U.S. News Ranks CHOP Pediatrics No. 1 in Nation
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In its latest survey of U.S. medical schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Department of Pediatrics as no. 1 in the nation.
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In its latest survey of U.S. medical schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Department of Pediatrics as no. 1 in the nation.
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CHOP genetic research shows that higher body mass index (BMI) causes harmful effects on the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and inflammation.
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Donations from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance and the Hamilton and Finneran Families helps launch Penn Medicine/CHOP Center to improve research and care for Friedreich's Ataxia, a rare, degenerative disease.
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CHOP offers one of the nation’s premier programs to treated the severe allergy eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
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Oksana Jackson, MD, collaborated with physicians in Hungary and Ukraine to operate on children with complex cases of cleft lip and palate.
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A CHOP researcher co-led a large study that found 11 new genetic signals linked to blood pressure levels. Ten of these signals encode proteins that appear to be likely drug targets.
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The increase in centers performing fetal surgery for spina bifida — which was spearheaded at CHOP — led to the creation of a national task force to develop standards for care.
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CHOP’s newly-opened pediatric urgent care center in King of Prussia, PA, is the only after-hours urgent care facility in the area dedicated exclusively to children. CHOP opened its first urgent care center in Mays Landing, NJ, in 2013.
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CHOP is the first center to offer a comprehensive HLA typing test. Using new gene-sequencing tools, the new test will expedite donor matching and improve transplantation outcomes.
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Study by experts at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows twins who underwent fetal surgery for TTTS show normal neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 2.