Learning to adjust talkativeness could be an important growth opportunity for verbally fluent people with autism.

CHOP is proud to announce Marcia Wallace as its first Supplier Diversity Program Manager. In this role, which she assumed in fall 2021, she leads CHOP’s Supply Chain team and works closely with CHOP’s Healthier Together Initiative.

CHOP researchers have shown that linking a tumor-killing prodrug to a macromolecular carrier of the Poloxamer family improves retention of the drug in treatment-resistant neuroblastoma tumors.

As mask mandates are lifting across the U.S., many are asking what kids under 5 should do. A CHOP infectious disease expert shares guidance with several news media outlets.

Case: A 7-month-old male presented to one of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s After-hours Urgent Care locations with vomiting, dry heaves, and lethargy. It was his third similar episode.

The needs of pediatric patients in emergency care have been recognized since the 1980s when fellowship programs were developed to focus on care of the acutely injured and critically ill child.

Case: AB is an 11-year-old girl who presents to the emergency department, with her father, with a concern for constipation and abdominal pain.

In addition to getting your patients vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, making sure they’re up to date on their other vaccines, and being extra alert for pandemic- induced (or -exacerbated) mental health problems, here’s one more item for your checklist: heightened risk of obesity.

Our Emergency Department at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is a constant hub of activity. Conversations of various volumes hum in patient rooms and touchdown spaces. 

The Middleman Family Pavilion at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, CHOP’s second hospital, opened at the end of January 2021. We are thrilled to offer area families the family-centered care CHOP is known for closer to their homes.