In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Dr. Jody Lin discusses a qualitative study of shared decision-making for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery in children with medical complexity. She describes a broad range of family values and preferences that may guide decision-making, implications for clinical practice, and next steps from this work.
SPEAKER
Jody Lin, MD, MS
Pediatric Hospitalist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Inpatient Medicine
University of Utah
HOST
Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc
Pediatrician, Complex Care Service, Division of General Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
DATE
Initial publication date: December 8, 2025.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLE
Lin JL, Devereaux T, Simon TD, Kaphingst KA, Zhu A, Narayanan U, Berry ABL, Eppich KG, Stoddard G, Smith JT, Andras L, Heflin J, Keenan HT, Asch SM, Fagerlin A. Caregiver Values and Preferences Related to Surgical Decision-Making for Children with Medical Complexity. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114366. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114366. Epub 2024 Oct 19. PMID: 39428089; PMCID: PMC11645212.
OTHER ARTICLES REFERENCED
Courageous Parents Network. Scoliosis and spine / spinal surgery: facts and decision-making. https://courageousparentsnetwork.org/guides/decision-making-around-spinal-fusion-surgery/. Accessed November 14, 2025.
Lin JL, Clark CL, Halpern-Felsher B, Bennett PN, Assis-Hassid S, Amir O, Nunez YC, Cleary NM, Gehrmann S, Grosz BJ, Sanders LM. Parent Perspectives in Shared Decision-Making for Children With Medical Complexity. Acad Pediatr. 2020 Nov-Dec;20(8):1101-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32540424; PMCID: PMC7655593.
Lin JL, Cohen E, Sanders LM. Shared Decision Making among Children with Medical Complexity: Results from a Population-Based Survey. J Pediatr. 2018 Jan;192:216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Nov 6. PMID: 29102046; PMCID: PMC5732902.
Lin JL, Tawfik DS, Gupta R, Imrie M, Bendavid E, Owens DK. Health and Economic Outcomes of Posterior Spinal Fusion for Children With Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Mar;10(3):257-265. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0153. PMID: 32079619; PMCID: PMC7041549.
TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/xcz7qm4n2b9rn636rrnq/Jody_Lin_Final_transcript_12-4-25.pdf.
Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6.
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Lin JL, Huth K. Exploring What Matters: What Families Value in Complex Surgical Decision-Making. 12/2025. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/exploring-what-matters-what-families-value-in-complex-surgical-decision-making.
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In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Dr. Jody Lin discusses a qualitative study of shared decision-making for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery in children with medical complexity. She describes a broad range of family values and preferences that may guide decision-making, implications for clinical practice, and next steps from this work.
SPEAKER
Jody Lin, MD, MS
Pediatric Hospitalist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Inpatient Medicine
University of Utah
HOST
Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc
Pediatrician, Complex Care Service, Division of General Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
DATE
Initial publication date: December 8, 2025.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLE
Lin JL, Devereaux T, Simon TD, Kaphingst KA, Zhu A, Narayanan U, Berry ABL, Eppich KG, Stoddard G, Smith JT, Andras L, Heflin J, Keenan HT, Asch SM, Fagerlin A. Caregiver Values and Preferences Related to Surgical Decision-Making for Children with Medical Complexity. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114366. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114366. Epub 2024 Oct 19. PMID: 39428089; PMCID: PMC11645212.
OTHER ARTICLES REFERENCED
Courageous Parents Network. Scoliosis and spine / spinal surgery: facts and decision-making. https://courageousparentsnetwork.org/guides/decision-making-around-spinal-fusion-surgery/. Accessed November 14, 2025.
Lin JL, Clark CL, Halpern-Felsher B, Bennett PN, Assis-Hassid S, Amir O, Nunez YC, Cleary NM, Gehrmann S, Grosz BJ, Sanders LM. Parent Perspectives in Shared Decision-Making for Children With Medical Complexity. Acad Pediatr. 2020 Nov-Dec;20(8):1101-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32540424; PMCID: PMC7655593.
Lin JL, Cohen E, Sanders LM. Shared Decision Making among Children with Medical Complexity: Results from a Population-Based Survey. J Pediatr. 2018 Jan;192:216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Nov 6. PMID: 29102046; PMCID: PMC5732902.
Lin JL, Tawfik DS, Gupta R, Imrie M, Bendavid E, Owens DK. Health and Economic Outcomes of Posterior Spinal Fusion for Children With Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Mar;10(3):257-265. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0153. PMID: 32079619; PMCID: PMC7041549.
TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/xcz7qm4n2b9rn636rrnq/Jody_Lin_Final_transcript_12-4-25.pdf.
Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6.
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Lin JL, Huth K. Exploring What Matters: What Families Value in Complex Surgical Decision-Making. 12/2025. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/exploring-what-matters-what-families-value-in-complex-surgical-decision-making.
Practice-Changing Research in Complex Care at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Annual Meeting
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Practice-Changing Research in Complex Care at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Annual Meeting
In this special Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, co-hosts Emily Goodwin, Kristie Malik, and Kathleen Huth interview presenters of posters and oral abstracts relevant to the care of children with medical complexity at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 annual meeting. Speakers describe the implications of their study findings, messages for patients and families, and priority areas for research that they hope can be investigated further by the complex care community in the coming years.
SPEAKERS
Lucas Bruton, MD, MEd
Instructor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University
Hannah Lane, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Duke School of Medicine
Jennifer B. Peralta, MD, MSHPM, MS
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
UCLA Department of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine
Amy Porter, MD, PhD
Physician-Investigator, Instructor
Mass General for Children
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Elaina Schueler, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rebecca Steuart, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter Walsh, BA
Behavioral Research Coordinator
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
HOSTS
Kristina Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, KidStreet
Pediatrician, Special Care Clinic,
Children's Hospital Colorado
Emily J Goodwin, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Pediatrician, General Academic Pediatrics Beacon Program,
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc
Pediatrician, Complex Care Service, Division of General Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
DATE
Initial publication date: May 12, 2025.
REFERENCE
Pediatric Academic Societies. Who we are. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.pas-meeting.org/about/
TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/ng43ccschnbg2vfnp9wq7v5h/CCJCP_May_Conference_5-9-25.pdf
Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6n using this form: forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Goodwin EJ, Malik K, Bruton L, Lane H, Peralta JB, Porter AS, Schueler E, Steuart R, Vasan A, Walsh P, Huth K. Practice-Changing Research in Complex Care at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Annual Meeting. 5/2025. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast.
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In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Dr. Jody Lin discusses a qualitative study of shared decision-making for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery in children with medical complexity. She describes a broad range of family values and preferences that may guide decision-making, implications for clinical practice, and next steps from this work.
SPEAKER
Jody Lin, MD, MS
Pediatric Hospitalist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Inpatient Medicine
University of Utah
HOST
Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc
Pediatrician, Complex Care Service, Division of General Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
DATE
Initial publication date: December 8, 2025.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLE
Lin JL, Devereaux T, Simon TD, Kaphingst KA, Zhu A, Narayanan U, Berry ABL, Eppich KG, Stoddard G, Smith JT, Andras L, Heflin J, Keenan HT, Asch SM, Fagerlin A. Caregiver Values and Preferences Related to Surgical Decision-Making for Children with Medical Complexity. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114366. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114366. Epub 2024 Oct 19. PMID: 39428089; PMCID: PMC11645212.
OTHER ARTICLES REFERENCED
Courageous Parents Network. Scoliosis and spine / spinal surgery: facts and decision-making. https://courageousparentsnetwork.org/guides/decision-making-around-spinal-fusion-surgery/. Accessed November 14, 2025.
Lin JL, Clark CL, Halpern-Felsher B, Bennett PN, Assis-Hassid S, Amir O, Nunez YC, Cleary NM, Gehrmann S, Grosz BJ, Sanders LM. Parent Perspectives in Shared Decision-Making for Children With Medical Complexity. Acad Pediatr. 2020 Nov-Dec;20(8):1101-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32540424; PMCID: PMC7655593.
Lin JL, Cohen E, Sanders LM. Shared Decision Making among Children with Medical Complexity: Results from a Population-Based Survey. J Pediatr. 2018 Jan;192:216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Nov 6. PMID: 29102046; PMCID: PMC5732902.
Lin JL, Tawfik DS, Gupta R, Imrie M, Bendavid E, Owens DK. Health and Economic Outcomes of Posterior Spinal Fusion for Children With Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Mar;10(3):257-265. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0153. PMID: 32079619; PMCID: PMC7041549.
TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/xcz7qm4n2b9rn636rrnq/Jody_Lin_Final_transcript_12-4-25.pdf.
Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6.
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Lin JL, Huth K. Exploring What Matters: What Families Value in Complex Surgical Decision-Making. 12/2025. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/exploring-what-matters-what-families-value-in-complex-surgical-decision-making.