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Kushner will serve one-year term as VP with a succession to presidency for three-year term HOUSTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Jake Kushner, renowned leader in diabetes treatment and research at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected vice president of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/DC95720) With his official duties beginning fall 2012, Kushner will serve a total of...
--Childhood Cancer Expert at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Joins an Elite Honorary Society-- PHILADELPHIA, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tom Curran, Ph.D., FRS, an expert in childhood brain cancer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been elected to the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy is one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and is a leading center for independent policy research. Dr. Curran...
CINCINNATI, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has been named the first accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute in the United Sates. The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium's designation recognized the Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute for seeking "pre-eminence in heart care." "The work being done at Cincinnati Children's will set the tone for a new collaborative paradigm melding the worlds of...
MILWAUKEE, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin recently performed a rare double organ transplant to save the life of Thomas Castillo, a 15-year-old Illinois boy with complex congenital heart disease and liver failure. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/CG93246-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/CG93246-b) A multidisciplinary team at Children's Hospital replaced Castillo's two organs during a 17-hour surgery. James...
CHICAGO, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago philanthropist Ann Lurie, along with a committee of leading philanthropists and Chicago civic leaders, announced that $5.2 million was raised as part of the fundraising campaign for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago during a Gala Preview on Friday, April 20 at Lurie Children's, 225 E. Chicago Avenue. Gala co-chairs were Lester Crown, Ann Lurie, Andrew J. McKenna, Sr., Robert S. Murley, Penny Pritzker and J....
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Musician Harry Connick, Jr. Headline the Event **Children's Memorial is becoming Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on June 9, 2012** CHICAGO, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chicago philanthropist, Ann Lurie, along with a committee of leading philanthropists and Chicago civic leaders, is expected to announce that $5.2 million was raised as part of the fundraising campaign for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's...
App to improve patient experience with wayfinding to and throughout Boston Children's locations, access to patient medical records, doctor information and support services BOSTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boston Children's Hospital today announced the launch of its new mobile application (app), Boston Children's Hospital MyWay(TM), providing patients and families with a one-stop mobile information hub for navigating the Boston Children's Hospital patient...
Marriott Foundation donates $3 million for research BOSTON, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital today announced the inception of The Boston Center for Endometriosis, a joint undertaking to discover causes, promote prevention, and develop new treatments and cures for the disease of endometriosis. The Center is the first in the world of its kind and will serve as the premier diagnostic, treatment, research, and...
PHILADELPHIA, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announces a grant of $100,000 from Verizon Foundation to launch a Telemedicine Pilot Program dedicated to providing pediatric specialty consultations to community hospitals. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120329/DC79068) "Thanks to the support of The Verizon Foundation's funding, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will be able to embark on a Telemedicine pilot...
**Children's Memorial is becoming Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on June 9, 2012** Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Musician Harry Connick, Jr. Headline the Event CHICAGO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chicago philanthropist Ann Lurie, along with a committee of leading philanthropists and Chicago civic leaders, will host a gala to offer a first look at the newly-completed Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. The...
