Zach, center, calls Dr. Peter Sun “my friend.” Dr. Sun met Zach and the Sherak family in 2001 when he removed a large portion of Zach’s brain tumor. After the surgery, Zach made Dr. Sun a card that says “Thank you for saving my life.” His nurse, Sue Ditmyer, at left, also received a card. Hers says “Thank you for saving my brain.”
• brain tumors
• cervical instability
• craniosynostosis
• hydrocephalus
• implantation of vagal nerve stimulators for uncontrolled seizures
• intracranial cysts
• plagiocephaly
• spinal abnormalities such as spinal cord tumors, spina bifida and tethered
• spinal cord
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