The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive behavioral and mental health services connected to the Norton Children’s network of care. Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides…
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive infectious diseases care connected to the Norton Children’s network. This network provides a collaboration between subspecialties, access to inpatient care and improved continuity of care through Epic…
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive rheumatology care connected to the Norton Children’s network. This network provides a collaboration between subspecialties, access to inpatient care and improved continuity of care through Epic electronic…
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive pediatric gastroenterology care connected to the Norton Children’s network. This network provides a collaboration between subspecialties, access to inpatient care and improved continuity of care through Epic…
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive neonatology care connected to the Norton Children’s network. This network provides a collaboration between subspecialties, access to inpatient care and improved continuity of care through Epic electronic…
It used to be that pediatric cancer was almost always fatal. Fortunately, now almost 85% of kids survive to have a full and rewarding future. Those children and their families often need help adjusting emotionally during and after their ordeal. “With cancer and blood disorders, there can be a lot of additional stress, and even…
Kendal K. Stephens, M.D., spent a decade as a practicing OB/GYN before entering a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship. Now, Dr. Stephens is eager to consult with obstetricians caring for high-risk pregnancies. “Patients often want to deliver close to home. We support the obstetrician in providing a high level of care locally when possible.” Dr. Stephens said….
When a child needs to see a gynecologist for the first time, it can create some understandable anxiety. Caring pediatric and adolescent gynecology providers who understand the unique care needed by kids, teens and young women can make the process easier on the patient, parent and referring physician. With a team of six that includes…
Clubfoot, sometimes referred to as club leg, affects roughly 1 out of 1,000 births. Clubfoot involves four primary deformities (midfoot cavus, forefoot adduction, hindfoot varus, and equinus contracture) that result in the ankle being stuck downward, the foot being turned inward or often pointing toward the other foot and hooked onto itself. In about 50%…
The choices parents have to face when considering elective brain surgery to treat refractory epilepsy can be overwhelming. Pediatric neurosurgeon Ian S. Mutchnick, M.D. M.S., and the refractory epilepsy team at Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, give patients and families clear, visually intuitive information about the patient’s epilepsy and…
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive pulmonology care connected to the Norton Children’s network of care. This network provides a collaboration between subspecialties, access to inpatient care and improved continuity of care through…
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, now offers CAR-T immunotherapy treatment for children who have difficult-to-treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Norton Children’s Cancer Institute is the only pediatric cancer program in Kentucky approved as a provider site for CAR-T immunotherapy. CAR-T works by reprogramming the patient’s own T cells so…