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Open-suctioning your child’s tracheostomy will clear mucus from the tube. This instructional video will show you how to do it and ensure your child can breathe effectively.

It’s important to understand how to use a self-inflating bag. You should use it for the first and last daily suction of your child’s tracheostomy so that you’re prepared if...

Managing your child’s tracheostomy at home might seem like a daunting task, but before you leave the hospital, your care team will walk you through every step in a dress...

Boston Children’s Center for Cardiovascular Genetics provides comprehensive evaluation and ongoing support to children and adults with all forms of cardiovascular genetic conditions. Our multidisciplinary team conducts genetic testing and...

When Dr. Dominic Abrams was a trainee, he was inspired by how an attending doctor drew a picture of a congenital heart defect, explaining a complex diagnosis to a family...

A lifelong interest in gardening led Dr. Amy Roberts to take an elective course in plant genetics during college. That decision changed the trajectory of her career. Now at Boston...

A child who has an unbalanced AV canal defect (blood flow entering one ventricle more than the other) could have a procedure that allows the smaller ventricle to grow and...

Growing up, Dr. Weston Northam was inspired by the nurses and physicians around him. Watch as Dr. Northam shares his journey as a pediatric neurosurgeon and co-director of the Cerebral...

Fellows and faculty describe the Boston Children’s Medical Sports Medicine Fellowship (also called the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship) learning experience. Grounded in the basics of sports medicine, the program...

This kid-friendly video explains how masks protect against COVID.