Medical Mission: Pediatric Neurosurgery
How one Chicago neurosurgeon teaches — and learns — unique pediatric neurosurgery techniques around the world Fact checked by Derick Wilder Sandi K. Lam, MD, head of pediatric neurosurgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital, is among the few pediatric neurosurgeons in the world who perform a unique procedure to lessen children’s seizures. The minimally invasive […]
Dental Care on Wheels
Mobile Care Chicago’s Dental Van meets young patients where they are — at school Fact checked by Derick Wilder Mobile Care Chicago is celebrating a milestone this summer: the 10-year anniversary of the Dental Van program. To celebrate, Mobile Care Chicago launched a campaign to expand dental care access, with a goal of adding another dental van […]
Medical Mission
One Chicago doctor takes his compassion and skills south of the border In his desk at Shriners Children’s Hospital Chicago, Peter Smith, MD, keeps a drawing that a child in Colombia made for him. The drawing shows a doctor in scrubs with angel wings on his back. The drawing humbles Smith and reminds him of why […]
Community Helpers
Providing food, hope, and care during Covid-19 The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has created profound economic and health uncertainties for individuals across the Chicago area. It also painfully brought to light just how much inequity and food insecurity exists here. In response, community groups sprang into action, stepping up to help people in their […]
Above & Beyond: Support
Mile Square Health Center Supports Englewood Children The need for children’s mental health services keeps growing, especially in underserved areas of Chicago. Diagnosing a child with a mental health illness is a challenge since the city ofChicago shuttered half its mental health clinics in 2012 due to budget cuts. To reach these kids, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation, a statewide […]
A Perfect Match
LifeSource teams up with Blackhawks for blood/marrow drive By Alex Lubischer LifeSource, Chicagoland’s Blood Center, teamed up with the Chicago Blackhawks for a blood drive and marrow registry in honor of 14-year-old leukemia patient and Blackhawks fan Emma Gomez on Saturday, March 23. A total of 640 life-saving units of blood were collected at the […]
