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March 25, 2021
Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this story, offering advice on how to guide kids through a reopened world; adults should realize that children, too, have felt a loss of control through the pandemic. Read the story.
March 8, 2021
Dr. Chatchawin Assanasen, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, told KSAT 12 audiences that, in this fearful COVID-19 world, a lifesaving cancer screening may be long overdue and as a result, new cancers are getting diagnosed at later stages. Read and watch the story.
March 5, 2021
The efforts of Wisdeen Wu, DO, and the Pediatric Palliative Care team to take care of the most medically fragile children in San Antonio with no heat, electricity and running water during the winter storm are featured in this KSAT 12 story. Read and watch the story.
February 24, 2021
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote of her witnessing the devastating mental health challenges faced by children of color, only emphasized by more COVID-19 infections and deaths, in an opinion piece published by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Read the commentary.
February 24, 2021
Dr. Mandie Svatek, Pediatrics, explained that the effects of child abuse are more than just psychological and severe malnourishment can cause major complications with brain development and heart function. Watch the story.
February 8, 2021
Dr. Elaine Maldonado, Pediatrics, shared with KSAT 12 audiences that nearly all instances of chest pain or palpitations in children are not cardiac-related; most are a byproduct of the stress children feel from the pandemic. Read and watch the story.