Dr. Benjamin Franklin is well known for his historic role as a founding father and diplomat as well as for his accomplishments as a statesman, author, politician, scientist, inventor, activist, and supporter of public health and safety.

Learn more about the team at CHOP that's developing new ways to image the lymphatic system and treat lymphatic flow disorders — and saving lives in the process.

CHOP is working to improve personalized cell therapy for children. Using younger T cells may offer better results against certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.

Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, director of CHOP's Breastfeeding and Lactation Program, spends two weeks in India teaching importance of breast milk for vulnerable infants.

By identifying babies at low risk of serious bacterial infection, a quality improvement team at CHOP safely reduced the use of lumbar puncture in infants being evaluated for fever.

A CHOP oncologist co-led an international study showing that an abnormal fused gene drives children’s brain tumors by using three different biological mechanisms. 

Madeline Bell, president and CEO of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been elected vice chair and chair-elect of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA). She began her vice chair term on Jan. 1, 2016 and will be elevated to chair on Jan. 1, 2017.

Award honors surgeon’s contributions to the field of reconstructive surgery.

After children with leukemia receive chemotherapy, are they better off remaining in the hospital, or going home? CHOP is leading a multicenter study of both safety and family preferences.

CHOP’s new Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine aims to harness and broadly share biomedical information to more quickly benefit child patients.