids in crisis is a calling. “I fell in love with adolescent behavioral health after my mental health rotation in nursing school,” […]
Archives for September 2022
Guidance on asthma, flu and COVID-19
As guidance on COVID-19 continues to change, experts agree that focusing on the things we can control is the best medicine for preventing illness and asthma episodes this flu season. Guidance on asthma: Now is a good time to review your child’s asthma action plan with a provider and make sure you have the right medications to […]
Sepsis protocol leads to improved outcomes for Akron Children’s patients
Wendy McNair and her daughter, Madelyne Williams, are no strangers to the life-threatening blood infection known as sepsis. Madelyne, age 17, who has cerebral palsy and other complex medical needs has had sepsis a total of 5 times – experiencing her first bout in 2016. “In 2016, Madelyne got the flu, which led to […]
Dr. Danielle Maholtz offers kind, honest support to critically ill patients
The old idiom: “What you see is what you get” is not just an expression, but a motto Danielle Maholtz, DO, is proud to live by in her role as Akron Children’s newest pediatric intensivist in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). She takes a kind, yet direct and honest approach to caring for critically […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Army Reddington
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually Sept. 15-Oct. 15. It’s a time to honor and celebrate the culture, heritage and contributions of Hispanic Americans, whose ancestry originates in Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. To recognize the month, Army Reddington, an ophthalmology technician at Akron Children’s who immigrated to the United […]
Akron Children’s renews career academy partnership with Akron Public Schools
When a teacher at North High School wanted to show her students how geometry could be used outside the classroom, she turned to an orthopedic surgeon at Akron Children’s. The surgeon demonstrated how he frequently uses angles to measure the curvature of the spine to diagnose scoliosis. This is one of the many ways Akron […]
