What do a NICU nurse, adolescent medicine doctor, occupational therapy student, surgical coordinator, clinical research assistant, art teacher, dentist, university student, human resources coordinator, enterprise improvement adviser, CHOP Foundation associate director and pediatric resident have in common? 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ‘s Shakeeb Akhter, Senior Vice President (SVP) & Chief Information Officer (CIO), has been named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s (PBJ) 2023 40 Under Forty list.

Findings demonstrate how a new computational method could effectively analyze phenotypes and identify similarities among patient populations.

The Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has again won an award from Press Ganey, a healthcare company that evaluates patient satisfaction.

Inactivating mutations in the beta cell KATP channels are the most common cause of congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), accounting for approximately 60% of all cases with known genotype. The beta cell KATP channels play a very important role in the regulation of insulin secretion by coupling the metabolic state of the cell to membrane potential.

Unrecognized or inadequately treated hyperinsulinism (HI) poses a high risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes due to the combined insult of hypoglycemia and lack of alternate brain fuels.

The Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with a high volume of approximately 80 congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) cases a year, sees a large share of unusual cases.

Nancy Andrews shares her story about how her son’s multiple surgeries at CHOP inspired her family to give back.

The children of Vera Barksdale Johnson, CHOP’s first Emergency Department social worker, celebrate her joyful life and groundbreaking career through philanthropy.

CHOP’s First Episode Psychosis Program offers collaborative therapies that put youth on paths to better outcomes.