C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

10/28/2025

💙🏅Congratulations to our C.S. Mott Children's Hospital team for finishing the Detroit Free Press Marathon relay, half marathon, and full marathon! Whether supporting one another on the racecourse or collaborating in the hospital, our commitment to teamwork helps us go the distance for kids and families every day. Go BLUE!

10/28/2025

Meet Daniel one of our Little Victors from our 2025 calendar. “On Daniel's second day of life, the sonogram found an aplastic right ventricle and AVSD, which were not discovered on pregnancy sonograms. This was quite a shock. University of Michigan - Survival Flight flew Daniel from Kansas to Mott Children's Hospital at four days of age. Dr. Jennifer Romano performed Daniel's first open-heart surgery the next day and said, ‘take him home, love him, feed him, grow him and we will fix him.’ Eight months later that is what Dr. Romano did. Daniel is now 13 years old, in the seventh grade and is well, takes no medications, and all regular checkups with U-M-trained cardiologists have been great. Daniel is loved and active with his six siblings on the family farm in Kansas. He is easy to get along with and has a quick smile. Mott has changed our family's lives! Hail to the Little Victors!” Hail, Daniel!

10/25/2025

In less than 24 hours, 10-year-old Lev'Veon - a competitive swimmer, football player and trombone player - went from playing at his sister’s birthday part to...

10/24/2025

🏈 💙 The smallest Little Victors in the Brandon NICU are game-day ready for Michigan Football vs. Michigan State Football this weekend.

Who's your team? We're forever GO BLUE!

10/22/2025

The Mott team is saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Robert Bartlett. More than 80,000 newborns have been placed on ECMO since its inception, and 80% of them have survived conditions that once killed 80% of infants with the same conditions. Now in use at over 1,000 medical centers worldwide, ECMO is a mainstay of critical care. Read more of his obituary https://michmed.org/dY7dq

10/21/2025

10/21/2025

Meet Leo one of our Little Victors from our 2025 calendar. “Leo was born a month early in July 2024 and spent the first three months in the NICU. He quickly became a popular baby on the floor and by the time we left, he had many nurses stopping by just to say hi every day. He’s LOVED being home with his 2.5-year-old sister Lucy, and Lucy adores her baby Leo. His dogs, Jack and Bash, and cats, Willow and Frankie, are also excited to have him home!” Hail, Leo!

10/20/2025

Are young kids playing like they used to?

Among findings from today's national Mott Poll report: 1 in 10 parents of toddlers and preschoolers say their child plays outside only once a week or less.

Meanwhile, screen time is becoming a bigger part of young kids' daily play.

Experts say physical and imaginative play are key to healthy development and many kids may be missing out.

“Play doesn’t need to be perfect or educational to be beneficial,” says Mott Poll Co-director Sarah Clark, M.P.H. “It’s how children learn, grow and build confidence.”

More findings from the report:

A Michigan Medicine national poll suggests screen time part of daily play for many toddlers and preschoolers, 1 in 10 preschoolers and toddlers play outside just once a week or less.

10/18/2025

LAST CHANCE! Each year we create a commemorative calendar featuring our Little Victors and their incredible stories. Want to see your Little Victor in our 2026 calendar? Submit your nomination here: https://michmed.org/calendarkids

10/17/2025

Congrats to our developmental behavioral pediatrician Dr. Megan Pesch who was named one of Hour Detroit's Top Docs! 🏆

She's featured for her research on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) — a common but often undetected virus impacting pregnancies.

While most babies born with congenital CMV have normal development and remain healthy, some will have lifelong disabilities.

Her interview:

Here is our Top Docs 2025 profile on Megan Pesch, M.D., who specializes in developmental-behavioral pediatrics at University of Michigan Health's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

10/17/2025

B👻👻! A Halloween celebration for Little Victors made possible by Spirit of Children with brand new costumes, crafts, games and a photo booth.

Since 2010, Spirit of Children has donated more than $953,000 to support our Child and Family Life programs at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. We are so grateful. HAIL!

10/17/2025

Autism has been making headlines — from disputed links to prenatal Tylenol use to experimental treatments like leucovorin.

But with so much information out there, experts say autism is still widely misunderstood.

Sarah Mohiuddin, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and director of the U-M Multidisciplinary Autism Program, breaks down the facts, debunks myths and shares what we know about the complex neurodevelopmental condition:

A debated link between Tylenol and autism has put the neurodevelopmental condition in the recent spotlight. A Michigan Medicine expert answers parents’ top questions.