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Brain Remaps Itself in Child with Double Hand Transplant

Dec 6, 2017

CHOP/Penn Medicine team is first to show massive cortical reorganization is reversible in a child.

No Gift More Precious

Feb 15, 2017

Read heartwarming transplant stories and the astonishing transformation transplant patients undergo.

Zion Harvey in the News

Aug 26, 2016

Local, national and international media outlets were once again inspired by Zion and his medical team. Check out the sampling of coverage that features Zion and his amazing story.

First Child to Undergo a Bilateral Hand Transplant Marks One Year since Surgery at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Aug 23, 2016

One year after Zion's hand transplant surgery, Children's Hospital shares an update on his progress.

Historic Double Hand Transplant

Jan 5, 2016

Zion Harvey received a double hand transplant at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — first child to undergo this procedure. Zion received OT and PT several times a day during his recovery.

Zion’s Story - Double Hand Transplant

Nov 30, 2015

By any measure, 8-year-old Zion Harvey has led an extraordinary life. At the age of 2, he developed sepsis, a life-threatening infection that led to the amputation of his feet and hands. The illness also damaged his kidneys and, two years later, Zion underwent a kidney transplant — receiving an organ donated by his mother, Pattie Ray.

World’s First Child to Receive a Bilateral Hand Transplant Returns Home from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Aug 26, 2015

Zion Harvey, the world’s first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant earlier this summer, was discharged from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) earlier today.

Surgeons Performing Hand Transplant Surgery

World’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child performed at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jul 28, 2015

Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.

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