Foundation Stories

While Julia’s diagnosis of a brain tumor was a shock to her family, the location and type of tumor meant surgery at CHOP was the only treatment she needed.

From gracing a magazine cover to writing for one, this former Fetal Heart Program patient aims to shake up the beauty industry and its view of scars.

When 17-year-old Maddie collapsed on the school athletic field, a quick-thinking staff member saved her life with an AED. Now she’s determined to save others.

One family shares their experience for parents who learn their child has a severe diagnosis before birth

Whenever a cancer patient like Max gets a fever, it’s an emergency. CHOP’s new hospital in King of Prussia will mean a closer ER for these frightening moments.

A tumor in the bones around her eye robbed Vanessa of her vision in one eye, but she showed strength and resilience dealing with treatment and long-term side effects.

In the midst of the pandemic, a family travels from Hawaii to Philadelphia for their daughter’s third open-heart surgery. Find out why.

For parents of children like Dandelion with chronic conditions, an ER in KOP will significantly reduce stress.