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Bruder Stapleton, MD, Voted American Pediatric Society’s President-Elect

05.10.2010

Bruder Stapleton, MD, chief academic officer and senior vice president at Seattle Children’s and professor and chair,... cont.

Drowning Causes More Than 25% Of Unintentional Injury Deaths Among Children Throughout The World

05.03.2010

International task force announces new guidelines for open water safety

Green programs at Seattle Children’s have diverted 30 tons of pharma waste from landfills, saved more than $350,000 and 200,000 gallons of gasoline in 2009

04.19.2010

Expanded sustainable waste management program helps reduce impact on landfills. 

University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Ranked 8th in Nation

04.16.2010

Seattle Children's Hospital is among the sites that train UW's pediatric physicians

Seattle City Council Approves Seattle Children's Hospital Expansion Plans

04.05.2010

First phase of new beds expected in 2013

National Football League Names Seattle Children's Neurosurgeon New Co-Chair of NFL Head, Neck and Spine Medical Committee

03.17.2010

Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen of Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington School... cont.

Pediatric ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) Patients Had Similar Outcomes Regardless of Participation in Clinical Trials at Seattle Children’s

03.01.2010

 Findings do not apply to high-risk ALL or other cancers

One Big KISS for Seattle Children’s Hospital Radiothon Raises Nearly $937,000

02.26.2010

KISS 106.1 raised $936,990.39 for Seattle Children’s Hospital during its 9th annual “Jackie & Bender’s One Big KISS for... cont.

Reducing 13 million preterm births, 3.2 million stillbirths critical to meeting global maternal and child health goals

02.22.2010

A new report led by the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) identifies the enormous global impact... cont.

New Study Possibly Links Cognitive and Motor Delays with 'Flat Head Syndrome' in Young Babies

02.15.2010

In a new study, infants averaging six months of age who exhibited positional plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) had lower... cont.