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Singapore family's global quest to find surgeon for infant son leads to Colorado

Hundreds of families visit HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's in Denver every day, but few -- if any -- come from as far away as the Bundgaard family.

January 10, 2025
Shan Bundgaard in hospital scrubs smiling while holding her infant son Finn

An email from Finn's mom reached Dr. Steven Rothenberg, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, in Denver.

"As soon as I opened up the email, I checked to see what time it was in Singapore," Dr. Rothenberg said. "And before I went to surgery, I just called her."

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Published:
January 10, 2025
Location:
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's Presbyterian St. Luke's

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