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Open Hearts Beyond Imagination: Ayla, Naomi & Daniel’s Story In September 2019, Ellen and Jon Lindblom traveled to China to bring home the newest member of their family — Ayla, then a shy 6-year-old. They carried a letter from Connecticut Children’s Felice Heller, MD, urging the agency to expedite the adoption so Ayla could get immediate

Building a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace By: Nicole Capsolas; Danielle Chenard, MPH; and Lauren Dominique Connecticut Children’s kicked off its first annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Symposium with powerful presentations from Priya Phulwani, MD; Christine Finck, MD, FACS; and Rev. Carolyn Wilkins, MBA, BBA. In

Why Do We Hold Gun Buybacks? By Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH: By: Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH , J. Leslie Knod, MD , and Kevin Borrup, DrPH, JD, MPA Each year, Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center is proud to participate in a gun buyback event to make our communities safer. The point is to provide people with a way to safely

Connecticut Children's Earns Top Rankings in U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals 2024-2025 Hartford, CT – Connecticut Children's, the only health system in Connecticut solely dedicated to children's health, has once again been ranked among the nation's best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. In its newly released 2024-2025 rankings, Connecticut Children

Beyond Congenital Heart Defects: Carter’s Story By Dennis Mello, MD: Greg was at home, doing a frantic final prep of the house, when his phone buzzed. His wife, Anneliz, was calling from the hospital, where she’d just given birth to their first child. Her voice sounded shaky. The doctors know what’s causing Carter’s heart murmur, she said. He has

Going Beyond Clinical Care: Improving Housing Conditions and Health Outcomes Fredrik was two months old when he started struggling to keep down food. No matter what parents Marie and Josh Pinheiro tried, “he was spitting up and vomiting at all hours of the day,” says Marie. “Nothing helped.” Two months later, the wheezing and coughing started. At an age

Thriving Beyond a Swallowing Disorder: Amila’s Story Like many medical stories, Amila Watt’s begins with a mystery. For the first few years of her life, she struggled with one illness after another — usually, infections in her lungs or ears. Ear tube surgeries stopped the ear infections, but the respiratory illnesses kept coming

Grow Focused: Michael’s Story At indoor track practice this past winter, Derby High School shot putter Michael Hyder, age 15, was hit in the back of the head with a shot put – a metal ball about the size and weight of a small cannonball. It knocked him unconscious, and he fell face-forward onto the gravel

Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, Urges Physicians to Expand Focus Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has dedicated her career to improving the health and well-being of children. Connecticut Children’s was honored to host Admiral Levine as the featured presenter during a

Advancing Pediatric Cancer Research with the Jackson Laboratory By Ching C. Lau, MD, PhD: A personal mission of pediatric cancer research Ching Lau, Ph.D., M.D., never thought he would want to be a doctor. He remembers hating going to the doctors in his youth and finding the atmosphere unacceptable. Because of his early experiences, he set out to find a solution

Healthy Housing: Innovation Gone Wrong By: Marcus Smith, MBA and Jacquelyn M. Rose, MPH This is the second in a series of four blog posts that we plan to publish during Healthy Homes Month that explores how organizations can leverage housing innovations as a platform to help children to flourish, thrive, and succeed