I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Kwaku Ohene-Frempong. Professor Kwaku Ohene-Frempong passed away just after 9 PM ET on Saturday, May 7, 2022. He died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones after a 6-month battle with aggressive cancer.

Women at our hospital are making breakthroughs that are transforming children’s lives – and changing the world. In honor of Women’s History Month, “Women Leading the Way” is a five-episode series of our CEO Madeline Bell’s podcast, Breaking Through. She talked with five women doctors and scientists from CHOP about their groundbreaking work. Hear from Susan Furth, MD, PhD, Holly L. Hedrick, MD, FACS, Diva D. De León-Crutchlow, MD, MSCE, Marni Falk, MD, and Denise Adams, MD. Browse all of the Breaking Through episodes today.

This month, we’re featuring the Primary Care Essentials series. Experts in the Division of Adolescent Medicine provide learning pearls on common adolescent medicine topics, such as screening for sexually transmitted infections, initiating contraception, and collecting a psychosocial history. These videos can empower providers to manage common adolescent medicine concerns in a primary care setting.

This month, we’re featuring the Pediatric Partners COVID-19 Town Hall delivered on August 19, 2021. Infectious Disease and Cardiology experts from CHOP including Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH, Matthew Elias, MD, and Paul A. Offit, MD detail pediatric challenges to be faced this fall and winter. This update will also include a comprehensive review on recent variants and spread, vaccines, trials, immunity and boosters.

This month, we’re featuring the CHOP Home Care Ventilation Program, created to support the education of caregivers for the transition of complex ventilated patients from the inpatient setting to home. The target audience for this training is caregivers, parents and private duty nurses who support patients on home ventilators.