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Better Lives for Kids With Cerebral Palsy: Understanding Surgical Options
Knowing if and when to refer a child with CP for surgery can prevent serious problems, such as hip dislocation and pain, as well as improve the whole family’s quality of life.
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Meet the Pediatric Liver Center’s Dedicated Team and Learn About Referral
This quick video introduces members of the UCSF care team for infants and children with liver and bile duct disorders. Learn how they work to make treatment easier on families, prepare kids for surgery (including transplants), facilitate the referral process and keep providers informed.
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Snares of Survivorship: Understanding Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Treatment
Oncology treatments save young lives but impact neurocognitive development and psychosocial health, potentially causing problems such as IQ, memory, and hearing deficits, as well as depression, anxiety and social difficulties.
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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.
