John Talley (Licensed Paramedic) talks about his experience working as a Certified flight paramedic at Memorial Hermann Life Flight. Mr. Talley also talks about Life Flight's areas of expertise, capabilities, and some of the unique equipment that is aboard their aircraft.

Dr. Danny Ramzy shares advancements in robotic cardiac surgery as well as the different types of robotic cardiac surgical procedures he performs. He explains who is a candidate and describes the benefits of robotic surgery to the patient. Dr. Ramzy discusses Memorial Hermann’s robotic cardiac surgery program and what sets it apart.

Dr. Joseph Cali and Dr. Erik Askenasy discuss the NAPRC Rectal Accreditation that was recently earned at three Memorial Hermann facilities.

Announcing the rebrand of the Memorial Hermann Orthopedic service line and the programs and facilities there within. This is the first time that a professional sports team has entered into an agreement that will combine their logo with that of another company, let alone a health care system. The podcast is discussing what this expanded partnership with the Rockets means and how it only enhances the level of care that we provide in the community.

The emergence of new fetal procedures has led to a proliferation of programs using the designation “fetal center” without clarification of what referring physicians and patients should expect in terms of quality, patient safety and outcomes. In response, the state of Texas and providers affiliated with The Fetal Center at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, in partnership with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and UT Physicians, are collaborating to determine criteria that define Centers of Excellence for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy.

Located within the Texas Medical Center, The Fetal Center is affiliated with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, and UT Physicians.

Dr. Salazar discusses successful biventricular conversion in single ventricle patients. Dr. Salazar explains what biventricular repair is, how it helps the patients and what is the future of biventricular repair.

Though some etiologies of pediatric facial palsy are self-limiting, congenital and long-standing facial palsies pose difficult challenges that require
a combination of surgical, adjunctive, and rehabilitative techniques to achieve facial reanimation. Given the spectrum of ages and symptom severity, as well as the various surgical options available for facial palsy, a tailored approach needs to be developed for each child to restore facial balance and function.

Dr. Oderich and Dr. Estrera discuss what is an aortic surgery and when is it needed. The reasons why people get aortic disease and when do they start to experience them. Advances in aortic surgery, the three types of surgeries and some of the benefits of each.

Only a very small amount of the chemotherapeutic drugs given systemically for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors actually reaches the brain, due to the blood-brain barrier’s efficiency at excluding the entry of most agents that circulate in the blood. As a result, the current outlook for children with recurrent malignant brain tumors is extremely poor. To address this issue, Dr. David Sandberg, is enrolling patients in new studies with novel therapies that inject medications directly into the fourth ventricle of the brain to potentially improve outcomes for children with brain tumors.

Dr. David Doherty and Dr. Danielle Melton discuss Osseointegration and how it is restoring freedom to amputees by offering better quality of life through improved function and mobility.

After more than a decade of work, the Tracheal Occlusion To Accelerate Lung Growth (TOTAL) Trial was published. This trial showed a survival benefit for fetuses with very high-risk Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) who underwent the Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO) procedure. In the ongoing effort to provide optimal care for patients, The Fetal Center, affiliated with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, and UT Physicians, has been offering FETO for the prenatal treatment of CDH through participation in both the Severe and Moderate Arms of the TOTAL Trial.

As a recognized, international leader in the prenatal diagnosis and management of CDH, Anthony Johnson D.O., Co-Director of The Fetal Center, worked closely with Professor Deprest (the study’s lead author and principle investigator) to lead the process of bringing the trial to the U.S., enrolling and managing these patients, and co-authoring the publications in the New England Journal of Medicine. As one of only 10 U.S. fetal centers granted FDA to offer FETO intervention and the only fetal center in the U.S. to participate in both arms of the TOTAL Trial, the Comprehensive Center for CDH Care and the entire team at UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital are actively engaged and dedicated to improving outcomes for all patients with CDH – mild, moderate, or severe.

This episode details how TIRR Memorial Hermann, a national leader in medical rehabilitation and research, is caring for patients post COVID-19 and redefining rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic.