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New Rare Disease Survey Seeks to Improve Access and Care
A new survey hopes to provide a better understanding of the challenges to health care access for Minnesota families as they care for a child who has a rare disease. One in ten Minnesotans are living with a rare disease. Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is known worldwide for its expert level of care for children who have rare diseases and is encouraging participation in the Rare Disease Healthcare Access Study.
January 29, 2021
A Conversation with Matthew Witham, PhD Matthew Witham, PhD, is the manager of
Child and Family Services at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare…
Committed to Keeping Our Community Safe from COVID-19 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has been focused on protecting our community—by wearing masks and protective gear, washing our hands, keeping our environment clean and
social distancing. We’re proud to protect and serve our community during this challenging time.
Gillette Provides a Higher Level of Care for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)January is National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. Prevention and precaution are the keys to staying safe and minimizing injuries. If your child does become injured the team at
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has a higher level of training to deal with pediatric TBIs.
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February 4, 2021
New Rare Disease Survey Seeks to Improve Access and CareA new survey hopes to provide a better understanding of the challenges to health care access for Minnesota
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January 29, 2021
A Conversation with Matthew Witham, PhD Matthew Witham, PhD, is the manager of Child and Family Services at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare and has worked at Gillette since 2017. Learn more about Witham and the comprehensive approach Child and Family Services provides to support Gillette patients and families, here:
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January 26, 2021
Promise Found: Peyton’s Halo-Gravity Traction JourneyThe ability to stand up straight is something that most of us take for granted. Peyton's family can tell you how the ability to stand upright, transformationally changed her view of the world. Read more about the surgery that made it possible.
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January 22, 2021
Committed to Keeping Our Community Safe from COVID-19Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has been focused on protecting our community—by wearing masks and protective gear, washing our hands, keeping our environment clean and social distancing. We’re proud to protect and serve our community during this challenging time.
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January 21, 2021
Gillette Provides a Higher Level of Care for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)January is National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. Prevention and precaution are the keys to staying safe and minimizing injuries. If your child does become injured the team at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has a higher level of training to deal with pediatric TBIs.
Trust Your Instincts: A Craniosynostosis JourneyThe Quinn family shares their experience about their newborn daughter receiving a diagnosis of craniosynostosis. They appreciate the Gillette team approach to care which allows for collaboration between the neurosurgeon and the plastic surgeon to formulate a clear, patient-specific plan. Two surgeons working side-by-side in the operating room decreases operating time and reduces the length of exposure a child has to general anesthesia.
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January 13, 2021
Safe Winter Fun During COVID-19Even in a normal year, the winter months can present challenges when it comes to getting out and staying active. In a time when many would be transitioning to doing more activities indoors, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced additional challenges. However, there are still many ways to stay active and have fun this winter.
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January 13, 2021
From Scared to Prepared: Child Life Specialists Make a Difference at GilletteChild life specialists provide evidence-based, developmentally and psychologically appropriate interventions aimed at reducing fear, anxiety and pain during medical treatment. Recently, through the establishment of the Delta Air Lines Child Life Fellowship Fund, Gillette was able to expand the capacity of the child life program through a fellowship position.
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January 10, 2021
A Conversation with Peter Kim, MDPeter Kim, MD has worked as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare for nearly ten years. Dr. Kim assumed the role of Associate Medical Director for Surgical Services at Gillette in 2021. Kim has been with Gillette since 2011 and has extensive expertise in treating Chiari malformation, epilepsy and seizures, tethered spinal cord, spina bifida, craniosynostosis, and hydrocephalus. Learn more about him, here:
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January 8, 2021
Two Gillette Doctors Release a Book to Help Shape Cerebral Palsy Treatment and
ResearchA new book edited by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare orthopedic surgeon, Tom Novacheck, MD, and clinical scientist, Michael Schwartz, PhD, is intended to be a resource for health care providers and scientists to improve the lives of people who have cerebral palsy and mobility challenges. “We hope this new book is a blueprint for the next five years of research and clinical care to help people who have cerebral palsy,” Novacheck says.
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