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Close-up of doctor vaccinating African American girl during coronavirus pandemic

Patient Care

Empowering families, fostering growth

May 11, 2021
Understanding a child’s individual needs is key to pediatrician’s approach
Angelique Melendrez at her high school graduation

Patient Care

Personalized cancer treatment allows driven student to continue her pursuits and one day give back

May 10, 2021
Time spent for treatment at LLU Children’s Hospital and Cancer Center inspired Angelique Melendrez to pursue studies and career in child life and psychology for future LLU patients
From left: Ed Koehn and his wife, Karen, take a selfie in a Seattle stadium to watch their favorite football teams — Cowboys and Seahawks — play in October 2018.

Patient Care

Advances in immunotherapy and surgery help patient beat skin cancer

May 3, 2021
LLU cancer experts used immunotherapy to steer Ed Koehn clear of Stage 3A melanoma
From left: Jason and Carolyn Turton, Brittin Gillespie, Jeff Aukee

Patient Care

Paired for life: kidney donors, recipients connect in virtual reunion

April 30, 2021
LLU patients, a father-and-daughter duo, who swapped kidneys with mother-and-son pair unite for the first time during Donate Life month
doctor vaccinating baby

Health & Wellness

Why do babies need so many vaccines?

April 26, 2021
Infectious disease specialist provides education for Infant Immunization Week
two young boys standing in hospital gowns holding hands

Patient Care

Best friends and kidney twins: young boys receive organs from same donor

May 6, 2021
Pediatric patients have growing need for organ donation
little girl sitting on table with birthday presents and decorations

Patient Care

Rescued, malnourished infant receives lifesaving care and adoptive home

April 14, 2021
Pediatricians care for child abuse victims; significant increase of abuse rate during pandemic
Violeta Andrade and her boyfriend, Marco Benitez, hold their newborn twins in the neonatal intensive care unit of the LLU Medical Center.

Patient Care

Woman faced with unexpected double diagnosis of pregnancy and blood cancer now a mother to healthy twins

April 6, 2021
LLU oncology and OB-GYN specialists safely guided Violeta Andrade through leukemia and a high-risk pregnancy
The Mcintyre couple walk around LLU Medical Center the day after Howard donated his kidney to Diana. They are grateful for each other and to the transplant surgeons who performed their procedure that granted them a better quality of life.

Patient Care

LLUH physicians turn a heart-bound couple’s dream for a kidney transplant into reality

April 1, 2021
In honor of National Donate Life Month, learn the story of a transplant recipient and her living donor husband
From left: Shilene Blain-Hearns and Mojtaba Akhtari, MD

Patient Care

Patient heavily treated for rare disease finds resolve at LLU Cancer Center

April 20, 2021
Shilene Blain-Hearns reached remission at the Cancer Center, bringing her long and winding care journey to completion
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