Pediatric neurosurgery at Texas Children’s Hospital: the legacy of Dr. William R. Cheek

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nisha Gadgil ◽  
Ganesh Rao ◽  
Raymond Sawaya ◽  
Daniel Yoshor ◽  
Lucia Ruggieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽  
Care Education ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Texas Children’s Hospital opened its doors in 1954, and since that time the institution has remained dedicated to a three-part mission: patient care, education, and research. Dr. William R. Cheek developed an early interest in pediatric neurosurgery, which led to his efforts in building and developing a service at Texas Children’s Hospital at a time when the field was just emerging. His work with other early pioneers in the field led to the establishment of organized societies, educational texts, and governing bodies that have led to significant advances in the field over the past 50 years.

An Association for Child Care in Hospitals

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-472
Author(s):  
T. BERRY BRAZELTON
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
American Association ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Total Patient ◽  
National Organization ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Initial Meeting

In the past 2 years a new national organization, called the American Association for Child Care in Hospitals, has evolved. This organization was initiated by the six "play ladies" who are in charge of the children's hospital programs in Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Montreal, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Two years ago, the Children's Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) in Boston was host to 50 participants from these institutions to found the organization. This initial meeting was abetted by the CHMC's concern for total patient care and was made possible by the backing of the administration and the pediatric and psychiatric departments.

SPECIAL ARTICLE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 668-672
Author(s):  
THOMAS H. LANMAN
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Surgical Service ◽  
Open Thoracotomy ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Surgical Field ◽  
Heavy Mortality

IT IS a great honor to be asked to present the first William E. Ladd Lecture before the American Academy of Pediatrics. This I appreciate and as this is the first lecture in my former Chief's honor, I shall devote my time more to Doctor Ladd and what he accomplished during his long and devoted service as Chief of the Surgical Service of the Boston Children's Hospital than to the presentation of anything new. In these days of great changes in the surgical field, it is very easy to overlook or even to forget the good things that were done in the past. I said "changes" rather than advances for some of the changes of today are not advances. It is easier to appreciate the extraordinary widening in the field of surgical endeavor that has been made possible by improvements in pre- and postoperative care, anesthesia, and the more effective means to combat infection than it is to remember what was done in a previous generation without such new and valuable aids. When I began my service at the Boston Children's Hospital in 1919, most of the deaths on the Surgical Service were caused by infection. Long surgical procedures involving an open thoracotomy were impossible. Prolonged operations on the gastrointestinal tract carried a heavy mortality largely because of our lack of knowledge of fluid balance. In those earlier days, an operation that exceeded an hour in length was considered to be entering a very dangerous phase. It is well, however, to review some of the types of cases done in those days and to keep in mind that the basic principles one had to follow at that time are still valid and that the good results of today are by no means entirely due to modern methods. Let me cite a few examples.

An Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1077-1077
Author(s):  
NORMAN J. SISSMAN
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Pathological Examination ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Present Volume ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Despite the vast experience accumulated during the past decade with all aspects of the lives and deaths of patients with congenital heart disease, there is still room for the clarification and direction that careful, informed, imaginative analysis of the results of pathological examination of postmortem material can give to the clinical management of these patients. Dr. Sherman has made a notable contribution in this area with the present volume. The atlas was compiled from 503 specimens collected in the Museum of Congenital Heart Disease at the Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh since 1954.

DIAGNOSTIC INERTIA

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-696
Author(s):  
R. J. MCKAY
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Interim Report ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Pediatric Services

In this issue of Pediatrics the article entitled "A New Design for Patient Care and Pediatric Education in a Children's Hospital: An Interim Report," by Green and Segar, represents a challenging approach to problems that are of increasing concern to pediatric educators and pediatric services of medical centers throughout the United States. It should be emphasized that the authors' plan is a proposed solution to the problems involved, and that the question as to whether it will constitute an answer will have to await analysis not only of their results but of the results of other approaches to the same problems.

Children's Hospital Nuclear Warhead Bomb

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-137
Author(s):  
CHARLES F. JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
Computer Programs ◽  
Missile Guidance ◽  
Time Magazine ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scholarly Article ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Nuclear Warhead

To the Editor.— I appreciate the liberal editorial attitude displayed by your and your staff that has enabled me to publish: 1 cartoon 1 poem and 1 scholarly article during the past several years in Pediatrics. The following article from Time magazine (March 4, 1985) has stimulated my creative interests into a new direction. Bigger bucks for smarter bombs. Missile-guidance computer programs so complex that they can be written and tested only by other computer programs.

Founding a Well-Integrated Hospital-Based Yoga Therapy Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lilly
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Rehabilitation Unit ◽  
Yoga Therapy ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Inpatient Settings ◽  
Therapeutic Perspective

This article describes a comprehensive outline of suggested steps for founding a hospital-based Yoga therapy program. Bringing Yoga or other integrative modalities to inpatient settings is a very involved undertaking, both from an organizational and a therapeutic perspective. This article offers strategies for approaching hospitals; overcoming administrative, structural, legal, and cultural obstacles to developing a hospital-based program; integrating Yoga into patient care; and working with patients' families. To illustrate the general challenges, principles, and processes of forming a hospital-based Yoga therapy program, this article describes the author's experience of creating a Yoga therapy-based program for the Pediatric Development and Rehabilitation unit at Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland, OR.

scholarly journals Pediatric neurosurgery at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1419-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Steinbok ◽  
Felix Durity ◽  
John Kestle ◽  
D. Douglas Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital
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