Department of Pediatrics News

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania revealed a powerful new bone marrow atlas that will offer the public a first-of-its-kind visual passport into the spectrum of healthy and diseased blood production.

Representing excellence across the breadth of academic medicine, the physician-scientists are among 100 active members across 50 institutions elected in 2024.

Data from this method could be used to discover how cancers are able to evade therapy and provide better insight into underlying tumor mechanisms.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has appointed Renata Arrington Sanders, MD, as Chief of the Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, effective October 1, 2023.

Joseph W. St. Geme, MD, Physician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Andrew J. Bauer, MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Thyroid Center and Professor of Pediatrics at CHOP, recently received accolades at the 27th Annual Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence during a reception held at the Penn Museum on February 1, 2023 by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

A new Mobile Health Unit brings care and more to adolescents in underserved neighborhoods.

The goal of this “deimplementation” study is to reduce risk while aligning practice with the best available evidence.

CHOP researchers have identified two proteins that could be used for a potential vaccine against nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium that can lead to death in children and adults.

The landmark TODAY2 study found that those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes during childhood and adolescence have a high risk of developing serious health complications by early adulthood.

Separation anxiety affects 3% of children and 8% of teens. Two CHOP doctors offer tips to help both groups better adapt to changing situations.