A very sick girl finds an unlikely savior
The Boston Globe tells the story of Boston Children’s patient Sloan St. James who was diagnosed with biliary atresia and received a liver transplant after Lt. Steven Tenney found out he was a match to donate.
How to help a teenager kick heroin
The Today Show reports on the pilot program at Wareham Pediatrics that provides drug counseling to patients who are struggling with addiction. The program was created by Boston Children’s Sharon Levy, MD, MPH, along with Glenn Focht, MD, and Jonas Bromberg, PsyD, from the PPOC.
In a First, Gene Therapy Halts a Fatal Brain Disease
The New York Times reports that a team led by Boston Children’s Chief Scientific Officer David Williams, MD, have used gene therapy to stave off a fatal degenerative brain disease – adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) – an achievement that some experts had thought impossible.
Boston Children’s Hospital has been named the #1 children’s hospital in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for the fifth year in a row! It’s an honor that we could not have achieved without you. On behalf of every member of our Boston Children’s team, thank you for inspiring us to be bolder, dream bigger, and make the impossible possible for our patients and families.
Sandra L. Fenwick, CEO
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