Getting to know Dr. Ananth Murthy
Akron Children’s Hospital is fortunate to have such a smart, talented and compassionate pediatric plastic surgeon as Dr. Ananth Murthy. Dr. Murthy grew up in Stow, Ohio, and attended medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University, but got a taste of big city life while doing his craniofacial surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital Boston and then moving onto practice at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC.
Meet Mackenzie, the Jokester (Videos) Mackenzie overcomes the odds after surgery to remove a brain tumor
In April 2011, 7-year-old Mackenzie started to hear a loud beeping in her ear. After several tests, Dr. Roger Hudgins, an Akron Children’s Hospital neurosurgeon, discovered that Mackenzie had a brain tumor referred to as a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma. Once Dr. Hudgins removed the benign tumor, the hard work began.
Understanding feeding problems in children
Looking back, Katina and Dionisios Stamos, of Poland, Ohio, worried almost from the start about their daughter’s feeding. Maria wouldn’t take the bottle and, when she did, made sounds like she was choking.
