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National Burn Awareness Week – Tips for a safe home Blog Injury Prevention Phoenix Children’s Center for Family Health and Safety Children have curious and creative minds. I can still remember one day I picked my child up from school. He was so excited to …

Feeding Tube Awareness Week and Feeding Disorders Blog Feeding Disorders Feeding Tube Gastroenterology (GI) Feeding disorders have been found to occur in 40-50% of typically developing children and 80-90% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. …

Waiting for a heart made easier with a VAD: Aidyn’s story Blog VAD Ventricular Assist Device Phoenix Children’s Center for Heart Care Here at Phoenix Children’s Heart Center , we continue to expand our mechanical circulatory support program . We have a …

Cryoanalgesia: A “cool” way to control pain after the Nuss Procedure Blog Chest Wall Deformities Pectus Excavatum Ever hear of Pectus Excavatum? It’s the most common chest wall deformity and it occurs in about one in 450 children. Pectus excavatum or …

Double the ACL trouble and a new baby for Dr. Heather Menzer Blog Sports Medicine Orthopedics ​Identical twins Abigail and Carolina Dayer share more than their birthdays and appearance. Both served as soccer team captains for a charter school in west …

Phoenix Children’s and 12 News share miracle stories from 2020 Blog Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders NICU Orthopedics Phoenix Children’s Center for Heart Care   Despite the many hardships of 2020, …

Tonsils and Adenoids: What are they? Where are they? And do I need them? Blog Otolaryngology ENT As a pediatric otolaryngologist with Phoenix Children's Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery) department, one of the more common …

The tiniest heart CHAMPIONs Blog Phoenix Children’s Center for Heart Care ​The Phoenix Children’s Heart Center Interstage Home Monitoring Program has been active for more than 13 years in the Phoenix area and is one of only 68 interstage monitoring …

Inflammatory Bowel Disease – From patient to provider Blog Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Ulcerative Colitis Gastroenterology (GI) Dr. Brad Pasternak is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist and a co-medical director of the IBD program at …

The truth about vaping and teens Blog Teenagers Vaping e-Cigarettes Electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, vape pens, mods, and e-cigars, have been steadily gaining popularity among teens. Electronic nicotine delivery systems contain …