Dr. Andrea Braccia of Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II, Napoli (Naples), Italy, hit pause on his studies and career at home to participate in a four-and-a-half-month long observership at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

CHOP had the opportunity to host Dr. Sargsyan for a 4-week observership in the Department of Radiology. In a conversation after her visit, Dr. Sargsyan expressed extreme gratitude for being able to learn while observing CHOP physicians.

A letter written by Dr. Weike Ma, MD, Associate Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Shenzhen Children's Hospital in Shenzhen, China.

The Lactation Department of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers a bi-annual internship to individuals who are preparing to take the International Board Lactation Consultant Exam.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Clínica Alemana de Santiago in Chile celebrated an outstanding 22 years of institutional relationship and professional development.

Dr. Tirunesh Busha and Dr. Tihut Teshome traveled to CHOP from Ethiopia in September of 2023 for a three-week observership in General Anesthesiology.

CHOP’s Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine hosts international visitors to share best practices in caring for vulnerable pediatric patients.

The experiences international observers have at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia allow clinicians from countries across the globe to make incredible changes in their own countries. 

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to facilitate enhanced international collaboration and further propel the quality of medical education, research, and patient experience within the UAE.

International observerships, which were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, officially resumed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in July 2021 when we welcomed 11 healthcare professionals to our program.