gillette STORIES 05, 2023

When a child is experiencing seizures or other neurological symptoms, parents and referring providers are often in overdrive to get a health evaluation and some answers. Gillette Children's is a regional leader in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery and treats children and teens who have complex neurological conditions and injuries that affect the spinal cord, neck, nerves and/or brain.

The 2023 Orthotic & Prosthetic Innovative Technologies (OPTech) Conference in Minneapolis brought together more than 130 experts and professionals from around the country to discuss the latest and contemplate future advancements in orthotic and prosthetic technologies. 

Gillette Children’s is well represented as hand surgeons and upper limb difference specialists from six continents and 37 countries gather in Minneapolis for the 2023 World Symposium on Congenital Malformations of the Hand and Upper Limb. Gillette orthopedic surgeons, Ann Van Heest, MD and Deborah Bohn, MD, are presenting research and sharing their new book "Proud to be Me."