CHOP researchers report on the Delaney twins one year after surgery, and on the innovative devices and elaborate teamwork needed to separate the formerly conjoined twins.

After 485 days at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, formerly conjoined twins, Erin and Abby Delaney, were discharged to return home to North Carolina, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Senior surgical fellow Katie Russell, MD, calls her two-year fellowship at CHOP “the coolest job in the Hospital.” Join us for a typical high-energy (and very long) day in her life.

Abby and Erin, formerly joined at the head, were separated on June 6, 2017, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. See how they’re doing months later.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s ECMO Center receives the “Platinum Level ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support.”

On June 6, 2017, surgeons at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) successfully completed the separation of 10-month-old conjoined twins Erin and Abby Delaney.

The evening, designed for journalists, community leaders and philanthropic supporters, offered attendees a behind-the-scenes look at various operating rooms and a chance to hear from many of our surgical experts.

The Philadelphia Academy of Surgery honored Dr. Scott Adzick for contributions to the fetal surgery field.

In the latest report from CHOP’s Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, we highlight some of the ways our clinicians — with the help of philanthropic partners — are breaking new ground in pediatric and fetal surgery.

Holly L. Hedrick, MD, an attending surgeon in the Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery is named as the inaugural Louise Schnaufer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery.