{"id":10704,"date":"2024-09-25T02:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10704"},"modified":"2024-09-25T02:12:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:12:13","slug":"meet-our-doc-kristine-corkum-md-pediatric-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10704","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Doc: Kristine Corkum, MD, Pediatric Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQgM4RHhe1E?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Kristine Corkum, MD, was six years old when her one-day-old brother needed life-saving surgery. He was born with jejunal atresia, a rare type of obstruction in the small bowel. As a young girl, she was fascinated by his doctors\u2019 skills and courage. Now, as a pediatric surgeon, she helps give families the same peace of mind. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave him a lifetime,\u201d says Dr. Corkum. \u201cI get to show up to work every day and try to improve a full lifetime for patients and families.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While Dr. Corkum performs surgeries daily, she understands it\u2019s often new and intimidating for patients and families. She makes an extra effort to acknowledge, listen and understand every child\u2019s parent or caregiver in order to alleviate their concerns.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big responsibility to be someone\u2019s surgeon,\u201d says Dr. Corkum. \u201cTo be able to gain [their] trust and just understand that we are all here to take care of their child as best we know how.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Learn more about The Department of Pediatric Surgery :  https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/departments\/pediatric-surgery\/?utm_source=youtube&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=slr_surgery_pediatric <\/p>\n<p> Connect with Children\u2019s Colorado:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/childrenscolo<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenshospitalcolorado<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChildrensColo<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/children&#8217;s-hospital-colorado<br \/>\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uQgM4RHhe1E\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristine Corkum, MD, was six years old when her one-day-old brother needed life-saving surgery. He was born with jejunal atresia, a rare type of obstruction in the small bowel. As a young girl, she was fascinated by his doctors\u2019 skills and courage. Now, as a pediatric surgeon, she helps give families the same peace of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}