Site Search

Patient Story

Jacob Discovers the Key to Embracing His Full Potential at Shriners Children’s

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2022/04/Jacob

Jacob’s time at Shriners Children’s shaped him into an individual capable of overcoming any challenge.

Jacob surfing, point of view from GoPro mounted on surfboard

Podcast

Spine Brace 101

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2022/12/Spine-Brace-For-A-Child

Learn what to expect when your child has a spine brace in podcast with Dr. John Ghazi, MD, and Bill Craggs.

Patient, Savannah, next to her spine brace

Service

Music Therapy

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Music-Therapy

At Shriners Children's, we use a holistic approach to treatment. Providing music therapy is just one of the ways that we care for the overall well-being of children.

male patient playing drum during music therapy

Service

Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS)

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Pediatric-Orthotic-and-Prosthetic-Services

Shriners Children’s Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) designs, fits and manufactures orthotics and prosthetics for children from infants to young adults.

orthotist and patient work on prosthetic leg

Service

Psychiatry and Psychological Services

Our psychologists at Shriners Children's specialize in evaluating and providing support to children and their families who are adjusting to a new diagnosis or having difficulty in their everyday lives due to trauma.

Service

Tone Management

Unusual tightness in your child's muscles (spasticity) or involuntary muscle contractions (dystonia) can interfere with their ability to perform tasks. Tone management services at Shriners Children’s help our patients control those muscles.

Service

Wheelchair & Seating

Shriners Children's wheelchair, seating and mobility program is a custom seating clinic available to children with seating needs. Practitioners, technicians and volunteers use tools like seat simulation, pressure mapping and hands on adjustments.

physician talking with patient in wheelchair

News

Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Sussman, M.D.

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/Lifetime-Achievement-Award-Michael-Sussman-MD

Michael Sussman, M.D., pediatric orthopaedic physician at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Portland, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from AACPDM. Honored for making creative contributions of outstanding significance to the field of medicine and for the benefit of patients with cerebral pals...