CHOP's primary care network extends far beyond our region — Starlin is being treated for anemia in a barrio in Consuelo, Dominican Republic through a CHOP Global Health program.

Using a portable ultrasound machine, Dr. Alexandra Vinograd diagnosed telescoping intestines in a 4-month-old girl in Liberia. A surgery helped save the baby's life.

In November 2016 a group of six CHOP employees traveled to the Dominican Republic to work with local health promoters and nurses.

Physical therapists from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia traveled to the Dominican Republic with gently used wheelchairs and walkers to help children with physical disabilities.

The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) TARGET Project is a large collaborative effort led by Stephen Hunger, MD.

A CHOP oncologist co-led an international study showing that an abnormal fused gene drives children’s brain tumors by using three different biological mechanisms. 

CHOP’s new Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine aims to harness and broadly share biomedical information to more quickly benefit child patients. 

Read a case study about a previously healthy 12-year-old boy presented to CHOP Urgent Care with fever and nonproductive cough.

A previously healthy 7-year-old male presented with a six-day history of fever, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting and jaundice. Read the case study.

The CFDT at CHOP has managed the care of more than 1,600 pregnancies prenatally diagnosed with lung lesions. Through this experience, the team has learned that the natural history and clinical spectrum of these lesions is extremely variable and requires meticulous prenatal diagnosis.