Specialized Help for the Less Than 5%
Jan 24, 2020
A unique CHOP clinic treats kids with radioactive iodine-refractory thyroid cancer.
Our team of ophthalmologists, surgeons, optometrists, orthoptists, nurse practitioners and certified ophthalmic technicians is dedicated to providing the best possible care for your child's eye or vision condition.
Jan 24, 2020
A unique CHOP clinic treats kids with radioactive iodine-refractory thyroid cancer.
Jan 24, 2020
A unique clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia follows post-pancreatectomy patients.
Jan 24, 2020
At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, multiple members of the Diabetes Center work as a team to help families manage their child’s diabetes.
Jan 27, 2020
Read about follow-up research to the landmark 2011 MOMS study, which showed prenatal surgery for spina bifida has measureable benefits over surgery after birth.
Jan 24, 2020
A decade after the MOMS trial, new findings show significant physical and emotional benefits in school-age children who had prenatal surgery for spina bifida.
Jan 23, 2020
CHOP has opened a phase 1 trial using CAR T for tough acute myeloid leukemia, hoping to replicate the therapy’s success for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Jan 23, 2020
A CHOP program is focused on identifying children who are predisposed to develop cancer and using surveillance testing to detect cancers early.
Jan 21, 2020
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announced today that it is the recipient of a $1 million Innovation Fund, endowed by the nonprofit foundation Additional Ventures.
Jan 13, 2020
Bronchiolitis, a lung infection that is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations in young children, is most prevalent during the winter months and is usually treated with albuterol delivered via inhalers, despite evidence showing no benefit in most patients. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) redesigned the hospital’s standard treatment for the infection and reduced albuterol use without compromising care.
Jan 9, 2020
A multi-center team of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has discovered a genetic signature that could help distinguish an adult-onset form of diabetes sharing many type 1 diabetes (T1D) characteristics from pediatric-onset T1D.