Department of Pediatrics

The team used an Impella, a catheter-based miniature ventricular assist device. It offered the best chance of getting rising eighth-grader Van Sung to transplant.

The siblings, both recovering from surgery, admitted they were best friends, a bond that has grown even deeper since the transplant.

These psychologists work with the medical team and families to help support patients during their hospital visits and in coping with and treating their medical diagnosis.

A multicenter trial found that adding budesonide, an inhaled steroid, to albuterol significantly reduced severe asthma attacks compared to using albuterol alone.

For decades no effective preventive options existed, and the tools now exist to prevent severe disease.

Even after comprehensive testing, about 30% of children with short stature — height below the third percentile on a growth chart — do not have a definitive diagnosis, leading to extended surveillance, testing and anxiety.