Two key factors led pediatrician Frank Artinian to become co-director of Akron Children’s osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) clinic. First, it was the positive reputation of Akron Children’s skeletal dysplasia center, and second, his personal interest in bone disease. Also known as brittle bone disease, OI is a genetic condition that causes extremely fragile bones. Most people […]
New OI Clinic: A Dream Come True for Families and Staff
Last October, a new clinic for brittle bone disease opened at Akron Children’s Hospital with little fanfare, but for families and staff it was a dream come true. Before this clinic opened, parents had to travel hundreds of miles to Omaha, Neb., or Wilmington, Del., to get care for osteogenesis imperfecta (IO), a complex disease […]
