This is a live video feed of the new Dell Children’s Pediatric Ambulatory Center of Excellence (PACE) Building and two new garages currently under construction on the Dell Children’s campus. Garage #1 The PACE Building will be a four…
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Comprehensive care for most complex cases available closer to home One of the world’s leading pediatric heart surgeons, Charles Fraser, Jr., MD, will become chief of pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, part of Ascension. Fraser, who will also join…
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Remembering, Celebrating and Giving Thanks for Dr. Timothy George December 3, 2019 6 – 7:30 p.m. Ascension Texas Administrative Offices St. Vincent de Paul Auditorium 1345 Philomena St, Austin, TX 78723 Dr. George was a key member of our team and impacted the lives of so many…
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Superheroes and villains brought big smiles to children and their families at Dell Children’s Medical Center. The Austin Police Department and Wells Fargo teamed up for the fifth annual Superhero Day.With young patients looking on, the superheroes rappelled down the hospital walls into the…
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Food allergies among children are on the rise. The number of children diagnosed with food allergies has increased by 18 percent in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Food allergy affects approximately 2 kids in each school classroom, and can significantly impact quality of…
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There’s a new innovative addition to Dell Children’s Medical Center, meet “Moxi” the hospital robot assistant. Moxi, is about five feet tall and can extend both higher and lower in height, featuring blue and pink LED lights for eyes and one arm capable of picking up supplies.
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The Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit at Dell Children’s now offers outpatient care for pediatric mental health patients. The Texas Child Study Center recently moved into the Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit. The pediatric mental health unit opened in May, with both inpatient…
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The inaugural season of NTT IndyCar Series classic recently kicked-off in Austin, where the Ascension Seton emergency medicine team was onsite to provide trauma care. IndyCar drivers also pulled into Dell Children’s to meet with patients. IndyCar racers, Santino Ferrucci, Oliver Askew and Robert Megennis handed out Racing For Kids…
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Ascension Texas recently announced that Steven J. Brockman-Weber will serve as Chief Nursing Officer, effective February 18. Brockman-Weber is an experienced healthcare leader, serving in a chief nursing officer role the last 16 years of his career and with more than three decades…
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After 56 days at Dell Children’s, it was a superhero discharge party for 5-year-old Owen Coulter! On December 13, 2018, Owen was rushed to Dell Children’s with flu like symptoms when he went into cardiac arrest. Medical staff performed CPR on him for more than an hour. His remarkable road to recovery has…
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Thanks to Dell Children’s Medical Center and Austin charity SpineHope, one young man is now able to walk tall. Fourteen-year-old Samuel Esteban, of Guatemala, suffered from kyphoscoliosis, a disorder which left him in pain much of the time. His spine had twisted front to back, and curved outward 180 degrees.
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