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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After a rare reaction to cancer treatment paralyzed him at age 5, fifth-grader Gabe Treve crossed Michigan Stadium as part of his goal to learn to walk again.
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A study finds increasing prevalence of pre-existing, chronic conditions among childbearing women that are linked to negative health outcomes for both moms and newborns.
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Less than 1 in 5 adults rate quality of diet, safety of communities, and exercise and fitness as better for kids today than their predecessors, a U-M-led study finds.
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When a medical student (and former marching band member) noticed one patient’s passion for drum line, she asked the band for help lifting his spirits.
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In differences of sex development, hospitals vary widely in terms of treatment and guidance ahead of irreversible procedures, a new study shows.
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Find out the benefits of getting a flu shot and the Tdap vaccine during your third trimester of pregnancy, including how these vaccines help protect your unborn baby.
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Two analyses revealed widely varying treatments — and outcomes — for children with congenital lung malformations.
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Learn about the latest advancements in artificial placenta research at U-M, including how an artificial womb saved premature baby lambs from lung failure.
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One in 20 young adults use prescription opioids long after surgery. Read more about prescription opioid use and treatment for adolescent surgery patients.
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Donated tumor tissue from a 5-year-old brain cancer patient uncovers the key and early role of a less-understood genetic mutation in the cancer’s fatal course.
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A daring liver procedure saved a child’s life after a near-fatal motorbike accident. He’s the only patient in the world known to have survived this type of surgery.
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Learn about CAR T-cell therapy, a state-of-the-art FDA approved leukemia gene therapy, which the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital offers.
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When a congenital heart condition went undetected at birth, one family was shocked to learn their 4-year-old needed a transplant. But today, he’s thriving.
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Bonded by similar journeys, two strangers with congenital heart defects form a special friendship that has withstood the ups and downs of life.
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Neonatal epilepsy is often linked to genetic causes. See how genetic testing for epilepsy in newborns is helping guide treatment and family genetic counseling.
