Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago
Surgical Team Receives Grant for Nursing Care
In 2007, R Baby Foundation gave a grant to the Department of Transplantation Surgery at Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital to aid in the addition of an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with a background in clinical research to the department’s surgical team. A full-time APN will develop educational and advocacy programs at the community level on the symptoms of liver disorders acquired during infancy and childhood, establish programs and resources for their network of families with children affected by liver disorders, facilitate education with their network of 1,100 community pediatric specialists to enhance the knowledge of diagnosing viral infections in infants, and assist with promising clinical research and patient care initiatives.
FIRST YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
In concert with The Halpern Family, R Baby Foundation funded a program at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago, helping to advance the work of the Division of Transplantation Surgery and Ricardo Superina, MD, seeking to improve treatments and outcomes for children suffering from serious liver disorders. Their study looked at mechanisms contributing to improved nutritional status, reversal of encephalopathy and liver regeneration. Findings were published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery and presented at the American College of Surgeons, as well as a web-based education and advocacy supporting early recognition and treatment of liver disorders in infancy and childhood.
