St. Louis Children's Hospital Digest

Competitor Innovations in Pediatric Care

• 🔥 Ranken Jordan's New Executive Role: Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital created a chief health...

Intense rivalry between Abbott and Mead Johnson turns NICUs into battlegrounds for preterm infant fortifiers, with safety concerns emerging from...

Strategic leadership shift at St. Louis' Ranken Jordan: Dr. Nicholas Holekamp named Chief Health Transformation Officer after 26+ years, focusing on...

New multicenter study (CoULD Registry, incl. WashU St. Louis) on 59 children (median 5.9y, 52.5% female):

• Mostly unilateral/non-syndromic...

Washington University researchers unveiled PRIME fiber, a hair-thin implant for multi-site optical stimulation deep in the brain.

• Thousands of...

• Pediatric Hospitalist role available for ED and Nursery in Saint Charles, Missouri
• Located in St. Louis Metro Area
• Check listing on American Academy of site
  Regional boost for pediatric workforce needs.

Regional workforce signal: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon seeks Pediatric Urology Advanced Practice Provider in St. Louis.

Key highlights:
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Key highlights from the latest Pediatrics publication:

• Led by Sriram Ramgopal, MD at Lurie Children’s, with collaborators from UPMC Children’s,...

• First standardized national estimates reveal pediatric sepsis prevalence and outcomes across US hospitals.
• Sepsis accounts for nearly 20% of...

Key signal in SLCH operations: Full-time remote Utilization Review RN posted, targeting efficient resource use in top-ranked pediatric care.

• Core...

Key findings from LLM evaluation for pediatric depression:

• DeepSeek 3.1V excels in linguistic accessibility
• Microsoft Copilot GPT-5 demonstrates...

Today's Updates

• Job posting for RN Research Nurse Coordinator I in the Pediatric Clinical Research Unit at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Recent openings signal recruitment needs across key areas at BJC HealthCare and WashU, tied to St. Louis Children's Hospital:

• Clinical support: CSO...

Leadership Changes

• 🔥 Bruce D. Levy Appointment: Bruce D. Levy, MD, a leader in academic medicine and physician-scientist, has been named...

Key benefits of spinal anesthesia for babies/toddlers vs. general anesthesia:

• Numbs lower body, avoids full unconsciousness/breathing tube
• Reduces...

Bruce D. Levy, MD, a highly regarded leader in academic medicine and accomplished physician-scientist, named executive vice chancellor for medical affairs, dean.

Critical update for SLCH clinicians: IDSA and PIDS release 2026 Clinical Practice Guideline on the management of pediatric infectious diseases.

• Hospitals prioritize AI adoption for cost reduction, staffing shortages, and better outcomes
• Starts in non-direct care like documentation, case...

Clinical Research Highlights

• 🔥 Ebglyss Trial Results: Lilly's Ebglyss met endpoints in the ADorable-1 pediatric atopic dermatitis study, with...

Missouri Senate considering bill to force insurance companies to cover treatments for certain pediatric autoimmune disorders. For SLCH, key...