Research and Recognition — The Leading Edge of Surgery for Children
Because of its prominence as a research center, Packard Children's was selected as a pilot center for the development of a national database on surgery on newborns. In addition, Packard Children's is actively pursuing research projects in the following areas:
- Severe or morbid obesity in children
Minimally invasive procedures using:
Dr. Craig Albanese performs minimally invasive surgery- Laparoscopy - A telescope camera lens is used and large incisions are avoided
- Thoracoscopy
- Endoscopy - A small, flexible tube with a light and a camera lens at the end (an endoscope) to examine the inside of part of the digestive tract
- Image guidance
- Treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe, sometimes-fatal intestinal infection in newborns
- The causes and treatment of catheter infections
- Biology of stem cells
- Tissue engineering for the replacement of dysfunctional organs and tissues
- Surgery on unborn fetuses in the womb
- Center for Advanced Pediatric Education - Simulation-based training for pediatric and obstetric health care professionals
- Short bowel syndrome
- Surgical robotics and other emerging technologies
Goodman Simulation Center
The Goodman Simulation Center (GSC) enhances the traditional model of surgical training by providing simulation-based tools and techniques to students, residents and other clinicians and allied health professionals at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The GSC's goal is to improve patient safety and quality of care by providing the best, most comprehensive learning available. The Center is part of an overall simulation strategy for the two hospitals and the Stanford University School of Medicine and is led by the Center for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning (CISL).The surgical resident curriculum is under the direction of Drs. Thomas Krummel, Ralph Greco, Myriam Curet, Jason Lee and Sanjeev Dutta.