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Children’s Story Project
The Children’s Story Project features stories written by patients and families about how Children’s Hospital has impacted their lives.
Featured story: Maggie’s story
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Program Innovation: Neurosurgery, Neurology and Radiology
Seattle Children’s neurosurgeon pioneers use of functional MRIs with younger patients.
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Q&A with Samuel R. Browd, MD, PhD
Samuel talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Neurosurgery Division.
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Q&A with Elizabeth Limbacher, PNP, Nurse Practitioner
Elizabeth talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Neurosurgery Division.
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Daniel’s Story: Craniofacial and Neurosurgery
Daniel was born with part of his brain outside his skull. His face didn’t look like other people’s. At Seattle Children’s Hospital, a team of craniofacial doctors and neurosurgeons sealed the opening to Daniel’s brain to protect him from disease and injury. And as part of this very complicated procedure, they gave Daniel the face he should have been born with.
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The Race Is On
Raising awareness about hydrocephalus - and money to support research at Children’s - is the goal of the new Hydrocephalus Research Guild.
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Suppressing Seizures
Modern imaging techniques make surgery possible for people with intractable epilepsy.
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Q&A with Kathy Pearce, ARNP, Nurse Practitioner
Kathy talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Neurosurgery Division.
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Hydrocephalus: Filmmaker Provides Hope
Filmmaker and author Sherman Alexie talks about his experiences with hydrocephalus.
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Q&A with Trena Howe, Surgery Coordinator
Trena talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Neurosurgery Division.
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Q&A with Nadine M. Nielsen, Nurse Practitioner
Nadine talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Neurosurgery team.
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Brain Surgery to Treat Moyamoya Disease
Watch this six-minute video about Susana’s battle with this rare brain disease. Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen is one of a few surgeons in the country who specializes in this surgery.
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Brain Tumor Surgery on 8-year-old Antonia
Watch this nine-minute video about Antonia’s brain surgery performed by Dr. Jeffrey G. Ojemann at Children’s.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Battling kids’ brain cancer
Funding for nanotechnology research focuses on pediatric brain cancer.
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