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Letter From The Editor
Spring 2010 is bringing with it lots of new developments at Nationwide Children’s, as our facilities continue to expand. The construction of the new main hospital and a green energy plant is well underway, along with preparing to break ground on a third research building.
Dr. Richard E. Kirschner - New Chief of Plastic Surgery
Richard E. Kirschner, MD, FACS, FAAP, has joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital as chief of Plastic Surgery and director of the Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Center.
Preventing Surgical Site Infections
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second largest category of adverse events for patients. Also, the prevention of SSIs is a major focus for the Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Plastic Surgeons Providing Craniofacial Reconstruction for Children in our Community and Around the Globe
The Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been operating for almost 40 years. What started as a once a month clinic in the late 1970s has become a weekly clinic treating more than 1,000 patients annually.
A Time to Celebrate
Megan Muncy is a 14 year old girl who has undergone weight management surgery, and is enrolled in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Healthy Weight & Nutrition Program.
