Posts Tagged: cardiology
February 20, 2019
From Fear to Empowerment: Why I Joined the New Cardiac Family Advisory Council
by Melissa Cohen, Cardiac Family Advisory Council Member The numbness of my epidural hadn’t yet worn off when my beautiful newborn daughter turned blue. My husband and I only got to hold Makayla (“Mak,” as we call her) for two hours before she moved from our loving, warm arms to a tiny plastic isolette, and…
Family Advisory Council
Cardiac Family Advisory Council, cardiology, cardiovascular health, cardiovascular surgery, congenital heart defect, Family Advisory Council, heart dad, heart mom
February 6, 2019
Keeping Kids’ Blood Pressure and Cholesterol in Check
It’s likely you’ve talked with your doctor about your heart health and where your blood pressure and cholesterol stand. But have you talked with your child’s pediatrician about theirs? “We usually think of hypertension (high blood pressure) and high cholesterol as problems that affect adults, but we tend to forget that these problems can start…
Cardiology
blood pressure, cardiology, cardiovascular health, cholesterol, health screenings for kids, well-child visits
December 18, 2018
Rady Children’s ECMO Expertise Goes Global
George Sutherland, M.B.A., R.R.T.-N.P.S. (pictured middle right), is going places. And while he certainly excels in his role as Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) coordinator, we mean this literally. That’s because in Nov. 2018, Sutherland led a group of Rady Children’s ECMO experts on a volunteer trip to China, where they helped…
Cardiology, Giving Back, Staff Stories
cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, ECMO, giving back, global health, international partnerships, staff stories, volunteering
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