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  • Adam Demb was the first patient in the world to receive a new treatment being trialled in the control of ACP
    World First: Perth Children’s Hospital to be first in the world to trial new brain cancer treatment 01 February 2023 A world-first cancer treatment trial, tackling a rare and debilitating paediatric brain tumour, has commenced at the Perth Children’s Hospital. Adam Demb, the first Australian patient, will be joined by more than 30 other children across the world to trial a treatment for Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma (ACP) over the next two years.
  • PCH Senior Clinical Psychologist Joanna White, participant Ruby Taylor and Harley Waddell
    Chronically ill children surfing a wave for wellbeing 23 January 2023 The joy of riding the waves is bringing new relief to children at risk of mental health issues from serious health conditions.
  • The NETS WA team loading a newborn patient into the RAC rescue helicopter
    NETS’ inaugural newborn helicopter retrieval 09 January 2023 The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS) WA team undertook its first helicopter retrieval of a baby from Bunbury on Thursday 29 December.
  • A group of CAHS and City of Mandurah staff outside the new Falcon Child Health Centre
    New Child Health Centre opens at Falcon Library and Community Centre 14 December 2022 Early childhood development has been further enhanced for residents of Falcon with the recent opening of the Falcon Child Health Centre consulting rooms at the Falcon Library and Community Centre. Previously housed at the Falcon Family Centre, the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s (CAHS) Child Health Nurse service has also now expanded from one nurse to two, with families able to make appoint...
  • Charlotte Buxton pictured with her baby son Angus who participated in the Emubird study
    High tech camera provides researchers with a potentially powerful screening tool for premature babies 26 October 2022 Researchers in the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s Neonatal Unit at King Edward Memorial Hospital’s (KEMH) are leading an Australian first study to use powerful images of a baby’s eye as a window into their developing brain. The ‘Emubird’ study led by Neonatologist Dr Rolland Kohan has been made possible thanks to Telethon Trust funding for a handheld retinal optical device or camera that...

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  • Dr Vinutha Shetty, Dr Andre Shultz, Dr Maina Kava
    Following our Fellows 14 October 2022 Following our fellows with Dr Vinutha Shetty, Dr Andre Shultz and Dr Maina Kava
  • PCH Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Chair of Paediatric Anaesthesia at UWA Professor Britta von Ungern-Sternberg and UWA Professor of Pharmaceutics Lee Yong Lim
    Sweet success 08 September 2022 Researchers from PCH and The University of Western Australia (UWA) have successfully trialled a new approach to the problem of convincing reluctant young patients to swallow bitter-tasting medication before their surgery. The team conducted a clinical trial over a 28-month period to assess the taste, tolerability and absorption rates of the chocolate-tasting, chewable tramadol compared to an oral liquid formulation based on tramadol capsules. Tramadol is an opioid pain medication that can be prescribed to treat postoperative pain in children. The children who participated in the trial were given the novel chewable tramadol tablet or oral tramadol liquid before anaesthetic was administered. Led by PCH Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Chair of Paediatric Anaesthesia at UWA Professor Britta von Ungern-Sternberg and UWA Professor of Pharmaceutics Lee Yong Lim, the trial successfully pr...
  • Cara Crage, Senior Speech Pathologist, Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorders Service at CAMHS
    Meet our speech pathologists: Cara 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Cara Crage, Senior Speech Pathologist at Complex Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Service in CAMHS.
  • Cheraine Connell, Senior Speech Pathologist in the Pathways program at CAMHS
    Meet our speech pathologists: Cheraine 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Cheraine Connell, Senior Speech Pathologist in the Pathways program at CAMHS.
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