Study is largest to date to look at “real world” school conditions and how autistic children control their thoughts and emotions.

Outcome measurements revealed information about muscle weakness and differences between pediatric and adult patients.

Helen Ghanem, MD, is one of the hospitalists who will be caring for inpatients at CHOP’s King of Prussia Hospital. 

CHOP researchers have found that CPR with rescue breathing leads to better neurological outcomes in pediatric cardiac arrest, highlighting a need for education.

The findings also show that some of these genetic markers are shared with autism spectrum disorder, suggesting a possible connection.

CHOP recognized by Forbes magazine in two separate lists honoring companies and leaders.

Clement Ren, MD, MBA, joined the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine in July and will lead the Cystic Fibrosis Center.

The Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS) at CHOP has published a paper in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology that reports on the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales (CEFIS) it had created in the first few weeks of the pandemic.

According to a groundbreaking report released April 2021 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a 30% increase in reportable STIs from 2015 to 2019.

Early in my clinical training, I learned that as a clinician, treating diseases relied not only on my knowledge of pathophysiology and evidence-based medicine, but also on thoughtful evaluation and understanding of each patient’s unique social and environmental factors and the interactions with a patient’s race and ethnicity.