Children experience trauma and loss more often than many of us realize, through school violence, natural disasters, family death, displacement, and global conflict.  In this episode, we hear from three leaders working at the intersection of pediatric care, grief support, and mental health innovation, each approaching healing from a different lens. Dr. David Schonfeld, Director.

Children’s hospitals are facing mounting pressures, from workforce challenges to financial uncertainty, while still being asked to deliver the highest standard of family centered care. In this episode, we explore what leadership looks like inside that reality. Paul Viviano draws parallels between leadership in healthcare and team sports, emphasizing alignment, perseverance, and shared purpose. He.

Some of the most impactful healthcare and education innovations do not begin in boardrooms. They begin in living rooms, NICUs, and late-night moments of fear and uncertainty. Season 2 kicks off with a powerful theme: three founders share how personal experiences as parents revealed gaps in mental health access, literacy support, and neonatal care, and.

Pediatric healthcare is uniquely complex. Care teams support not just a patient, but entire families, often across long periods of time and multiple care settings. That complexity demands systems designed with intention. In this episode of A Dose of Optimism, Rod Tarrago, Troy McGuire, and Shaun Miller bring together perspectives from pediatric critical care, informatics.