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Resilience in Every Spine: Higgy Con 2025

Aug 25, 2025 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2025/08/Higgy-Con-2025

Shriners Children’s patients, staff and scoliosis families gathered in Texas for the third year of Higgy Con, an annual conference that brings together families from all over the world.

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Five Tips to Better Well-Being

Aug 31, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/08/Five-tips-to-better-well-being

Top tips from our Shriners Hospitals for Children — Honolulu team of specialists to help you keep working toward your better-health goals.

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Orthopedic Screenings and Medical Education in El Salvador

Jul 12, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/07/Orthopedic-Screenings-and-Medical-Education-in-El-Salvador

A medical team from Shriners Children’s, led by Micheal Wattenbarger, M.D., chief of staff at Shriners Children’s Greenville, traveled to El Salvadorto conduct orthopedic screenings.

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'We’ve Got You Covered': Protecting Patient Modesty at Shriners Children’s Boston

Aug 18, 2025 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2025/08/Protecting-Patient-Modesty-at-Shriners-Childrens-Boston

The “We’ve Got You Covered” project encourages staff at Shriners Children’s Boston to be mindful of a patient’s feelings about modesty.

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Shriners Children's Northern California Receives Corporate Champion for Education Award from 'Sacramento Business Journal' at 2025 Ceremony

Apr 10, 2025 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2025/04/SBJ-Corporate-Citizenship-Awards

Shriners Children’s Northern California has been honored with the Corporate Champion for Education Award at the Sacramento Business Journal’s 2025 Corporate Citizenship Awards.

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Hip Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy

May 28, 2025 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2025/05/Hip-Surveillance-in-Cerebral-Palsy

Steven Wilding, M.D., orthopedic fellow at Shriners Children’s Northern California, has won first place in the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America's (POSNA) 2025 Video Contest.

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Planning a Visit to the Spokane Shriners Hospital?

Sep 24, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/09/Planning-a-visit-to-the-Spokane-Shriners-Hospital

Are you coming to the Spokane Shriners Hospital soon? You will want to watch this brief video first, which demonstrates the updated safety measures in place to keep patients, families and staff safe.

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Do you know what pollicization is?

Nov 18, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Sabes-qu-es-la-pulgarizacin

Pollicization is currently one of the procedures performed quite frequently at Shriners Hospital. This procedure consists in converting one of the fingers of the hand into a thumb for patients who are unfortunately born without this finger, or that have lost their thumb due to some type of trauma. T...

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Spotlight on the Pharmacy Team

Nov 30, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/11/Spotlight-on-the-Pharmacy-Team

The pharmacy team at Shriners Children’s Boston is often behind the scenes making essential contributions to the delivery of patient care.

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Shriners Children’s Northern California Hosts 33rd Annual Ashley Lectureship Series

Apr 12, 2024 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/04/Shriners-Childrens-Northern-California-Hosts-Ashley-Lectureship

The orthopedic department at Shriners Children’s Northern California proudly hosted the esteemed annual R. Kirklin Ashley Lectureship Series, embodying our dedication to elevating care standards through clinical excellence and ongoing education.