Amid concerns of the neuro-cognitive effects of general anesthesia on young children, Akron Children’s anesthesiologists are using spinal anesthesia to perform many common urologic and general surgery procedures in newborns to children less than 2 years of age. “This allows us to eliminate general anesthesia for children under the age of 2 when elective surgery […]
Archives for 2023
Refer patients to the Pain Center
Akron Children’s Pain Center is one of only a few centers in a five-state region that addresses physical, psychological and emotional well-being, not just the symptoms of pain. Treatment for acute and chronic pain in children and teens includes: Interventional pain management, including peripheral and neuraxial nerve blocks Epidural steroid injections Ketamine infusions to treat pain […]
9 Ways to help children manage anxiety about returning to school
An Akron Children’s child psychiatrist said a common misnomer about kids who experience school anxiety is that they don’t like school. “It’s important for parents to know that most children who have school anxiety actually like school!” said Dr. Laura Markley, medical director, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry. “The fearsome part for many children is being away from […]
Motility program offers state-of-the-art care
Akron Children’s provides the full range of testing and treatment options for patients with a variety of gastrointestinal motility disorders. The new motility program is currently spearheaded by Shivani Gupta, DO, who serves as director of the Pediatric Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program. Dr. Gupta joined Akron Children’s in 2022 upon completion of her pediatric gastroenterology […]
Akron Children’s cancer program earns reaccreditation
The Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons, has once again granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Akron Children’s. To earn this voluntary accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 Commission on Cancer quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process and maintain levels […]
New leadership for Neonatology and Maternal Fetal Medicine
Marya Strand, MD, MS, formerly chief medical officer of SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis and a practicing neonatologist, joined Akron Children’s on July 31, as chair of the newly formed department of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. She is also the Thomas R. and Mary Lynn Crowley Endowed Chair in Neonatology and […]
