Pressure Garment Therapy

At Shriners Children's, pressure garment therapy is used to manage scars caused by severe burn wounds.

The Opioid Epidemic and the Pediatric Population

Podcast with Dr. Ellen Raney explaining how the ongoing opioid epidemic affects the pediatric population, as well as different approaches for pain management that physicians are using when dealing with children in pain.

Former Patient Wants Others to Know They're Not Alone

Ready for the Return Home

When 5-year-old Marie Eva steps off the plane in the West African nation of Ivory Coast next month, she’ll walk into the waiting arms of a family who has missed her desperately for the past 15 months. Walk, not crawl.

Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Help Young Gymnast Soar

With brightly colored gymnastics metals hanging off her arms, 9-year-old Zuleikha posed proudly in the hall of the Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) department. Confidence, fearlessness and energy radiate from the young girl, and it is clear she never lets anything hold her back.

Talented Patient Credits Nurses for Life-Transforming Care – and Her New Career Goal

GianLuca's Story

When he was 18 months old, GianLuca was spending time with his grandfather, who had just made a cup of tea. GianLuca saw the tea, thought it was water, and reached for it. The hot liquid spilled all over his head, face and shoulders.

Boston Shriners Hospital Patient Inspired to Pursue a Medical Degree

Boston Shriners Hospital patient inspired to pursue a medical degree

Spine Surgery Gives Isabella The Confidence to Pursue Modeling!

Guided by her instincts, Isabella and her family made a trip to the Portland Shriners Hospital for a second opinion, where they met with pediatric orthopaedic physician Michelle Welborn, M.D.

Hip Dysplasia Can't Stop Gwenyth's Snuggles

When an ultrasound revealed Lauren’s 3-month-old daughter, Gwenyth, had bilateral hip dysplasia and would need to begin 24-hour bracing treatment right away, Lauren sobbed.