Spreading the word about CHD is vital to educating the public as a step towards improving care and fueling scientific research.

AHA is the nation’s oldest, largest voluntary organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

The American Organ Transplant Association helps to make organ transplant surgery, travel and aftercare available to patients and their families.

AST is an organization of transplant professionals dedicated to research, education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation science and medicine.

In this episode of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Talks, Jonathan J. Rome, MD, reviews challenges of interventional therapies and introduces novel rerouting strategies. 

Learn about medical play and its therapeutic benefits for hospitalized children. Find links to age-specific information.

Play and recreation can be therapeutic by giving children the opportunity to explore, express and process their healthcare experiences in a safe, non-threatening environment.

Find information on how to prepare your child for hospitalization and how the child life staff at CHOP can help.

Learn about the reactions siblings may have when a brother or a sister is in the hospital and what caregivers can do to help the family cope.

The teachers in the Hospital School Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia teach you everything you need to know about the ABCs of Hospital school.