Longtime Stanford Nurse Uses Her Trust to Give Back
Elaine Housten witnessed many firsts during her 43 years as a nurse at Stanford. She worked primarily as a surgical nurse at the adult hospital…
Elaine Housten witnessed many firsts during her 43 years as a nurse at Stanford. She worked primarily as a surgical nurse at the adult hospital…
Husband and wife duo Pat Rice and Claire Fitzgerald volunteered for over 20 years as baby cuddlers in the NICU at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital…
Thank you, Amelia Claire, Sana, and Rachel! Last school year, the girls, who attend The Harker School in San Jose, were required to perform a…
Each year, the FDA approves far fewer health technologies for use in children than adults. This disparity extends to pregnant moms as well. As a…
Congratulations to Little Wishes for raising $250,000 on their community fundraising page! Little Wishes created their fundraising page in 2017, and 100% of every dollar…
Nurses are at the heart of any neonatal intensive care unit. Laurel Lagenaur (above right) saw this firsthand when she developed preeclampsia at 28 weeks…
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has been recognized once again in the U.S. News & World Report 2024–25 Best Children’s Hospitals survey, published in October. …
In January 2025, Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, will join Stanford Medicine Children’s Health as chief medical officer. He will also serve as senior associate dean…
Stanford Medicine recently appointed Marc Melcher, MD, PhD, the new chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplantation. He oversees all aspects of abdominal transplant programs,…
In July, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health welcomed Ndidi Unaka, MD, MEd, as the inaugural chief health equity officer. Unaka also joined the Department of Pediatrics…