The Child Neurology Society presented Ann Henderson Tilton, MD, with the 2012 Hower Award at the 41st Annual CNS Meeting in November.

Children's parent corporation expands system, preserves residency programs

A nearly $20 million, five-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support biomedical research was announced today by eight higher education academic, research, and health care delivery institutions in Louisiana.

Malia Sanchez, of Boyce, Louisiana, is the first pediatric patient in the state to undergo surgery for a Berlin Heart. After contracting an infection, Malia was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a chronic disease of the heart, and had to be placed on a heart/lung bypass called Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). 

The Speech, Language, and Audiology Department at Children's Hospital provides evaluation, management and consultation for patients from birth to 21 years of age.

The 2011 Kids Fund Campaign raised $843,187 to help complete construction of two new surgery suites. The new operating rooms are furnished with state-of-the art equipment, affording surgeons the opportunity to perform more complex surgeries.

When neurologist Stephen Deputy is asked to show his identification, depending on which ID he displays, the accompanying photographs show very different phases of his life. On his LSU Health Sciences Center badge, circa 2007, he looks like a surfer with straight, long hair pulled back into a pony tail.