Two CHOP Patients with an Inherited Blindness Successfully Treated with Gene Editing
May 6, 2024
The findings from the clinical trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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How Vision Can Support or Delay Learning in a Child with Down Syndrome: Part 3
Mar 6, 2023
Once an individual collects visual input from their environment, they must organize, interpret, evaluate this information to make decisions about how to interact with their environment.
CHOP and COG Will Validate New Tool to Measure NF1-Related Progressive Vision Loss
Jul 15, 2021
CHOP researchers will use optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure vision changes associated with NF1-related optic pathway gliomas.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints New Ophthalmology Division Chief
Jul 1, 2021
Today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) appointed Gil Binenbaum, MD MSCE as Chief of the Division of Ophthalmology.
Fellows Corner: Savings Eyes, Savings Lives: A Multidisciplinary Effort
Jan 28, 2020
Learning to perform retinal examinations on extremely low birth weight babies is essential to pediatric ophthalmology.
Revised Criteria Lead To More Accurate Screen For ROP In Premature Infants
Jan 28, 2020
A multicenter group of 41 hospitals led by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has confirmed that an improved method for predicting retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was able to reduce the number of babies having invasive diagnostic examinations by nearly a third, while raising disease detection up to 100%.
Pediatric Aphakia And Where To Place An Intraocular Lens
Jan 28, 2020
In our busy CHOP Ophthalmology practice, we see many aphakic (an eye without the natural crystalline lens) children.
Partners In Preventing Eye Disease: Rheumatology And Ophthalmology
Jan 28, 2020
A 4-year-old boy presented to the emergency room reporting 2 weeks of right knee pain, swelling, and limping.
When Anisocoria Signals A Bigger Problem
Jan 28, 2020
A 10-month-old female infant was referred to the Neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a new-onset lid ptosis and pupillary miosis on the right side.
‘I Can See It!’ — From Idea to Astonishing Result
Jul 1, 2019
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.