Congratulations to Barb Bungard, Epic Application manager, for being named the March of Dimes’ Ohio Nurse of the Year winner in the category of Nursing Informatics. The annual state-wide awards recognize nursing excellence and achievements in research, education, quality, patient care, innovation and leadership. A 41-year veteran of Akron Children’s, Barb worked as a nurse […]
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Reality show comes to Akron, features 2 Akron Children’s employees
You may recognize a few familiar faces when the TV reality show Restaurant Impossible returns to the airwaves with new episodes in December on the Food Network. Two Akron Children’s employees appear on the show which worked to rehabilitate Edgar’s restaurant located in West Akron. The hospital’s Smucker’s Bistro Culinary Associate Marcy Fulton has a long […]
Jackson sophomore stands a little taller after spinal correction surgery
Jackson High School sophomore Logan Elliott has overcome many obstacles throughout his short 16 years. Born with club feet, amniotic banding syndrome in his hands and feet, and kyphosis (a spinal disorder where the forward bend of the spine is excessive), his first surgery at 6 months old fused the vertebrae in his spine to […]
Scoliosis surgery helps Alliance woman net college dream
Growing up, Zoey Peck was an active, sports-minded child who hit all the normal milestones everyone expected she would. A competitive volleyball player throughout her childhood and adolescence, Zoey set her sights on playing at the collegiate level – and she had the talent to do so. “Zoey played volleyball at Marlington High School in […]
Visitor restrictions in place during respiratory season
Keeping patients safe is a #1 priority at Akron Children’s and we accomplish this in a number of ways – from limiting our patients’ exposure to infectious illnesses to preventing falls and medication errors. With respiratory virus season upon us, the risk of spreading influenza and RSV to patients with other medical problems is a legitimate […]
Kelly Powell receives the Debra Lee Seiber award for nursing excellence
Congratulations to Kelly Powell, clinical case manager in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), for being named the 2019 recipient of the Debra Lee Seiber Nursing Excellence Award. The award, named for Debra Seiber a longtime nurse practitioner in our NICU at Summa who died in 2013, is presented annually to a nurse who demonstrates […]
