Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) researchers successfully reduced the number of youths needing to be admitted to psychiatric facilities through a stabilization protocol designed to address psychiatric boarding, the practice of maintaining patients with psychiatric emergencies in the Emergency Department (ED) or other temporary settings due to a lack of available inpatient psychiatric beds. The report was published recently in the journal Pediatrics.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced that five of its physicians and researchers were among the ninety-eight new members selected to join the American Pediatric Society (APS), one of North America's first and most prestigious academic pediatric organizations.

We are proud to announce that Fred Henretig, M.D., a pediatric emergency medicine physician and toxicology expert received the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s Steve Miller Award for Excellence in Education and Mentorship at the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) annual meeting.

A program born out of the pandemic, Family Connects, has helped more than 6,000 families that came for care in the ED find resources for their social needs

First large-scale study on licensure and driving outcomes among teens and young adults with mood disorders also finds overall crash rates slightly higher for those newly licensed.

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Spurred by seeing the overwhelming need during the pandemic, ER clinicians founded Family Connects to help families with needs like food and diapers.

From the time she was a high school student in Nigeria, Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH, wanted to be a physician. She earned a medical degree from Northwestern University and completed a residency at Boston Children's Hospital before fellowship training at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Summer provides more opportunities for kids to be active and enjoy the outdoors. Unfortunately, it also means more injuries.

Over-the-counter drugs also continue to pose fatal risks to young children despite measures to reduce exposure.