Foundation news
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Opens the Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care
A generous donation of $3 million by the Justin Ingerman Foundation will help launch the next generation of services and care for CHOP’s internationally recognized Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT).
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Establishes Morgan Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Peter Mattei, MD, attending pediatric surgeon in the Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery at CHOP, is named the inaugural holder of Morgan Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery.
CHOP Unveils Interactive Robot to Patients and Families
New robot will be programmed for entertainment and patient education purposes, offering an alternative mode for interaction and learning.
Significant Donation Will Transform CHOP’s Center for Lymphatic Imaging and Interventions
CHOP recently received a generous gift from Mark and Jill Fishman that will help transform the Center for Lymphatic Imaging and Interventions and the Center for Families.
The Joy in Childhood Foundation Grants Facility Dog to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The facility dog will bring joy and animal-assisted therapy to patients and their families at CHOP. CHOP is one of nine premiere children’s hospitals nationwide to be awarded a Dogs for Joy grant.
Cancer Coping through Yoga
Integrative Health at CHOP offers a unique yoga program to help cancer patients cope with treatment.
‘C’ Is for Compassion
Sesame Street turned to CHOP’s Homeless Health Initiative to help raise awareness of the increasing number of children experiencing homelessness.
‘I Can See It!’ — From Idea to Astonishing Result
Find out how a bold idea led to an astonishing cure for a certain childhood blindness, and learn about the future of gene therapy to treat children, like Hannah.
A Day in the Life of a Registered Dietitian
Melanie Savoca has been a registered dietitian in the Department of Clinical Nutrition for 11 years. This is a day in her life.
Once Conjoined, Now Thriving: Abby and Erin Delaney
See how the conjoined twins separated at CHOP in 2017 are thriving, thanks for the meticulous planning of their surgical team at CHOP.