For Josh Riley, these socks are more than just another thing taking up room in the dresser drawer. At 18 months old, Josh was diagnosed with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, a rare disease known for food-related reactions, infiltration of certain white blood cells called eosinophils in the gastrointestinal tract, and an increase in the number of eosinophils […]
New director of allergy/immunology Dr. Brian Schroer is hooked on helping kids
If he’s not busy treating patients for allergies, eczema and asthma, Dr. Brian Schroer can be found on the water fishing. The same traits that make him a great fisherman — a good listener, patient and persistent — are what he brings to the role as Akron Children’s newest director of the Department of Pediatric […]
