When infants and children aspirate liquids there are few options available to optimize their safety while being mindful of nutritional needs. Adjusting the feeding method or equipment, utilizing feeding and swallowing strategies, and offering thickened liquids are the primary tools available to improve oral feeding safety.

CHOP’s Urology team had a strong showing of posters, workshops and talks at conferences and meetings across the world. Read some highlights.

Learn about a global collaboration working to expand access to care and surgical interventions for children with BEEC in India.

The power of MIBEC’s combined experience has helped drive significant advances in care and innovations for bladder exstrophy. Learn what we’ve accomplished.

Minimally invasive surgery for pediatric urological anomalies is here to stay. Read how CHOP is seeking to improve surgical solutions for children.

Previous research has linked exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in the womb with higher rates of obesity and diabetes later in life, but the biological mechanisms driving those changes have largely remained a mystery.

The $200,000 award will fund research to develop a novel therapeutic that ignites the immune system and could act as a stand-alone treatment, as well as boost the effectiveness of existing immunotherapies.

Charlotte, 40, is a primary care pediatrician at a busy urban clinic. She has been in her current position for 6 years. She is also a parent of a 6- and a 10 -year-old.

Remembering our CHOP Alumni Motto, Keep … Tradition, Keep … in Mind, Keep …in Touch, this is the second year of a newer tradition.

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