Alumni Notes Winter 2019
Feb 21, 2019
Hear from four of our residents about how CHOP's Pediatrics Residency Program continues to grow and improve to better train the next generation of pediatrician leaders.
<p>Kyphosis is a forward curvature of the spine in the upper back, giving a child an abnormally rounded or “humpback” appearance. It is not caused by poor posture.</p>
Feb 21, 2019
Hear from four of our residents about how CHOP's Pediatrics Residency Program continues to grow and improve to better train the next generation of pediatrician leaders.
Feb 21, 2019
Dr. Cunningham writes about when and why should a muscle biopsy be considered in the evaluation of mitochondrial disease, and how to obtain a muscle biopsy.
Feb 21, 2019
Using the case of a 24-month-old African-American boy, Drs. Ganetzky and Goldstein discuss sideroblastic anemia and how it might be an indicator for multisystem mitochondrial disease.
Feb 12, 2019
Three new clinical research initiatives were selected to receive funding to support their research.
Feb 12, 2019
Herodes Guzman, MD, MPH, a first-year pediatrics resident and an MPA member, talks about what drew him to CHOP and what he appreciates most about CHOP’s culture.
Feb 11, 2019
This podcast explores the importance of routine neurodevelopmental assessments for children born with complex congenital heart disease (CHD).
Feb 7, 2019
A CHOP research leader received an award from the University City Science Center to help develop a new T-cell based treatment for a childhood cancer.
Feb 6, 2019
Using dynamic MRI to accurately assess function and a novel treatment approach can dramatically change clinical outcomes in patients with complex chronic disease and can alter expectations and disease progression.
Feb 5, 2019
A revolutionary technique called dynamic lung MRI (dMRI) allows clinicians to visualize the lungs as they move inside the body.
Jan 6, 2021
Van Nes rotationplasty surgery for osteosarcoma is a “functional amputation” in which the the foot is rotated 180 degrees on the vertical axis and the ankle becomes a functioning knee joint.