Toddler from Chico One of the "Biggest Saves Ever"
One year ago, Jessica and Jesse Vega watched a team from Packard Children’s work to save their son Dominic’s life in the back of an ambulance. Just days earlier, the Vega family had been at home...
Expanding the Realm of Possibility: 10 Breakthroughs in Pediatric Organ Transplantation Pioneered at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
1. Big Org ans for Little Kids “Because of the chronic shortage of organs for children, we’ve had to get creative,” says Carlos Esquivel, MD, PhD. He was one of the first surgeons to tailor a liver...
In June, U.S. News & World Report honored Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals, placing six of our specialties in the top 15, and nine additional...
Meet Elena Though many pregnant women rush to the hospital during labor, few arrive as Tara Sharp did, flying 90 miles by emergency helicopter from Sebastopol to Palo Alto. Her doctors at Lucile...
Safe and Sound: Making Pediatric Surgery Safer, Seamless, and More Precise
You may not hear the ocean’s roar when you walk into an operating room at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, but there is a sea change in surgery under way nonetheless. Day and night, weekdays and...
Switch: Packard’s Pediatric Transplant Program Takes a Team Approach to Saving Lives
Jeremiah Kwakye of San Jose was just 15 months old when his parents brought him to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital for a life-saving liver transplant. “I handed my son to the surgical team and...
Comfort Always: Helping Young Patients Manage Pain
When 2-year-old Lexsea Morgan of Ben Lomond was scheduled for surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital last February to fix a congenital kidney problem, her mother had an unusual request: Would...
In Good Hands: Packard Develops Outreach Network of Pediatric Surgical Care
When it comes to pediatric surgical care, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has turned the traditional model on its head. Through a network of outreach clinics spanning the western United States,...
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital recognizes that a healthy start for children begins with outstanding care for expectant mothers. The following stories of four local women, each of whom passed...
Together as One: Packard Integrates Care for Mother and Newborn
When it comes to giving birth, where does the health of the expectant mother end and the care of the baby begin? At most hospitals, there is a distinct line between obstetrics—the surgical specialty...
