In 2016, our 8-year-old son Justin was airlifted to CHOP for emergency brain surgery. It hit us out of nowhere. When his sister and brother visited, Child Life came in with things like Legos and Play-Doh to distract them from his scary head wrap and get them to just play together. It took the fear out of the room.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has released their Digital Health Most Wired Survey results for the 2023 data collection period, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is excited to announce we have maintained our highest ranking to date: Acute Level 8 achievement for the Digital Health Most Wired range.

Identifying “backbones” that link complexes can help maximize CAR therapy across different variants and tumor types.

Today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) marks a major milestone -- 10 years of unified programming and research focused on reducing exposure to and impact of violence on youth and their families.

How CHOP is responding to the national RSV medication shortage and keeping your baby safe.

This major step allows for the creation of clinical trials to test key endpoints that will determine the efficacy of new therapies.

Protecting teens’ brains while they play competitive sports.

The innovative Food as Medicine program bring food and nutrition education to families facing food instability.

CHOP’s Culinary Medicine program develops recipes that can help ease physical symptoms or otherwise improve children’s health.

A Q&A with Tami Benton, MD, who has led the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences since 2010.