Patient Story

"Extraordinary" Experience at Shriners Children’s Boston

Oct 31, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2023/10/Extraordinary-Experience-at-Shriners-Childrens

D’Anayli was referred to Shriners Children's Boston by her local physician to reconstruct her soft palate and explore additional craniofacial care.

Patient Story

Care Is a Family Affair at Shriners Children’s New England

Jan 15, 2025 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2025/01/Dean-Family-Orthopedics-Story

When Dan and Julie sought treatment for their son, Daniel, at Shriners Children’s New England, it was a full circle moment 25 years in the making.

Event

Un-Limb-ited Camps

Mar 04, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Events/2022/Unlimbited-Camps

Un-Limb-ited camps are for teen patients of Shriners Children’s living with limb loss or deficiency.

Patient Story

Finding the Beautiful Swan Within

Oct 19, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Finding-the-beautiful-swan-within

The year was 1979, and Shari was a shattered 11-year-old girl. With a spine curved so severely by scoliosis that she struggled to lift her head to look forward, she was the target of her classmates’ abuse. But then Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis entered her life via a scoliosis screening...

Patient Story

The Tools of the Trade

Sep 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/The-tools-of-the-trade

A tear slid down Ashleigh Bentz’s cheek as she opened the toolbox. A shoe horn. A pipe cutter. Clamps. The tools that helped make Marvin Hohbein the master prosthetist that he was for decades at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis now were held tenderly in the hands of a former patient who h...

Patient Story

Patient Ambassador Featured on 2020 Holiday Card

Dec 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Patient-Ambassador-featured-on-2020-holiday-card

Patient ambassador, Katie, is the featured artist on our 2020 holiday card. Katie was born with spina bifida and has been a patient at Shriners Healthcare for Children — Florida since she was 3 years old.

Patient Story

Patient Springs Back After Spine Surgery

Jul 17, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/07/Patient-springs-back-after-spine-surgery

As an active gymnast, Madeline underwent a routine physical at practice one day and the examiner discovered a noticeable curve in her spine and an unevenness in her shoulders and hips. After learning of the curve, her family went to the Portland Shriners Hospital for scoliosis treatment.

Patient Story

Colton: Patient Ambassador

Dec 14, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Colton-Patient-Ambassador

Colton, from West Springfield, Massachusetts, became a patient at the Springfield Shriners Hospital in 2012 when he was 3 years old. He was born with a condition known as spina bifida, specifically L2-L3 myelodysplasia, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly.

Podcast

Limb Length Discrepancies

Jul 01, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2021/07/Limb-Length-Discrepancies

Dr. Jeffrey Ackman explains treatment for limb length discrepancies at Shriners Children's.

Podcast

Dr. Bayomy Talks Sports Medicine

May 03, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2023/04/Dr-Bayomy-Talks-Sports-Medicine

Ahmad Bayomy, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at Shriners Children’s Portland, discusses the sports medicine program at Shriners Children's.