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Respiratory therapist shares her 15-year career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Fatima, respiratory therapist, has been working at Children's Minnesota for 15 years now. She is sharing all her favorite things about her career.

Jordy gets back on the ice after battling brain tumor

When 18-year-old Jordan “Jordy” Hansen talks about the big moments in his young life – hockey is usually involved. But one of the hockey memories that sticks isn’t about scoring a game-winning goal. It was at a tournament in 2017 and his mom noticed what turned out to be a symptom of a brain tumor.

Sydney Weaver, child life specialist, recognized with the EPFCC Award for her outstanding care

Congratulations to Sydney Weaver, child life specialist at Children’s Minnesota’s Minnetonka Surgery and Specialty Center, for being awarded with the Children’s Minnesota Family Advisory Council’s (FAC) Excellence in Patient and Family-Centered Care (EPFCC) Award!

Hospital nursing supervisor lead shares her career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Nina, hospital nursing supervisor lead, has been working at Children's Minnesota for 18 years now. She is sharing all her favorite things about her career.

Children’s Minnesota respiratory therapist takes skills abroad to make a big impact

Learn more about Derebi Atoma's medical mission trip to Ethiopia, his home country.

Children’s Minnesota takes new approach to address flu vaccination disparities

To reduce flu vaccination disparities, the Health Equity team and Collective for Community Health at Children’s Minnesota developed a new, data-driven approach to their community vaccine clinics thanks to a grant from the United Health Foundation.

Recognizing Veterans Day with Ron Jarvi, co-chair of the military and veterans employee resource group

In honor of Veterans Day, we spoke with Ron Jarvi, organizational development & learning (OD&L) senior consultant and co-chair of the military and veterans employee resource group (ERG) at Children’s Minnesota, to learn more about his role, involvement with the military and veterans ERG and his plans to recognize Veterans Day.

Phlebotomist shares her career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Timira, phlebotomist, has been working at Children's Minnesota for four years now. She is sharing all her favorite things about working at Children's Minnesota.

Farm boy tough: Henrik overcomes severe brain injury with the help of our Level I trauma center and neurosurgery teams

After what his family calls a one-in-a-million fall at daycare, little Henrik suffered a severe brain injury. His care teams at Children’s Minnesota helped put the toddler on the road to recovery.

Surgical technologist shares his career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Daniel Wilke was treated at Children's Minnesota for brain cancer when he was in grade school. Now, he is proud to be part of the kid experts as a surgical technologist!