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H. Jorge Baluarte, MD, spent his six-month sabbatical in Peru sharing protocols used at CHOP with pediatric nephrologists to help improve care for children with kidney disease.
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The Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit launches Point-of-Care Neonatal Ultrasound program.
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The Neonatal Neurocritical Care Program at CHOP provides coordinated ongoing care for infants who are born with, or at risk for, neurologic disease, damage or brain injury in effort to maximize each child’s developmental potential.
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Highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration represented by the Neonatal Neurocritical Care program, this case follows the care of a full-term female infant with a rare congenital vascular disease.
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Sawako Miura, MD, a junior resident with the educational observership program sponsored by the Japanese Medical Society of America, notes the differences in care strategies between CHOP and the hospital she works at in Sendai City, Japan.
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As more children present with skin lesions that may have potential for malignancy, CHOP has formed a team to provide a consistent, multidisciplinary approach to evaluation and care.
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Arriving at a diagnosis and deciding on a treatment plan for HLH is a complex process. The newly formed HLH treatment team at CHOP helps physicians order the right tests, interpret the results, and plan treatment.
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Ninety percent of patients with ALL who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies went into remission after receiving an investigational personalized cellular therapy, CTL019.
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Researchers rarely use the word "cure" when studying a rare disease with no approved therapies. At the Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence, the word "cure" is now in the lexicon.
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In early April, three staff members from University Children’s Hospital of Cracow (UCHC) spent five whirlwind days at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.