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Celebrating Milestones: Sonya Lopez's 30-Year Journey and CHOP's 500th Kidney Transplant
Transplant nurse practitioner Sonya Lopez reflects on her 30-year career with CHOP and the Pediatric Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Program’s milestone of 500 transplants.
CHOP performs record setting living donor kidney transplants in a fiscal year
CHOP credits the milestone in part to its involvement with the National Kidney Registry through a partnership with the Penn Medicine, which provides CHOP access to a large pool of potential living kidney donors.
CHOP Kidney Transplant Team Celebrates Milestone 500 Transplants
Our Kidney Transplant Program recently achieved an important milestone: 500 kidney transplants! Learn more about kidney transplantation here.
CHOP Researchers Validate Pediatric “Allergic March” in Large National Study
In the largest study of its kind, CHOP researchers have validated a population-level pattern of pediatric allergy development known as the “allergic march.”
Promising Use for Antibody Treatment for EoE
Two recent studies show dupilumab improves eosinophilic esophagitis symptoms and pathology for adolescents and young adults.
Large Study Identifies Risk Factors in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
A new study used electronic health record data to identify risk factors associated with kidney function decline in those with pediatric chronic kidney disease.
For Kids With Kidney Disease, Pediatric Expertise Is Key — But Not Always Close By
Dr. Sandra Amaral, attending physician in CHOP’s Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Program, led a study recently published in JAMA that found an association between dialysis facility ownership and access to the waiting list and transplant in pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease in the United States. The findings were covered in this Kaiser Health News article.
Getting Unstuck
Personalized therapeutic approaches for children with eosinophilic esophagitis are gaining ground at CHOP.
Mini Guts
Bench-to-bedside research supports GI innovation at CHOP.
Using FLIP to Study Motility Disorders in Children
CHOP researchers discover using FLIP in pediatric patients with achalasia significantly improves esophagogastric junction dysfunction and improves quality of life.