It’s difficult to say precisely how many lives Nancy Carst has touched during her career, but it’s a certainty that she has been the comforting presence for thousands of parents during the most difficult time imaginable – the time when a parent loses a child. Nancy is retiring on Jan. 3 after 38 years, first […]
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Pediatric Gastroenterology thrives under leadership of Dr. Reinaldo Garcia-Naveiro
As the director of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Akron Children’s, Dr. Reinaldo Garcia-Naveiro has built a thriving division that will one day be his legacy. “The difference between building a clinical practice and building a division is that when you are gone, so is the clinical practice. A division is permanent and not dependent on one […]
Anand Brahmbhatt relies on listening skills to meet the needs of his patient families
As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in Akron Children’s Lois and John Orr Family Behavioral Health Center, Anand Brahmbhatt, MSN, APRN-CNP, spends a lot of time listening to his patient families. Being able to connect with his patients and understand their challenges helps Anand provide compassionate mental health care. Read the feedback a patient […]
Akron Children’s surgeon helps standout football player return to the field
Mason Moyer has had a senior high school year to remember – and it’s not even halfway over. The standout running back from Norwayne High School in Wayne County has wrapped up an achievement-filled football season despite suffering a fractured rib and partially-collapsed left lung at the start of his post season. Mason and his […]
Good Mourning Support Group helps four generations of family navigate grief
Since 2005, the Good Mourning Support Group at Akron Children’s has provided a compassionate space for children and families to navigate their grief together. According to the group’s facilitator, Nancy Carst, LISW-S, CT, who is also one of the hospital’s bereavement coordinators, “The program is designed to help children, and their parents and extended families, […]
Akron Children’s developmental pediatrics fellow hopes to make a global impact
As a young girl growing up in Nigeria, Dr. Dami Omoniyi’s journey to becoming a physician was sparked by her natural curiosity. “I loved to ask questions,” she recalled. Initially drawn to engineering due to her love for math, Dr. Dami realized during secondary school that she preferred a career that involved critical thinking and […]
