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Care for the Smallest Spines: A Guide to Pediatric Scoliosis and Kyphosis
Children with spinal deformities benefit from early detection and appropriate treatment, whether that means monitoring, bracing or surgery. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Ishaan Swarup, MD, breaks down the two most common conditions and explains key tools.
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Cutting-Edge Epilepsy Surgery With Less Cutting: New Techniques Are Changing Kids’ Lives
Pediatric neurosurgeon Kurtis Auguste, MD, who directs the UCSF Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, discusses in-use options that boost accuracy and safety for managing seizures.
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COVID-19 Vaccination in the Pediatric Population: Help With Talking to Worried Parents
Pediatric infectious disease specialist Prachi Singh, DO, presents the evidence on COVID-19 illness and vaccines for children and adolescents, illuminating the current state of the changeable COVID landscape.
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Protecting Children’s Mental Health: Ready Resources for PCPs
Mental health issues are common in pediatric patients, with rates rising during COVID, yet modern time constraints make it challenging for primary care providers to meet these needs. Fortunately, child psychiatry access programs are designed to be an efficient way to consult with experts, who can give tailored, practical guidance in minutes.
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When a Child’s Cancer Resists Treatment: The Potential of Immunotherapy
This encouraging presentation from pediatric hematologist-oncologist Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD, director of UCSF’s pediatric immunotherapy program, focuses on relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer.
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Sensitive and Smart Sexual Health Care: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents Now
Adolescent medicine specialist Javay Ross, MD, discusses key questions and how to ask them; offers time-saving tips on taking histories, screening appropriately and prescribing wisely; and explains how to guide patients to their best birth control options.
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In Utero Therapy for Serious Genetic Disorders: Saving and Improving Children’s Lives
Early fetal therapies have the power to change everything for babies and families affected by alpha thalassemia major or lysosomal storage diseases.
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Cancer Syndromes in Children: An Expert on Screening and Surveillance
Genetic testing and early intervention can have benefits ranging from preserving vision – as in the case of retinoblastoma – to preserving lives. Jennifer Michlitsch, MD, discusses how to identify patients at risk, take informative family histories, and ensure care reflects the needs and values of individual families.
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In the Blink of an Eye: Early Detection of Vision Problems in Kids
With age-appropriate tests and tools, primary care providers can identify vision concerns in very young patients before there are lasting effects.
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Window of Opportunity: The Potential Payoff of Early Fetal Ultrasound
Perinatologist and medical geneticist Mary E. Norton, MD, discusses the value – and clarifies the limitations – of fetal ultrasound as early as 11 weeks.
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Strategies for Chronic Pain in Kids: Using Ketamine to Advantage
Pediatric anesthesiologist Stephen Long, MD, discusses treating pain from long-term conditions, such as sickle cell disease.
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Optimizing the Health of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Guide for Primary Care
Hematologist-oncologist Robert Raphael, MD, director of the Pediatric Survivorship Program, lays out keys to protecting these patients’ physical as well as mental health.
