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Patient Story
Bridget's Story: The Prima Ballerina
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Bridgets-story-The-prima-ballerinaIn September 2020, Bridget, a 12-year-old dancer from Westfield, Massachusetts, landed on her left knee while performing a front aerial, an acrobatic move she had perfected many times before.
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Patient Story
The Tools of the Trade
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/The-tools-of-the-tradeA tear slid down Ashleigh Bentz’s cheek as she opened the toolbox. A shoe horn. A pipe cutter. Clamps. The tools that helped make Marvin Hohbein the master prosthetist that he was for decades at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis now were held tenderly in the hands of a former patient who h...
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Patient Story
Patient Ambassador Featured on 2020 Holiday Card
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Patient-Ambassador-featured-on-2020-holiday-cardPatient ambassador, Katie, is the featured artist on our 2020 holiday card. Katie was born with spina bifida and has been a patient at Shriners Healthcare for Children — Florida since she was 3 years old.
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Provider
Tia M. Roush Caldwell, OTR/L
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Our-Care-Providers/R/Tia-M-Roush-Caldwell-OTR-L-85033Tia M. Roush Caldwell, OTR/L specializes in Occupational Therapy.
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Provider
Jennifer G. Evans, DPT
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Our-Care-Providers/E/Jennifer-G-Evans-DPT-65579Jennifer G. Evans, DPT specializes in Physical Therapy.
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Condition
Vascular Anomalies & Malformation
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Pediatric-Care/Vascular-Anomalies-and-MalformationVascular anomalies are red/purple birthmarks that do not go away, continue to grow larger and can affect breathing and speaking. Shriners Children’s plastic surgeons treat with plastic surgery, laser surgery or steroids.
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Condition
Tetraplegia
Tetraplegia, or quadriplegia, is the inability to voluntarily move the upper and lower body due to a spinal cord or brain injury, it affects all four limbs, and in some people, parts of the chest, abdomen and back.
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News
Medical Staff Presentations Strengthen and Advance Care for Patients
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/Medical-staff-presentations-strengthen-and-advance-care-for-patientsShriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California’s Assistant Chief of Orthopaedics Jon Davids, M.D., and orthopaedic surgeon Vedant Kulkarni, M.D., will present at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine (AACPDM) meeting.
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News
Kōkua Club Extends Helping Hand to Hawai'i Community
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Kkua-Club-extends-helping-hand-to-Hawaii-communityThe Hawaiian word k?kua means “to extend help to others with no intent of personal gain.” As patients at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Honolulu receive this daily from their nurses, doctors and therapists, staff members in the recreational therapy department wanted to instill that feeling of giv...
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News
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Health and Safety Information
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/03/COVID-19-coronavirus-health-and-safety-informationHealth and safety protocols in place at the Northern California Shriners Hospital in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus).