Mike Bole knows how quickly life can change. The 44-year-old accountant and financial aid officer from Louisville, Ohio, had few worries. Happily married and father of a 5 year old and 8 year old, he was an active and involved family man. Living in a neighborhood with many senior citizens, including his parents, he was […]
Akron Children’s is 1 of 4 U.S. sites to study investigational drug for mitochondrial disease
Happily living in New York City and working as a hospital administrator, life couldn’t have been better for 28-yar-old Claire “Missy” Geisler – that is until mitochondrial disease changed everything.
Missy, who is now 49, was diagnosed 10 years ago with mitochondrial myopathy, a common disease in patients with a primary mitochondrial disorder.
Meet Dr. Cohen – Pediatric Neurologist and Renowned Mitochondrial Disease Expert
In this year’s TV campaign, we’ve turned the camera on our doctors, so you can see how intensely they care for every child – and family – they treat. One of these doctors is Bruce H. Cohen. He’s the division director of Neurology at Akron Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cohen specializes in researching and treating mitochondrial […]
Top 5 YouTube videos for 2011 (so far)
We’re only three months into the year, but viewers at the Akron Children’s Hospital YouTube site are already playing favorites. To date, we’ve posted 22 Children’s Channel podcasts in 2011, covering a wide range of topics from brain injuries to bedwetting. Here are the five most viewed: 1. Understanding Mitochondrial Diseases – Bruce H. Cohen, […]
