After being diagnosed and treated for a genetic disorder, Elliott’s troubling GI symptoms continued – leading CHOP doctors to discover he also had biliary atresia.

As a baby, Josie received a liver transplant. This began a 10-year journey that included bonding with her donor’s family and a generous gift to help future transplant patients.

As COVID-19 swept through Philadelphia, Briana’s biliary atresia worsened. She needed a liver transplant. CHOP safely performed the surgery. Now Briana’s future is bright.

After a liver transplant at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with his father as the donor, Alejandro is an active and energetic 5-year-old.

When Mya was an infant, her parents, Lissa and Jeff, learned she had biliary atresia and would eventually need a liver transplant. Here, Lissa shares the story of her daughter’s journey to a transplant at CHOP.

Born with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder, Carter was 9 months old when he received a life-saving liver transplant at CHOP.  

Chris has come a long way in the past year since he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a liver disease. He has been helped by the Biliary Atresia Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).