Beata Mostafavi
Public Relations Manager
Mostafavi leads media relations and content creation for University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. Prior to joining Michigan Medicine in 2012, Mostafavi spent 10 years as a journalist. Contact: [email protected]
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Virtual Humans Help Aspiring Doctors Learn Empathy
Delivering bad news in a caring way — and coping with a patient’s reaction — is a key skill for doctors. Intuitive technology is helping medical students learn the best approaches.
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From the NICU to Med School: An ‘Outrageous’ Idea That’s Saved Thousands of Babies
The life’s work of a Michigan surgeon demonstrates the importance of support for science research and big thinking.
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3-D Printing Helps Surgeons Sharpen Their Craft
Printed simulations of lifelike body parts allow surgeons-in-training the opportunity to practice complex surgeries before assisting with the real thing.
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16-Year-Old Born with Half a Heart Gets Wish to Attend Masters PGA Tournament
A high school golfer with the severe congenital heart condition, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, is getting his own Masters moment, thanks to Make-A-Wish Michigan.
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Toddler with a Rare Liver Disease Thrives After Lifesaving Procedure
It took a nearly seven-hour surgery (called a Kasai procedure), but one tiny patient avoided the need for a liver transplant in his first year of life.
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Improving ECMO Strategies, Outcomes for Children with Critical Cardiac Disease
A newly launched multicenter study analyzes the use of emergency mechanical circulatory support among critically ill children with cardiovascular conditions.
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Thanks to Hit TV Show, One Boy’s Rare Disease Not So ‘Strange’
The condition that affects a young “Stranger Things” actor has recently captured public attention. It also has inspired a child with the same condition.
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Hockey Players with Disabilities Show ‘They’re Not So Fragile’
A U-M faculty member helped start a hockey team for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, supporting their athletic capacity and camaraderie on the ice.
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Tiny Heart Repaired While Baby Still in the Womb
Read how before birth, baby Breck’s doctors detected critical aortic stenosis - found in size in 1,000 infants - and performed fetal cardiac intervention.
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More Than 95,000 Valentines from Around the World Reach Children’s Hospital
Well-wishers from as far as Guam, Australia and Turkey helped spread Valentine’s Day cheer to sick kids at U-M.
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Body Cooling vs. Active Fever Prevention: Similar Outcomes for Children After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
U-M study compares body cooling & active fever prevention for children after cardiac arrest. See if therapeutic hypothermia improves neurobehavioral function.
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5-Minute Chats in Waiting Room May Prompt Families to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
U-M study shows conversations in health clinics about the Double Up Food Bucks program can improve healthy eating habits for low income families on food stamps.
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When Should Kids Stay Home Sick from School?
When is your sick kid too sick for school? See parent poll results of symptoms that keep kids home from school & learn when to keep your child home from school.
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Twin Sisters Survive a Lethal Bond, Then Laser Surgery, in the Womb
Pregnant mother of twins suffered from twin to twin transfusion syndrome & received in utero fetal therapy from a U-M maternal-fetal specialist. See their story.
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After Unimaginable Heartbreak, Finding Her Feet Again
A car accident left 18 month old Emily with fractured femurs. See her story from pediatric femur fracture & orthopedic surgery to dancing 13 years later.
