Patients with the identified variant may respond favorably to targeted treatment with a readily available anti-seizure medication.

CHOP experts presented six abstracts, including one abstract that won “Top Abstract,” at the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Annual Conference.

A new study has found that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) ages and exhausts immune cells, impairing their ability to fight off cancer.

More than 14 years after opening the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit, the world’s first birth facility exclusively for mothers carrying babies with known birth defects, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia celebrates its 5,000th delivery.

Our Division of Nephrology continues to grow, with several new team members. See below to meet our new fellows and advanced practice providers.

New cases of type 2 diabetes, when the body can’t use or make enough insulin, soared in kids during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn the signs and how CHOP can help!

The importance of intervening early is highlighted by the novel techniques available to prevent or delay hip dislocation in patients with cerebral palsy.

Meet three new division chiefs and more news and updates from CHOP.

Meet Kathleen J. Maguire, MD, an attending pediatric orthopaedic surgeon in the Division of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Performance Center at CHOP.

CHOP researchers have found that Enterococcus – an antibiotic-resistant, opportunistic pathogen – works together with C. difficile, reshaping and enhancing the metabolic environment in the gut so that C. difficile can thrive.