Zachary's Story: Promises Kept to Patient with Hirschsprung's Disease

By the time they arrived in the office of pediatric surgeon Allan Goldstein, MD, at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), the Ostrowski family had seen their toddler Zachary through numerous surgeries, misdiagnoses and a fever that almost cost him his life. Zachary Ostrowski, who has Down syndrome and Hirschsprung's disease, has met Dr. Goldstein in the operating room for more than a dozen surgeries for Hirschsprung's treatment.

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Science & Technology

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• Hirschsprung's disease
• Allan Goldstein
• intestinal rehabilitation
• neurogastroenterology