Pediatrics

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Children Living in Poverty – Tina Cheng, M.D.

Tina Cheng, M.D., and her team are working on ways to develop and test programs to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage.

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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Treating Progeria in Children – Susan Michaelis, Ph.D.

Susan Michaelis, Ph.D., and her team study a rare premature aging disease called progeria, which provides a unique window into the normal aging process.

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Case Presentation: Complex Craniovertebral Junction Stabilization and Reconstruction

Neurosurgeon, Nicholas Theodore discusses the case of a 9-year-old girl with a severely unstable craniovertebral junction secondary to pseudoarthrosis and broken hardware with brainstem compression.

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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Toward a Treatment for Barth Syndrome | Dr. Hilary Vernon

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, producing the energy we need to live. So it’s no surprise that problems with mitochondria have severe effects on the body. One of these is Barth Syndrome, a failure of ...

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Q&A on Pediatric Cerebral Palsy

Dr. Ranjit Varghese, assistant professor in pediatric orthopaedics, explains the types of cerebral palsy conditions that can be treated by an orthopedic surgeon and the benefits of sending a patient to Johns Hopkins.