On November 4 Susan Martinez hosted a group of Danish politicians and political officials who visited Children’s for the day. These officials are from the Syddanmark, the southern region of the country. 11 politicians from the 41-member chamber will be part of the entourage; they are responsible for overseeing the region’s health services and hospitals, [...]
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Danish Delegation Visit
La Plata Children’s Hospital to be named after Professor Fernando Viteri
The authorities of the Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas of La Plata Children’s Hospital and the Executive Director of the Hospital have decided to name the mentioned Institute after Professor Fernando Viteri. The ceremony will take place on November 4th, 2008 in the city of La Plata.
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Girl Returns to Oakland for heart check up” (KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA © 11/20/07)
Casey Culbertson, MD of Cardiology and 9-year-old Wenwen Wang, a heart patient from China, were featured in several news reports regarding her first visit to our hospital in 8 years since returning to her homeland. Wenwen, born with half a heart, came [...]
Dr. Olajire Jerry Idowu in Nigeria
It’s a long way from the noisy, messy port of Lagos, Nigeria to the port of Oakland. The gulf in wealth, culture and distance is vast. Yet one man leapt the gap when he came to work at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland as a surgeon in 1991.
Ever since he arrived in the United States more than 30 years ago, Olajire Idowu, MD, has looked for a way to take the healthcare skills he’s honed in America back to Nigeria.
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