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Clearing the Air on Adenotonsillectomy

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Clearing the Air on Adenotonsilectomy

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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Mothers and Children outside CHOP in 1890s

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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City Lights up CHOP Blue for the Season of Light

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.

Helpfulness, Multiplied

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Volunteer Joe Glace entertains a patient

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.

CHOP Loses a Legendary Doctor, Mentor and Friend

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Dr Pat

Dr. Pasquariello, who passed away Aug. 29, spent his entire 54-year career at CHOP. For many years, “Dr. Pat,” as patients, parents and physicians-in-training called him, was the director of CHOP’s Main Campus primary care practice, caring for thousands of children and families, sometimes for multiple generations.

A Day in the Life: Transport Team

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Transport Team

Patti Larkin, RN, has been a nurse at CHOP for 32 years, including 21 in Transport. Her partner in the 9 a.m. shift, Rosa Morelli, RN, has been at CHOP for 2 1/2 years. This is a day in their life.

Ask Dr. Bell: In a Nut Shell

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Ask Dr. Bell

Peanut allergies are one of the most common causes of severe allergic reactions in the United States. The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial followed 640 children with a high risk of peanut allergy from age 4 to 11 months until age 5. Read about the trial and its findings.

Transformative Generosity

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Perelam Campus

Raymond G. Perelman has made a transformational $50 million gift to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that will fund pediatric research on a breathtakingly ambitious scale.