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Anesthesiologist Amit Gupta, MD, is featured in the best pediatrician's issue of Parents' Press. Dr. Gupta is highlighted as a top Bay Area pediatric specialist who, along with many other Children's physicians, was voted by his peers as among the best doctors for 2009.

 

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"Heroic Surgeon at Children's Hospital Oakland Wins Lifetime Achievement Award from Alameda County"
(San Francisco Sentinel, San Francisco, CA © 5/20/2010)
This article highlights surgeon James Betts, MD, who was honored by Alameda County's Emergency Medical Services with a Ben Mathews Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Betts' heroic career has been featured in the news throughout his 25 years at Children's, most notably the emergency surgery he performed on a child trapped under the collapsed Cypress Freeway in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

"Study: Lower IQs in Adult Sickle Cell Patients"
(San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA © 5/12/2010)
Hematology/Oncology division chief Elliott Vichinsky, MD, is featured in this front page story about a groundbreaking study that shows adults with sickle cell disease have poorer brain function. Dr. Vichinsky's study, one of the first to ever examine brain function in adult sickle cell patients, is published in the May 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Vichinsky believes poor brain function is linked to anemia and age, and may even be reversible. He is now studying the effectiveness of blood transfusions in reversing the cognitive damage in adults with sickle cell.

"Indians at Risk for Rare Blood Disorder Thalassemia"
(India West, San Leandro, CA © 5/6/2010)
This article highlights a Children's study that identified Indian Americans as being at a greater risk of contracting the blood disorder thalassemia. Thalassemia is a chronic condition that often requires children to get frequent blood transfusions. Children have been cured by bone marrow transplant and umbilical cord blood transplant from a healthy sibling. Children's Hospital Oakland's physicians urge the Indian American community to get tested and consider banking their infant's cord blood.

"In 'Lift' Mom Shares Letters to Kids"
(Today Show, New York, NY © 4/29/2010)
NBC's Today Show featured New York Times best-selling author and grateful mom Kelly Corrigan. Corrigan discussed her latest book, "Lift," and the positive experience her youngest daughter had at Children's Hospital Oakland. Corrigan's youngest daughter was successfully treated at Children's for meningitis as an infant six years ago. On May 6, Corrigan joined other local writers and musciains at the Fox Theater for Notes & Words, a fundraiser benefitting Children's.

"Sickle Cell Disease Patients Seek Acute Pain Care Repeatedly"
(US News & World Report © 4/6/2010)
Claudia Morris, MD, Emergency physician and CHORI scientist, is quoted in an online article about a sickle cell study. Dr. Morris, whose research includes sickle cell disease, comments on a Journal of the American Medical Association article about a Wisconsin study of chronic pain requiring acute care in sickle cell. Dr. Morris was not involved in the study, but noted that many sickle cell patients experience chronic pain on a daily basis.

"The Best Pediatricans in the Bay Area"
(Parents' Press, Oakland, CA © April 2010)
Amit Gupta, MD, of Anesthesiology, and Barbara Staggers, MD, of Adolescent Medicine, are featured in the publication's best pediatrician's issue. Drs. Gupta and Staggers are highlighted as two of the top Bay Area pediatric specialists who, along with many other Children's physicians, were voted by their peers as among the best doctors for 2009.

"The Doctor Is In: The Obesity Epidemic"
(Parents' Press, Oakland, CA © April 2010)
Children's physician's are contributing to an on-going health column in Parents' Press. The first column features Gena Lewis, MD, and Diane Halberg, MD, of Primary Care, who offer advice on how to raise healthy eaters in an effort to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. Drs. Lewis and Halberg emphasize the importance of family meal time and appropriate portion size, among many other tips.