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How a Nurse Practitioner Helps Families Navigate Life with Congenital Heart Disease, With the Benefit of Lifelong Research

Michelle Steltzer is a nurse practitioner who has devoted her life to helping our patients navigate life with congenital heart disease.

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Father Battling Aggressive Cancer Sees Son Receive Life-Saving Kidney Transplant from High School Classmate

Just one week after learning Ashley was pregnant with Miles, the Wagners received devastating news.

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Cochlear Implant Social Worker Addresses Entire Family's Needs

While every member of our Cochlear Implant Program is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcome for each child, social worker Christine Berg, LCSW, focuses on the entire family's needs.

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Jonah’s Story – Raising Awareness for Infantile Spasms

Jonah’s 6-month EEG soon showed that he was at high risk for developing a devastating form of childhood epilepsy known as Infantile Spasms. 

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Most Parents Give Kids the Wrong Dose of Medicine

A recent study found that parents are unintentionally making at least one dosing error when administering medicine to a child.

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Sleep Training Tips from Dr. Marc Weissbluth

Follow these four sleep training steps and both you and your baby will make it through the night refreshed and rejuvenated.

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