Pediatric Neurosurgery, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act
Sandi Lam, MD, MBA (left) Associate Professor Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery/Department of Neurosurgery Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine Baylor Center for Ethics and Health Policy Carrie R. Muh, MD, MS (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics Duke University Medical Center Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Pediatric Neurosurgery and the Health of Children Once […]
Pediatric Trauma: Number One Killer of Children in the United States
Guest post from Representative Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee and Co-Chair of the Pediatric Trauma Caucus Pediatric trauma is the number one killer of children in the United States. One person dies from an injury every three minutes in the United States. Because children have significant anatomical and physiological differences from […]
Neurosurgeons: Elevating the Quality of Care for our Smallest Patients – Hydrocephalus Guidelines Published
Guest post from Ann Marie Flannery, MD, FAANS, FACS Pediatric Neurosurgeon Childrens Multi Specialty Clinic Womens and Childrens Hospital Lafayette, LA Hydrocephalus is one of the most common birth defects, impacting one out of every 500 births in the U.S. Fortunately, neurosurgeons can effectively treat this problem. In an effort to assure the highest quality […]