A Day in the Life of a Music Therapist
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Kathleen Summers, MA, MT- BC, has been a music therapist at CHOP since 2013. This is a day in her life.
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Clearing the Air on Adenotonsillectomy
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The Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial, led by Carole Marcus, MBBCh, evaluated the usefulness of adenotonsillectomy in reducing symptoms and improving quality of life for children with conditions related to obstructive breathing.
A Window into the Past
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a book authored by CHOP’s president and chief executive officer, Madeline Bell, features never-before-published images and stories Bell unearthed from the Hospital’s extensive archive collection.
Shining Lights
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CHOP’s first Season of Light campaign, which raised more than $950,000, encouraged people to give hope to families of sick children, bring healing to young patients, and honor the brave and beautiful kids we’ve lost.
CHOP’s Frontier Programs Are Pioneering World-changing Treatments
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The Lymphatic Imaging and Interventions Frontier Program and the Cancer Immunotherapy Frontier Program receive initial funding from CHOP to find new treatments for children with complex conditions.
Helpfulness, Multiplied
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A partnership between the Wawa Foundation and CHOP will allow the newly named Wawa Volunteer Services to deploy more volunteers in new and innovative ways to further assist patients’ families.
A Bank that Nourishes
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The recently opened Mothers’ Milk Bank at CHOP allows mothers to contribute, in an important way, to the health of other babies in the N/IICU whose mothers cannot produce enough milk.
CHOP Physician Honored with Distinguished Alumni Award
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The Alumni Organization at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia presented Stephen Ludwig, MD, with the 2016 Richard D. Wood Distinguished Alumni Award at a reception on June 6, 2016.
Question of the Month: May 2016
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Reach Out and Read program, which gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. How many books has the program given out since it began?
Question of the Month: March 2016
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Children from all over the world come to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for expert care they cannot receive in their home countries. How many different countries sent children to CHOP in 2015?