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Our expert physicians offer a wide depth and breadth of services, from preventive health care to treatment for serious illnesses or injuries. We treat all patients who come to us with advanced procedures, giving you access to:
As an academic health system, MU Health Care is home to groundbreaking research that has made us an international health care destination. From three new, FDA-approved cancer treatments to abiological treatment for joint pain, MU Health Care physicians help patients, across Missouri and around the world, receive leading-edge care.
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As a patient at MU Health Care, you benefit from the latest research and medical evidence. Your physicians are on the leading edge of medical care, helping you get the answers you are looking for and the treatments you need to heal.
At MU Health Care, we have committed ourselves to making care convenient for all our patients. We have a large primary care network to care for all your everyday health concerns. From extended care hours to Mizzou Quick Care clinics in Hy-Vee grocery stores, you have access to the care you need, when and where you want it.
If you are facing serious health problems, we provide advanced care right here in Columbia, so you can stay close to home throughout treatment. Our specialists also visit outreach clinics in towns across mid-Missouri, from Fayette to Ashland to Jefferson City, so you dont have to travel far to see our health experts.
No matter which MU Health Care location you visit, you receive care in an environment designed for healing. Many of our facilities have undergone extensive renovation so you can enjoy a comfortable stay in a private room. Our patient areas are geared toward your needs and include the latest technology to monitor your health and deliver treatment.
At MU Health Care, we train future health professionals to provide advanced, patient-centered care. The students and faculty at University of Missouri stay up-to-date on the newest treatments and methods, getting the hands-on experience that will help them care for patients for years to come. Through the MU School of Medicine, MU Sinclair School of Nursing and MU School of Health Professions, we teach your future doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and more to offer personalized care with confidence and compassion.
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From neonatal intensive care to immediate heart attack treatment, Level I trauma care to the regions only hospital dedicated to orthopaedic care, MU Health Care gives you access to the treatment you need, right here in Columbia and in clinics across mid-Missouri.
Our physicians conduct advanced research so you receive breakthrough treatments that arent widely available at smaller hospitals. Their groundbreaking studies have led to pioneering advances such as three new, FDA-approved cancer treatments, over 100 device patents and many leading-edge technologies.
Physicians at MU Health Care offer innovative solutions to health problems, from using your own bodys own immune system to fight cancer to establishing a regenerative joint center using technology only available at the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute. Our multidisciplinary teams use their own research, as well as the latest medical evidence, to create your care plan, which may include clinical trials, new medicines or the latest surgical techniques.
Our specialists are dedicated to helping our patients receive the health care they need. Through outreach clinics, we provide specialty care across Missouri. You can see cardiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, oncologists and other specialists at locations close to your home so that taking care of your health is easy and convenient.
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As Amanda Davis sat through another ultrasound with globs of goo on her pregnant belly, she zeroed in on the doctor's face, looking for even the slightest hint of her daughter Kaylee's condition. Peter Dyke, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at MU Health Care, was there to get images of the baby's heart to evaluate the hole they discovered weeks before.
Kaylee wasn't making it easy. Through the kicks and twirls, Dyke was having a hard time getting the angles he needed. But rather than get impatient or frustrated, Dyke smiled. Which made Davis smile too.
Dyke was one of the first doctors to join 'Team Kaylee,' a roster that had begun growing shortly after Davis ' 20-week ultrasound, when Kaylee 's heart problem was first detected and Davis was referred to MU Health Care.At Children 's Hospital, patients have access to experts in more than 25 pediatric specialties to handle the twists and turns of complex conditions even before birth and Kaylee was going to need many of them.
After Dyke finally got a good look at Kaylee's heart on the ultrasound, he told Davis her daughter's chances of survival were good but that she would need heart surgery shortly after she was born. Doctors carefully monitored Kaylee's growing heart, but at 33 weeks, Davis learned of a new complication.
'Anytime a baby is anemic in utero, they 're at risk of heart failure.' Dyke explained. 'We were already dealing with a delicate situation with Kaylee and needed a transfusion to make sure we were getting her heart all the help it needed.'
But before doctors could perform the transfusion, Davis' placenta ruptured, sending her into an emergency C-section. Kaylee was born at 33 weeks and spent the next 4 months in the Children's Hospital NICU.
Blood tests revealed Kaylee had transient myeloproliferative, a bone marrow disorder that leads to an increased risk of developing leukemia before the age of 3. Barbara Gruner, MD, a pediatric hematologist, was added to the Team Kaylee roster, which had already grown to include a pediatric ophthalmologist, pulmonologist and gastrointestinal doctor.
Once Kaylee grew big enough for heart surgery, she was transferred to St. Louis for a complete repair of the atrioventricular canal the tissue that separates the upper and lower chambers of the heart. After a month of recovery in the NICU, Kaylee was finally ready to go home.
Because of all the time she spent in the NICU, Kaylee had missed her window of opportunity to learn how to suck from a bottle. So at 5-months-old, she was sent home with a G-button, or gastrostomy tube button, that allows food to go directly into the stomach. The plan was to work closely with the feeding and swallowing specialists at Children's Hospital to gradually teach her to eat and drink on her own.
However, during a routine swallow study, they found Kaylee was experiencing silent aspiration a condition in which food and liquids get into the lungs but cause no obvious outward symptoms. Kaylee was immediately referred to Children's Hospital's Aerodigestive Program.
'Whenever a child has aspiration, it 's extremely important to get them seen and cared for right away.' said Eliav Gov Ari, MD, pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist and head of the Aerodigestive Program. 'Aspiration can be caused by a variety of issues, each with their own risks, and lead to long-term damage in the lungs and esophagus, as well as issues with weight gain and nutrition. That 's why our program includes so many specialists we 're all looking at how that one overlying issue is affecting the entire body and coming up with the best solution.'
Gov Ari found a small gap, called a laryngeal cleft, just above Kaylee's voice box that was allowing liquid to slip through to her lungs. Severe clefts require extensive surgery to be repaired, but since Kaylee's was small enough, Gov Ari took a more conservative approach.
'Dr. Gov Ari is not the type to dive right into surgery unless he has to, and I really appreciate that about him,' said Davis, who had already seen her daughter undergo open heart surgery and eye surgery for infantile glaucoma.
He started Kaylee on intensive drinking therapy, in which dietitians and swallow therapists work together to find a thickened liquid consistency that prevents anything from slipping past the gap. It can be a delicate balance to find a consistency that's thick enough to not slip through, but not too thick it makes a child feel too full.
Step-by-step milestones are a major focus of Team Kaylee, especially at the Children's Therapy Center where Kaylee has worked hard for years. From learning how to sit up to now using ankle braces to walk, Davis attributes many of Kaylee's achievements to the help of the therapy team.
'Everyone works extremely well together. If Dr. Gov Ari is going to put Kaylee under to place tubes in her ears, Dr. Dyke schedules his ECHO at the same time so she doesn 't have to go under twice,' Davis said. 'We 've even had our dentist come when she was put to sleep so she could get X-rays.
Kaylee's treatment is ongoing, but as Davis watches her walking, talking 6-year-old kindergartener navigate the world, she knows the future is bright as bright as the faces of the people who meet her.
'Kaylee loves people and will just give a random person a hug,' Davis said. 'It 's the neatest thing to see people 's faces light up immediately after. I 've definitely learned it 's not as scary as you think having a kid with special needs. Once you get over the fear of the unknown, there is just so much joy and blessings.'