Items Tagged ‘Dr. Joseph Dearani’
March 14, 2019
Local Orthodontist Builds ‘Johnny Cars’ of Hope for Pediatric Heart Patients
By In the Loop 
A Facebook post gave John Lawson the idea to build toy cars for children, but his inspiration comes from his friend Dr. Joseph Dearani’s pediatric patients at Mayo Clinic.
Tags: Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Joseph Dearani, pediatrics
August 30, 2018
Care Team, Minnesota Vikings Team Up to Make Young Patient’s Dreams Come True
By In the Loop
Jaren Berg had seizures for three years before he was diagnosed with Long QT syndrome. Thanks to a recommendation by his care team, the young Vikings fan was granted a wish that got him up close and personal with his favorite team.
Tags: Dr. Bryan Cannon, Dr. Christopher Moir, Dr. Eric Payne, Dr. Joseph Dearani, Dr. Michael Ackerman, epilepsy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, Long QT syndrome, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Neurology
August 23, 2018
Documentary on Children’s Heart Project Highlights Healing and Hope
By In the Loop
A new documentary shows how Rochester welcomes children from other countries who have heart defects, and how a lifesaving surgery at Mayo Clinic gives new hope to their families.
Tags: Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Heart Project, Congenital Heart Defect, Dr. Joseph Dearani, Dr. Sameh Said, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester International Airport, Samaritan's Purse
August 2, 2018
Transplant Patients With Similar Journeys Meet at Mayo
By In the Loop
Stefani Pentiuk Thompson and Alyssa Sandeen have been Mayo patients since childhood, each needing a heart transplant and then a kidney transplant. Until this summer, their paths had never crossed.
Tags: cardiology, Dr. Joseph Dearani, heart transplant, Kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
February 22, 2018
Baby Born With Heart Outside Her Chest is Now a Typical Toddler
By In the Loop
When Caitlin and Brian Veitz learned via ultrasound that their daughter’s heart was developing outside her chest, they relied on a team at Mayo Clinic to give her a chance at life.
Tags: Cardiovascular Surgery, Congenital Heart Defect, Dr. Joseph Dearani, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
January 30, 2018
After Open-Heart Surgery, Enjoying Life as a ‘Normal’ College Kid
By In the Loop
Jack Long was 14 when he came to Mayo Clinic for surgery to repair his heart. Today, thanks to the work of his care team, Jack is living the life of a normal, healthy college student.
Tags: Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Joseph Dearani, Ebstein's anomaly, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
February 2, 2017
Songs of the Heart, For the Heart
By In the Loop
It’s no secret Joseph Dearani, M.D., takes his work as a pediatric cardiac surgeon at Mayo Clinic seriously. Through the years, we’ve been honored to share a few stories about people who have benefitted from that work. People like Stefanie Thompson, Kieran Veitz, Karla Manley, Marcus Nichols, Bayasaa Bars, and of course, Lola Montilla.
Tags: Dr. Joseph Dearani, Heart Disease, Pediatric Cardiology
November 3, 2016
Doctors Dance With Patient at Her Wedding, 17 Years After Saving Her Life
By In the Loop
Stefani and Trevan Thompson’s wedding reception was like many others. There was the couple’s first dance and the traditional father-daughter dance, which featured a cut-in from the bride’s grandfather. And then there was the doctor-patient dance. Or, in this case, the doctor-doctor-doctor-doctor-patient dance — where the bride busts a move with the people who helped save […]
Tags: Dr. Joseph Dearani, Dr. Martha Grogan, Dr. Michael Ackerman, Dr. Richard Daly, heart transplant, Pediatric Heart Transplant Program
October 27, 2016
Baby Born With Heart Outside Her Body Now 18 Months Old, Doing Well
By In the Loop
Eighteen months ago, Caitlin and Brian Veitz went to the doctor for a routine 20-week ultrasound that would end up changing their lives, and the life of their daughter, Kieran. “He showed us the silhouette of the lungs, and where the heart would normally sit,” Caitlin tells Barcroft Media. “And then he pointed three inches to […]
Tags: Dr. Carl Rose, Dr. Christopher Moir, Dr. Jane Matsumoto, Dr. Joseph Dearani
February 16, 2016
Getting to the Heart of Karla’s Unusual Fatigue
By In the Loop
Karla Manley spent the first 33 years of her life doing the kinds of things we all do every day. But the daily routine hit her harder than most. “Whenever I’d get home, I would just be exhausted,” she tells us. It wasn’t until she went in for a sinus-related procedure at Mayo Clinic’s Florida […]
Tags: cardiology, Congenital Heart Defect, Dr Naser Ammash, Dr. Joseph Dearani, Open-Heart Surgery