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New Administrator Appointed at Massachusetts-based Shriners Children’s Locations

Aug 17, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/08/Frances-Marthone-Administrator-Announcement

Frances Marthone, Ph.D., RN, has been named the new administrator for Shriners Children’s Boston and Shriners Children’s New England in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Shaping Future Surgeons Through Fellowship

Jun 07, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/06/Spine-Fellows

Shriners Children's Philadelphia offers an extensive orthopedic fellowship program in three major service lines: upper extremity, lower extremity and spine.

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Shriners Children’s Lexington Adds Pet Therapy

Aug 14, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/08/Shriners-Childrens-Lexington-Adds-Pet-Therapy

Shriners Children's Lexington's new therapy dog, Chance, relates to patients he visits in the prosthetics clinic because he also has a limb difference.

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Rep. Doris Matsui Visits Shriners Children's Northern California

Nov 11, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/11/Rep-Doris-Matsui-visits-Shriners-Childrens-Northern-California

Staff members welcomed Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-06) to Shriners Children’s Northern California, the largest multidisciplinary hospital in the Shriners Children’s system.

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Shriners Children's Boston Raises Alarm About New TikTok Trend Causing Serious Scald Burns

Aug 14, 2024 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/08/TikTok-Trend-Causing-Serious-Scald-Burns

The trend involves microwaving sugar to the melting point and clinicians are seeing a correlated increase in children coming in with severe burn injuries as a result of spilling hot sugar.

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Announcing Groundbreaking Research Collaboration with Genome Insight, Inc. for Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Oct 19, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/10/Genome-Research-Collaboration

Project aims to unravel the genetic etiology of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) to revolutionize diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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Shriners Hospital Mexico Received the Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award

Sep 14, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/09/Hospital-Shriners-Mexico-recibe-el-premio-Press-Ganey-Guardian-of-Excellence-Award

Press Ganey has named the Shriners Hospital for Children Mexico as the winner of the Guardian Excellence Award® 2020 in the Patient Experience category for the second consecutive year. This award recognizes the best performing health organizations with the best performance, and that have achieved a ...

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Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California Honored with 2020 Press Ganey Awards

Sep 30, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/09/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-Northern-California-honored-with-2020-Press-Ganey-Awards

Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California received the 2020 Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience and the 2020 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience.

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October is Fire Prevention Month and This Year’s Theme is Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety!™

Oct 05, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/10/Fire-Prevention-Month-2021

This Year’s Theme is Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety!™

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USF Dance Marathon 2021 Goes Virtual

Mar 02, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/03/USF-Dance-Marathon-2021-goes-virtual

Bulls For Kids (BFK) hosts the University of South Florida’s Dance Marathon, a student-run fundraiser benefiting Shriners Healthcare for Children — Florida.