Earlier this month, thousands kicked off the Philadelphia Auto Show at the PA Convention Center and attended the Black Tie Tailgate, held by the Auto Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADAGP) and Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation to benefit CHOP’s Nursing and Clinical Care Services Department.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced today that it has received $150,000 in funding from TD Bank to support and expand the hospital’s Medical Financial Partnership (MFP).

Last week, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in partnership with Audacy Philadelphia, raised more than $245,000 for our Child Life, Education and Creative Arts Therapy Department at the 22nd annual BIG 98.1 Loves Our Kids Radiothon.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has received a $300,000 grant from Rite Aid Healthy Futures to expand the impact of Healthier Together programs focused on healthy food access. Healthier Together will partner with the Garden at the Nicolas and Athena Karabots Pediatric Care Center in West Philadelphia, Medical Financial Partnership and Family Justice Partnership.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel) and LYFGENIA™ (lovotibeglogene autotemcel), the first two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease  in patients 12 years and older with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs). 

In 2016, our 8-year-old son Justin was airlifted to CHOP for emergency brain surgery. It hit us out of nowhere. When his sister and brother visited, Child Life came in with things like Legos and Play-Doh to distract them from his scary head wrap and get them to just play together. It took the fear out of the room.

Protecting teens’ brains while they play competitive sports.

The innovative Food as Medicine program bring food and nutrition education to families facing food instability.

CHOP’s Culinary Medicine program develops recipes that can help ease physical symptoms or otherwise improve children’s health.

A Q&A with Tami Benton, MD, who has led the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences since 2010.