The cover of Lavender Magazine’s 2023 Health and Wellness issue features a familiar face – Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd, medical director of the Children’s Minnesota Gender Health program.
Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce that it was recognized among the list of hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs by Becker’s Hospital Review.
The honor recognizes the rising stars in health care, focused on leaders with a diverse background from across the industry who are 40 years old or younger.
In the Talking Pediatrics episode, “In the Weeds: What You Need to Know About Teens and Cannabis,” host Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd talks with Dr. Sarah Polley, medical director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s national substance use and mental health treatment center for adolescents and young adults. This important conversation explores the cannabis products teens are using, how they impact developing brains and how to intervene as a parent or caregiver.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a new report about the threats and harassment targeting health care providers and systems for offering gender-affirming care. The report includes a video that features Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd (they/she), chief education officer and medical director of the Gender Health program at Children’s Minnesota, discussing the attacks on providers, including themselves.
Dr. Thomas George, system medical director of neonatology at Children’s Minnesota, was named a 2022 Notable Leader in Health Care by Twin Cities Business magazine.
The Mother Baby Center, a partnership between Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota, is pleased to announce all three Mother Baby Centers in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Coon Rapids have been named as 2022-2023 High Performing hospitals for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report.
Children’s Minnesota is thrilled to announce that Talking Pediatrics, our clinical pediatric podcast, won a platinum 2022 eHealthcare Leadership Award in the Best Digital Physician Engagement category.
Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce that Sarah Blonsky, MD; Cathleen Pruitt, MD; and Neil Zaki, MD, MSCI have joined the expanding cardiovascular department to round out the program’s comprehensive pediatric cardiovascular services, providing everything from routine cardiology care to advanced cardiac surgeries, from before birth and into adulthood.
Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce the opening of its first inpatient mental health unit, located at its St. Paul hospital, starting Nov. 29, 2022. It is expected to care for more than 1,000 children and adolescents annually, serving the urgent mental health needs of the most vulnerable kids in Minnesota and the region.