Transplant nurse practitioner Sonya Lopez reflects on her 30-year career with CHOP and the Pediatric Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Program’s milestone of 500 transplants.

CHOP credits the milestone in part to its involvement with the National Kidney Registry through a partnership with the Penn Medicine, which provides CHOP access to a large pool of potential living kidney donors.

Meet Kim Olthoff, MD, FACS, Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program

Katsuhide Maeda, MD, PhD, has been appointed the Surgical Director for the Heart Failure and Transplant Program and the Lung Transplant Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Four-year-old Zach Reesey received a second chance at life through a heart transplant.

Through the National Kidney Registry, CHOP has access to a large pool of potential living kidney donors, which is optimal for a child’s long-term health.

Read this case study about a patient who received a liver transplant at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) during COVID-19.

Decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, but return to school may be possible for majority of SOT children.

The Pediatric Transplant Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently instituted a number of new initiatives focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of care and supporting the long-term health of our kidney transplant recipients.

Information about the importance and timing of vaccines before and after a solid organ transplant.