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CHOP Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

International campaign aims to improve the health of babies worldwide by educating the public about the important benefits of breastfeeding.

All-in-for-Kids Poker Tournament Raises More than 900K for CHOP

Proceeds support live-saving treatments pioneered at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

CHOP Celebrates 1000 Deliveries in Garbose Special Delivery Unit

Less than four years after opening the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit, the world’s first birth facility exclusively for mothers carrying babies with known birth defects, CHOP celebrates 1,000 deliveries.

Third Anniversary of the Garbose Special Delivery Unit

The first-of-its-kind delivery unit has delivered more than 750 babies diagnosed with birth defects before birth.

CHOP International Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Conference

More than 300 medical experts from around the world gathered in Philadelphia to discuss the most recent advances in prenatal diagnosis and treatment of birth defects.

Even the Sickest Babies Benefit From Breastfeeding

Nurses lead patient education program for mothers of newborns.

Families Across U.S. Attend 15th Annual Fetal Family Reunion

Over 200 children treated before they were born by CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, and their families, gathered to celebrate 15 years of hope.

Fetal Surgery Takes a Huge Step Forward in Treating Children with Spina Bifida

Performing fetal surgery for spina bifida can improve outcomes for children with this defect, according to research co-led by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Fetal Center Welcomes Two New Team Members

Two new physicians, including a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and a general, thoracic and fetal surgeon, join the team at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

Fetal Surgery Is Coming of Age

Maternal-fetal care is entering a new era. Highly sophisticated surgical teams now repair spina bifida and other birth defects in the womb, place fetal shunts to treat life-threatening congenital conditions, and perform minimally invasive procedures in the mother’s uterus to treat complications in fetal twins.

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