While awaiting a heart transplant, Spencer Rollins celebrates graduation at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford surrounded by family and health care teams.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health provides specialized and coordinated care for prematurely born children.
Child with very early onset IBD achieves remission with the help of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health IBD experts.
Stanford Children’s says yes to extremely difficult surgery, finding inventive ways to overcome roadblocks that often make transplant impossible.
Alessandra is back to soccer after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, thanks to her grit and her Stanford pediatric orthopedic surgery and rehab team.
Child with celiac disease embraces a healthier, happier life thanks to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health celiac disease experts.
Jennifer Alvarado is a remarkable young woman and BTS superfan who faced the challenges of a lung transplant with unwavering spirit.
Girl with rare neurological condition remains spasm-free after responsive treatment at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Hospital walls become playground for superheroes, bringing joy to young patients and staff.
Discover Ziyan Liu’s inspiring transformation from pediatric heart patient to author ‘Heartbreaker, Heartbroken’ a journey of resilience and creativity.
Days after life-saving transplant at Stanford Children’s, young fan surprised with tickets to the Big Game.
What brought them together was an evening of basketball; what they shared was survival—and the live-saving power of organ donation.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Microtia and Ear Canal Atresia clinic provides cutting-edge ear reconstruction and hearing implants in one, coordinated approach.
Christian Gomez’s health journey as a two-time liver transplant recipient riding at the 2026 Rose Parade to highlight the importance of organ donation.
How Stanford Medicine Children’s Health turned challenges into triumphs for a newborn with heart defects.
We spotlight the inspiring story of Nichara Holcombe’s unexpected health journey, marked by the birth of her preemie triplets and the exceptional care they received at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health performs first-in-world simultaneous lung transplant and chest wall expansion surgery on a young child.
Sophia is back to playing water polo with her high school team after a serious injury thanks to the Stanford Children’s orthopedics care team.
Hospital and network cardiology teams act quickly to save the life of a newborn with congenital heart disease.
Bone marrow transplant from mom helps Audrey go home after spending nearly two years in the hospital.
Josh’s positive attitude, family support, and Stanford care team helped him cope during a long battle with Ewing sarcoma.
Lung transplant patient Lizzy Highstreet was inspired by the care she received at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to pursue a career in health care.
Yujin’s knee injury didn’t sideline him for long, thanks to his sports medicine care team and his incredible work ethic.
Phoenix loves sports, and when she was hospitalized for a stem cell transplant, her PT and OT teams used virtual reality to help her stay active.
The San Francisco Giants and the Boston Red Sox met with a Bass Center patient after he finished his last round of treatment.
Meet a little girl with ultra-short bowel syndrome and see how far she’s come, thanks to specialized care and a devoted mother.
Among the tiniest NICU babies cared for at Stanford Children’s in 2006, this former micro-preemie is now college-bound to study aerospace engineering.
After tearing her ACL at only 9 years old, soccer star Elise needed a team with experience helping many young athletes recover.
Nora’s hard work and her Stanford care team helped her get back to basketball stronger than ever.
May is HSD Awareness Month to bring attention to a condition that affects as many as one in 10 people.
In honor of World IBD Day on May 19, we’re spotlighting a teenager who hasn’t let his inflammatory bowel disease hold him back.
Wade needed blood transfusions every three to four weeks to help combat the effects of beta thalassemia, until a stem cell transplant at Stanford cured him.
Recovering from two concussions in one year teaches teen patience and resilience. Sara lui, MD, Kirk Mulgrew, MD, and Cynthia Lee, MD, offer team approach on care for teen with concussion.
Celebrating multiorgan transplant recipients during Donate Life Month.
Celebrating National Donate Life Month at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Her pulmonary hypertensive crisis was so severe because it was accompanied by flash pulmonary edema, a sudden and severe accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
After arriving at Stanford Children’s in heart failure, 4-year-old Puuwai was fitted with a VAD, which temporarily impacted his mobility. Now, Puuwai is regaining his strength, one step at a time.
Dedicated care team and timing give a 6-year-old a second chance at life. Mikayla and her family are now raising awareness of the importance of donation in their own community.
Born without working intestines, Zeke Atchison got a new chance at a full life, thanks to our Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Program, the only multi-abdominal organ transplant center on the West Coast.
Stanford Children’s congenital heart surgeons save newborn with serious single ventricle heart defect.
When Jenny Tice got engaged, she knew exactly who she wanted to walk her down the aisle at her wedding: the transplant surgeon who saved her life.
Critical care, heart surgery, heart failure, and heart transplant experts act quickly to save boy’s life.
Heart surgeon combines unifocalization with innovative valve repair to save Oklahoma baby.
One mom wrote a book with the advice she got from her daughter’s Stanford Children’s care team to help other parents navigating a child’s cancer diagnosis.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s vast experience with ablation procedures makes a difference in Eian’s life.
In Fallon, Nevada, ATVs are a part of life. The rural desert community is proud of its hundreds of miles of dirt roads and trails for riding. On a warm spring day, 15-year-old Dakota Sullivan was on his ATV enjoying a ride when he hit a mile marker at high speed. The impact injured his neck and threatened his life. Against all odds, he is alive and well today to share his story.
After a shoulder injury and a growth plate injury, Ava is back to tennis and playing better than ever thanks to her determination and Stanford care team.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health provides the latest expert, research-driven care to children with bowel disease.
After receiving the gift of a new heart and lungs, Roza Saad strives to live a life that reflects the generosity of her donor.
Neurosurgery, trauma, and neurocritical care teams perform Christmas miracle by saving boy’s life after severe accident.
A patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford had the unique opportunity to design cleats for a San Francisco 49ers running back.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s NICU has become a pioneer in supporting NICU parents with a continuum of mental health support.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Epilepsy Center provides the latest treatments and loads of compassion for kids with epilepsy.
During National Prematurity Awareness Month, we’re sharing a story that proves that babies can have a bright future even if they are born too soon.
A Bay Area teen takes the national stage at the MLB-sponsored Pitch Hit & Run youth event and takes home the trophy.
A martial arts mom gets a one-two punch when she learns that she has a heart condition—and that she’s pregnant.
Max’s fighting spirit, supportive family, and Stanford care team helped him navigate type 1 diabetes and Burkitt lymphoma.
Child celebrates another “heart-aversary” after undergoing open-heart surgery nine years ago at only two months old.
The 39th annual NICU/ICN grad party set the stage for a heartfelt reunion between three premature siblings and their caregivers.
Stem cell transplant at Stanford Children’s helps Lila achieve remission and celebrate two years cancer-free.
Ryan Sathianathen has always been interested in science. But his journey as a childhood cancer patient propelled that interest into a dream to become a pediatric hematologist-oncologist.
After recovering, Lauren is running competitively and helping others who are considering the same surgery.
When Arizona Martinez walked into her recent gastrointestinal checkup appointment, her doctor couldn’t contain her surprise over what Arizona was wearing.
Needing a heart-lung transplant has not kept ToneeRose Legaspi from living a full life. She recently completed the final step in preparing for her dream career: becoming a librarian.
For one couple, the IVF journey to becoming parents made them realize how lucky they were.
Woman achieves 40-year anniversary of heart transplant with the same donor heart.
It was a dream come true for Jah’Seki as he stepped onto the field at Oracle Park during warmups to meet some of his favorite San Francisco Giants players. The 9-year-old is being honored after he received an intestinal transplant that gave him another chance at life.
Girl faces quadruple threat—a viral illness, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and a rare heart defect—and prevails.
Screening for autism, along with appropriate therapies and fully engaged parents helped Olivia get on track developmentally.
Medha’s Stanford care team has helped her bounce back stronger after multiple injuries and learn how to reduce her injury risk in the future.
A multispecialty Stanford heart team takes heroic measures to ensure a good outcome for a complex heart transplant.
Intestinal Transplant Program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health frees child from a lifetime of intravenous feeding.
Jaxon was diagnosed with nephronophthisis, a genetic disorder of the kidneys. Children who have this disease need a kidney transplant by the time they’re teenagers, as it eventually leads to kidney failure.
“Ocean was in dire need of a liver transplant,” says Carlos Esquivel, MD, pediatric transplant surgeon. “He was very ill and running out of time to wait for a compatible pediatric donor. We rarely get a pediatric donor. We had an offer for him from an adult donor that was his only chance for survival. We were able to use a small segment of the donated liver to save his life.”
A team of specialists supports boy with rare skin and neurological condition.
Nicholas DeHart was 8 years old when he decided to join his school’s band. He chose the clarinet, a wind instrument.
None of the treatments designed to fight Camille’s acute lymphocytic leukemia worked, until an innovative stem cell transplant at Stanford.
At 2 and a half years of age, Lewis had a pituitary gland that was working poorly and worsening vision. Then, fear of a new tumor developing near his hypothalamus triggered worry that Lewis would develop hypothalamic obesity. It was time to operate.
Serious infection damages boy’s lungs, but Stanford Medicine Children’s Health critical care doctors heal him over time.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health provides specialized heart care to give Judah the best possible outcome.
Elodie was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta—a rare heart defect that is present at birth but often does not create symptoms until later in life.
Lauren Adair loves the sport of Lacrosse – so much so that it was the first thing she worried about after being diagnosed with an AVM, or arteriovenous malformation.
Baby Garcia arrives early to celebrate the new year with parents.
Joseph Sanchez-Munoz is special. He has had three transplants—a kidney, liver and heart—at three different points in his life. And now, he’s honoring his donors on a national stage.
One of Santa’s favorite elf received a Berlin Heart, a ventricular assist device (VAD) that acts as an external heart pump attached by tubes, which sustains a child whose heart may be too weak to work on its own. Of course, this version was shrunk down to elf size.
Stanford Fertility and Reproductive Health Services helps couple overcome roadblocks to pregnancy.
Martin Alvarez’s case demonstrates why Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has the best three-year patient survival rate in the U.S.
The Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Stanford Children’s performed a highly complex brain surgery called a craniotomy for Isaac Diaz.
National Prematurity Awareness Month has a special meaning for two 24-year-olds.
Compassionate in-depth fetal counseling helps family make the best decision for them.
Today, teenage Grace is back to doing what she loves–singing–thanks to our advanced Voice and Swallow Program.
As a kid, Hannah was inspired by the nurses who cared for her brother as he battled a brain tumor, so she became one herself.
Meet the smallest baby to have been treated by our Preterm PDA Closure Program team.
After enduring six months of intense chemotherapy to treat his acute myelogenous leukemia, Pierce is back to an active life.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is the first-in-nation to offer a small jaw treatment other than surgery.
After battling high-risk leukemia for years, Emily is finally in lasting remission thanks to an innovative stem cell transplant.
Josh, a 24-year-old from Discovery Bay, California, has Danon disease—a rare genetic condition that weakens muscles in the body, along with the heart.
10-year-old Mason is swinging for the fences and raising awareness of the importance of organ donation.
Cystic fibrosis drug helps preteen avoid lung transplant.
After tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and half of his meniscus, 12-year-old Aiden worked hard to return to his elite club soccer team.
Ten years ago, Abigail Beutler was born without kidneys. Against all odds, she’s alive today to play with her Breyer horses, read her favorite Paul Revere adventure book, and challenge her brother in archery.
Nevaeh has a medical condition that limits her in many ways. Seeing the ‘Bejeweled’ singer in concert wasn’t one of them, thanks to a generous donor and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Joseph Sanchez-Munoz is the only child who has ever received three transplants from us, each at a different time in his life.
After a stem cell transplant, Austin suffered from puzzling symptoms, until a second opinion revealed he had graft-versus-host disease.
Getting her degree as a registered nurse is a dream come true for Misty Blue Foster. And she did so with the support of her caregivers at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
No one expects to get any sleep with a new baby. It takes a while for babies to settle into a sleep cycle, and they have to eat often. Yet these usual reasons are not what kept Katie and Ryan Bridge awake when their daughter Claire was just 4 weeks old. It was her noisy breathing.
A cardiac arrest prevents the heart from pumping effectively and causes it to stop. While it’s extremely rare in children, it’s also fatal, and people in cardiac arrest require treatment within minutes.
When Joseph and Devlin went for their wellness check at age 5, their pediatrician noticed that they were not gaining weight like they should. She suspected celiac disease—an autoimmune disorder that is genetically passed on within families.
After being treated at Packard Children’s as a child, Lauren Newman is back, helping kids get through similar experiences as a child life specialist.
Through a photo project, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health patient families shared their hospital experiences through their eyes.
If expectant parents Owen and Jamie Brennan had to guess who they’d be most closely in touch with soon after their baby was born, they wouldn’t have guessed a stranger who lived almost 700 miles away.
Zero signs of rejection despite her second intestinal transplant, thanks to advanced protocols and innovations at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
A rare genetic condition meant a lot of uncertainty for an unborn baby. A multispecialty Stanford Medicine Children’s Health team came together to find answers.
The program’s one-year and three-year success rates are 100%, which are unsurpassed despite caring for children with the toughest challenges.
Macy is sharing her scoliosis care story to inspire other girls who are diagnosed with scoliosis as preteens. She wants them to know that they will make it through. Her advice is to “just keep going week to week and focus on something you love to do, letting it carry you to the other side.”
An East Bay 8-year-old will soon need a kidney transplant. His parents were told they’re incompatible to donate to him, but an innovative program allowed his father to help.
Cate went from a broken leg to breaking records as a high school track star in a little over a year.
Ryan Chian life was saved in part by teen siblings Ian and Molly Hanaray.
Stanford fetal heart, heart surgery and CVICU teams come together to treat baby with uncommon heart defect.
Stanford Children’s heart doctors perform unifocalization to repair Hayden’s toF with pulmonary atresia and MAPCAs.
It started as a simple persistent wet cough, something Eloise (Ellie) McCloskey’s mom, Aubrey, noticed before spring break of second grade, and it quickly escalated from there. After a week in the hospital and an echocardiogram and tests, the family received the news. Ellie had dilated cardiomyopathy—a disease of the heart muscle—and her heart was slowly failing.
Sky Mattan Gopin is a miracle baby. He went from needing a heart transplant to near-normal heart function in just a few months’ time—without heart surgery.
A Stanford Medicine Children’s Health pediatric heart transplant patient is riding on the Donate Life Rose Parade float to raise awareness for organ donation. This is her story.
A core team of caregivers helped Scott Garman overcome injuries and achieve his dream of becoming a D1 diver.
Om, who was born very early, faced death and survived. Doctors don’t always know why one extremely premature baby makes it while another does not. But his parents know why Om survived.
Juliana Vidigal was just shy of 26 weeks pregnant when she started bleeding and feeling abdominal pain. She immediately called her neighbor, who gave her a ride to a nearby hospital in San Francisco. The news wasn’t good.
Stanford doctors provided specialized heart and ENT follow-up care for preschooler.
Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) Program supports families of babies with chronic health needs.
One minute Logan Schwaderer, age 11, was going to his little sister’s birthday party, and the next he was headed to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health for brain surgery.
Traejen spent hours a day on dialysis after a failed kidney transplant, until a new approach cured his FSGS and helped him get his life back.
Organ Donor Awareness Day with SF Giants.
Ever since Iliana had a fetal surgery, she has been defying the odds that often accompany her serious form of spina bifida.
Multispecialty clinical teams work together to save micropreemie.
Marlee, her parents, and Stanford doctors teamed up to fight stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma.
Mia had primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, but after chemotherapy and many hours of physical therapy, she’s off to college.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health gives kids with advanced pulmonary hypertension another option besides lung transplant.
Floating kidney resolved with minimally-invasive nephropexy surgery.
Mateo had acute lymphoblastic leukemia with mutations that made it hard to treat, so his Stanford pediatric oncologists tried a stem cell transplant.
At our aerodigestive center, we have a large multidisciplinary team—ENTs who intimately understand airway disorders, speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists who specialize in babies with swallowing disorders, pulmonologists who concentrate on aspiration, and gastroenterologists who understand reflux in the context of cleft.
R.J. Stephens is a high-performing athlete supported by a team of pediatric sports medicine specialists at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Shannon Ivarson and her 9-year-old twins, Whitney and Nolan, have a special history with Phil Sunshine, MD. Both generations were both treated by him and today, they are thriving.
The craniosynostosis team is made up of multiple pediatric specialists including neurosurgeons and plastic surgeons.
The Moore family of Concord, California, has set a record for having the most kids from one family receiving care at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. We couldn’t think of a nicer family to reach this milestone.
Asher Gerlach, age 6, is a special kid. Not only because he’s one of just 20–30 children in the world with an exceptionally rare genetic disease, according to medical literature, but also because he has a refreshing take on life.
Felix is the first infant to receive a live donor liver transplant that was removed laparoscopically from an adult donor on the West Coast.
Christian went from being hospitalized several times a year with asthma attacks to playing football, thanks to new medicine and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health experts.
Additional emergency care by Stanford ophthalmologists provide peace of mind for East Bay parents.
Pediatric Disease Center provides family with wrap-around care.
Highly specialized Complex Biventricular Reconstruction Program offers exciting alternative for kids with single ventricle hearts.
Pectus excavatum is a depression in the chest wall that affects approximately 1 in 400 children.
Two young boys got more than just a new kidney from the Pediatric Transplant Center—they got a friend for life.
Access to doctors within the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health care network saved the life and sight of a 2-month old baby.
Parents met with the liver transplant team and a month later she had transplant surgery.
Spondylolysis, a break in the spine, prevented Neill from playing sports. A second opinion led him to Stanford, surgery and a return to an active life.
Parents to 4-year-old Carter could never have known that a bump to his head during T-ball would lead to an unexpected discovery—a rare brain tumor.
Family finds patient-centered care at Stanford for toddler son with Down syndrome.
Stanford hospitals collaborated closely to provide deeply specialized care to expectant mom with heart condition.
Twins Mihika and Mishika Adlakha were born on a palindrome “Twosday” – 2/22/22 at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Novel heart-lung procedure gives toddler a chance at a full life. Heart team combines two highly complex specialties in an unique surgical procedure.
Stanford doctors use uncommon practice to save Becker muscular dystrophy patient.
When Jace Ward came to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to join a clinical trial for a novel therapy, he had been fighting a deadly brainstem tumor for more than a year. A group of Stanford scientists published data from the trial Ward joined.
Smallest baby at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to have heart stent placed for tetralogy of Fallot.
After powering through elbow pain due to osteochondritis dissecans, Jaiden got help from our experts.
Resilient teen becomes Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s legendary 500th heart transplant.
Branden Dever, SCH kidney transplant patient will ride atop the Donate Life float at the upcoming Rose Bowl parade honoring organ donors.
After fracturing a bone in her ankle, Paige turned to a team of sports medicine and rehab experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health—and not for the first time.
After tearing his meniscus during a basketball game, Branden turned to the sports medicine experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Patient partners with Stanford physician to deliver successfully after previous NH diagnosis.
A multidisciplinary team of Stanford experts came together to save Lorena and her baby after complications from COVID-19.
Repairing a baby’s pulmonary artery sling and congenital tracheal stenosis requires experience and interdisciplinary teamwork.
A diagnosis of Coffin-Lowry syndrome and monitoring by a team of experts puts a family at ease.
Since 1991, the hospital and health system have logged more than 6.1 million clinic visits, 2041 solid organ transplants, and 129,574 births.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is the first to provide this procedure in the country.
Family of teen was told she couldn’t be saved, but doctors at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health offered solutions.
With his Stanford PACT team’s help, a young man reaches rare milestone by living with a VAD for 10 years.
Our expert neonatologist-researcher and director of small baby-unit addresses the most common questions about the benefits of skin-to-skin care in this Q&A article.
Roza received a new pair of lungs, a new heart, and a new chance at life.
Shriya is one in a million. For starters, she’s a 9-year-old girl who will talk… Read more »
A full liver transplant was his best chance of survival.
Complex brain surgery cures severe epilepsy in 7-year-old boy.
Specialized teams serve as lifeline for parents of children with medically complex needs.
Since 7 years old, Reagan has braved dialysis, surgery, and even a kidney transplant to battle a disease called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
Baby born with a very rare condition received expert care culminating with a heart transplant from one of the best heart teams in the country.
A multidisciplinary approach pins down the best care for a complex, rare heart condition.
Quick-witted teen gets treated for a rare genetic heart condition, and arrhythmia by one-of-a-kind cardiology team at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
An inquisitive teenager and a determined cardiologist work together to treat a rare type of pediatric arrhythmia which required a different approach.
Music therapy helps family comfort their baby while spending time in the NICU at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Biliary atresia is a rare disease, occurring in about 1 in 12,000 U.S. births.
Young boy successfully treated for aplastic anemia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cali was born with gastroschisis, a birth defect where her intestines grew outside her body.
About 150 ERCP procedures a year are performed at LPCH, about 10% in infants.
Emiliana was born extremely early, when Christine was 23 weeks and three days pregnant—still in her second trimester.
A spirit of cooperation drives care and research at Packard Children’s.
Persistence, teamwork, high-tech imaging, and surgical advances help 10-year-old boy leave his disabling seizures behind.
Stanford Medicine Children’s brings team-based care and new treatments to patients with sickle cell disease.
Even successfully treated congenital heart defects require lifelong monitoring and specialized treatment.
Packard Children’s Hospital is one of the few medical centers that can offer EXIT procedure.
Two days a week, Stanford Medicine Children’s patients with scoliosis—most of whom are teen girls—are treated by all-women team of doctors and nurses.
Critical Care Transport Expanded to East Bay
Telehealth visits and at-home monitoring made it possible for a teenager to be diagnosed and treated for a heart condition with minimal personal contact.
Doctors team up to help infant with tongue-tie.
Sports medicine experts helped Thomas recover from osteochondritis dissecans and return to basketball.
Due to COVID-19 extra protocols were taken in the operating room, including N-95 masks and extra PPE.
After fighting lymphoma at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, a teenager uses her Make-a-Wish to give back to other patients.
Four sets of twins are born in the span of 32 hours at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
In the age of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Stanford Medicine Children’s Health has been… Read more »
Care teams work to ensure safe, quality care during a global pandemic.
A unique Stanford team helps families tackle the financial, logistical, and emotional challenges of caring for their medically complex children.
Claire has cystic fibrosis, but new treatments that attack the disease at the genetic level are helping her live a full life.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is home to one of a small number of programs in the country that offer expert, multidisciplinary care for complex craniosynostosis patients.
A determined mom fights to find lifesaving treatment for her son’s Williams syndrome.
A quick diagnosis by doctors at Pediatric Group of Monterey and LPCH lead to a complete recovery for an infant with a rare case of botulism.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Aerodigestive and Airway Reconstruction Center uses collaborative, multispecialty approach to get to root of puzzling symptoms.
Innovative Ozaki valve repair technique reverses heart failure and improves functioning.
Patient with rare heart disease thrives thanks to a fighting spirit and a highly knowledgeable care team.
Not the youngest, but possibly the smallest baby in the nation to receive an ICD.
Treating lower urinary tract obstruction in the womb helped get Kaleb to a transplant and an active life.
We checked in with formerly conjoined twin sisters Eva and Erika Sandoval, who in 2016 were surgically separated at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Fetal surgery gives a baby with spina bifida the best chance at a healthy life.
Teamwork helps teen survive rare cancer.
Nurses remember those who found strength in the Bass Center as they move to a new space.
Stanford researchers seek to demonstrate how parents talking can influence healthy development in preterm babies.
Doctors used an innovative approach called high intensity focused ultrasound to remove a tumor called an osteoid osteoma without surgery or radiation.
Seventeen-year-old Irika Katiyar is a fierce squash player, Bollywood dancer and singer. She plans to become a doctor after going to college.
Raquel Nieves, MD, talks about caring for children with Down syndrome or other special needs from both a professional and personal perspective.
Doctors diagnose and repair sunken chest using Nuss procedure with 3-D imaging and ESP block for pain, minimizing exposure to radiation and recovery time.
Rider is running and playing after surgery and bracing to treat his clubfoot.
First responders involved in resuscitating a teen girl following her sudden cardiac arrest were honored by members of Revive.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital saves limb of teen with complex orthopedic surgery and microvascular surgery with skin, bone and vein grafts.
NBC Bay Area Proud tells the story of a stranger who saved a two-year-old Packard Children’s patient in need of a kidney transplant.
A 4-year-old boy is alive today thanks to a complex life support machine and an exceptional transport team.
When Ryan Lion, MD, began his pediatrics residency at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford this summer, he already knew some of the doctors and nurses he would be working with. Ten years prior, they saved his life.
She donated the end-of-treatment bell to Packard Children’s. Seven years later, she’s working in the same unit where her daughter received care.
A condition that affects just seven children in the U.S. brings siblings Kruz and Paizlee Davenport to Packard Children’s.
Mathias had bilateral cleft lip and palate when both sides of his lip from his mouth to his nose were open along with the roof of his mouth or palate.
There’s a little superhero in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Brothers Ronnie and Levi Dogan were born with a very rare condition called IPEX syndrome. Packard Children’s was the first in the U.S. to offer a unique stem cell transplant they would both need for survival.
Stanford University graduate and cystic fibrosis patient Mallory Smith lived life vibrantly until her death at age 25. She left behind a memoir, “Salt in My Soul – An Unfinished Life,” that reveals much about hope, love, care and chronic illness.
Hana, a heart patient at Packard Children’s, and her family meet the family of Leo, her heart donor.
Jase is now breathing better after battling bronchopulmonary dysplasia and surfactant dysfunction.
A Wyoming family’s search for answers to their daughter’s frequent seizures led them to experts at Packard Children’s.
Donate Life Month: Families share the challenges and victories of awaiting organ transplant.
Four teams of young wheelchair basketball players took to the court at Stanford’s Arrillaga Family Recreation Center last month.
Two-year-old Cru Silva comes out swinging against retinoblastoma as we celebrate how we help kids with cancer heal.
Kirsten Brown is no ordinary teenager. This 16-year-old is a heart transplant patient, a stroke survivor – and a Nike patient-designer with a powerful message of hope and inspiration.
11-year-old Lizzy was able to receive a life-saving transplant thanks to improved technology and Stanford expertise, along with her own determination and an extraordinary community of support.
One year ago on December 9, we moved 90 patients into our brand new Main… Read more »
In her own words, a transplant patient’s personal essay: “I am the girl with a history of restrictive cardiomyopathy.”
After being diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans and undergoing surgery on her knees, Avery is on the mend and hopes to be running again soon.
Seven-year-old Ikkei Takeuchi likes to say he has two birthdays, the day in April when… Read more »
We recently checked in on the Sandoval twins of Antelope Valley, California. The girls, Erika and Eva, who are now 4-years-old, are smiling big as ever — with good reason!
One family’s story of spiritual care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
NBC’s “Bay Area Proud” featured Claire’s inspiring story on November 1, 2018: “Days after final… Read more »
A heart-warming reunion at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford between neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse Vilma Wong and one of her former patients has gone viral!
“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do…” The recognizable Cops theme song is going to… Read more »
Following two complex surgeries for a rare tumor, 16-year-old Lucca is paying it forward with his “Pack It Up for Packard” art supply drive.
Lola is happy and healthy at 8 months after undergoing open heart surgery for a congenital heart defect.
Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants stopped by to visit with patients undergoing treatment in our Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases.
For most of her life, Alyssa Davilla has only been able to communicate a handful of feelings and phrases. But this is all changing thanks to a new app.
A father shares his son’s story and gratitude for the cleft and craniofacial care team.
Celiac disease is an inherited autoimmune disorder that affects the digestive process of the small intestine, which is connected to the stomach.
Families and physicians seeking answers to the medically unknown turn to genomics experts to unlock secrets hidden in genes.
When Ben Thornton wheeled onto the court for the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program’s youth wheelchair basketball West Coast Conference Championship at Stanford, it was a game he was certain to play with heart — the same heart, in fact, that he received at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford nearly 12 years ago.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is using the innovative ROSA™ technology to help children suffering from prolific seizure disorders.
The Hospital School provides four hours of class every day for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, taught by accredited teachers.
An ambulance rushed Dane to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. At four-pounds Dane Conrads was the smallest transplant the team had ever done.
The Nye family spent years chasing a diagnosis for Tessa, who experienced hundreds of seizures a day, but doctors found no genetic cause for her disorder.
11-year-old Ty Whisler stood before the Stanford men’s basketball team as the honorary captain for their rival game against Oregon.
A rare heart support helped middle-schooler Ziyan Liu survive to transplant with a single ventricle heart.
For Oakland Raiders cornerback TJ Carrie, Valentine’s Day has a special meaning – it is the anniversary of his open-heart surgery to repair what doctors describe as a one-in-a-million heart defect.
Meet the Riccomini family whose son Anthoney was battling tracheomalacia, a patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Aerodigestive Center.
Ninety-one patients were safely transferred to the new Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford expansion in a carefully orchestrated move.
On Saturday, MSNBC aired a two-hour documentary called “Heartbreak: Saving the Binghams”.
For Lydia, the impending opening of the new hospital brings back special memories, which ABC Bay Area highlighted in a recent story.
Nick Norcia loves sports, especially hockey. But the Leigh High School senior is especially thankful to be back on the rink after battling leukemia.
When they are not hopping, both girls are scooting quickly around on three limbs, playing and talking with gusto, and expressing themselves as individuals.
19-year-old patient Nate Dennis-Benford gears up to run the 5th annual Omar’s Dream Foundation 10K Run on October 15.
Meet the Muñoz family with 4-year old Jack, a patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Aerodigestive Center.
Kora has early onset scoliosis (EOS), a severe spinal curvature that occurs when vertebrae develop incorrectly in utero.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month brings attention to deadly genetic disease — and a new treatment bringing hope for families.
Mathias was born at Packard Children’s eight years ago, and he spent the first month of his life in the NICU receiving treatment for his multiple congenital anomalies.
Christy was born with a type of congenital heart disease known as tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.
When 9-year-old David Diaz was wheeled into surgery for a double-lung transplant, he had an advantage almost no one in his situation has: his sister had the same rare surgery just three years earlier.
Anna Davis has had more than 50 casts in her under 10 years due to clubfoot. Dr. Gamble, pediatric orthopedic specialist, has helped her through the challenges of treatment for the condition.
Karina Barger and her husband David Goldman noticed something unusual with their 2-month-old son Bobby. He was consistently looking to the left and couldn’t bring his eyes to look straight ahead.
Brayden McQuillan, now 3 months old, had a ventricular assist device implanted on his 18th day of life to help his failing heart pump blood.
Kenyati Thompson Jr. is returning to his life in Bakersfield, California, after recovering from a sudden, nearly fatal cardiac arrest at his school.
An avid basketball player, Chris loves the Golden State Warriors and can spew out player statistics at any moment. But physiologically, Chris is very unique.
Early Wednesday morning, after 512 days on the transplant wait list, 8-year-old Gage Bingham became the third child in his family to receive a new heart.
Christopher Castillo and Lani Lasconia had been acquaintances since childhood, but could never have imagined how their paths would cross in adulthood to help save Lani’s daughter, Cyehnna.
Formerly conjoined twins Eva and Erika Sandoval are one step closer to going home. The 2½-year-old sisters, who were surgically separated on Dec. 6, moved from Palo Alto to UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento.
Marissa Eustaquio’s case was a mystery. After a strong recovery from heart surgery as a child, she’d been active for years, enjoying dancing, hula, gymnastics, running, and bike-riding.
Joey was born with several congenital heart defects, including a large ventricular septal defect (VSD), severe Ebstein’s Anomaly, and a coarctation of his aorta.
Formerly conjoined twins Erika and Eva Sandoval, who were separated December 6 are making good progress on learning to live as two people.
The youngest of five kids in the Bingham family, 8-year-old Gage is the third of his siblings to suffer from a life-threatening heart failure condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy.
In July 2013, 14-year-old Milan Gambhir – who had been a healthy child – was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive and incurable brain tumors: glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
One mother shares why the palliative care program has become a staple in her whole family’s care plan.
When you are a kid and you’re sick, you go to the pediatrician. If you have a chronic medical condition, as in my case, you establish a team of pediatric specialists who can provide for your health issues on a consistent basis throughout your childhood.
What was meant to be a trip to Disneyland in late summer 2015 turned to tragedy. Now, more than a year following the horrible car accident that changed their lives forever, the Liu family of Beijing is bringing their little girl home.
We introduced Hana Yago a few months ago when she was awaiting a heart transplant. Today, the Yago family of San Francisco are one step closer home and leaps and bounds closer to their “new normal.”
“This is awesome!” Exclaimed nine-year-old Joshua Gomez, as he listened to his favorite song at his appointment at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Ear Clinic in Palo Alto on July 21. “Awesome” because he is now able to hear it more clearly than ever before.
On the heels of his preschool graduation, 4-year-old Tyler Briend kicked off his summer vacation by traveling to Washington D.C. to speak with lawmakers about improving health care access for kids like him – patients living with complex medical conditions. Tyler, a patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and his parents made the trip as part of Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Day, sponsored by the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA).
When Elijah Olivas’s hand was severed in a car accident, dozens of experts from our pediatric trauma team coordinated to perform 20 hours of life- and limb-saving surgery.
Physician’s assistant, Melanie Merrill-Kennedy, adopts Pochie, a liver transfer patient under her care.
April is Donate Life Month, and 14-year-old Sina Sulunga-Kahaialii of Hawaii is living proof that organ donation saves lives. She recently received a kidney transplant at our hospital due to chronic renal failure.
Giving birth to her first child was a surreal experience for Tawny Aye — and not the way it is for most mothers.
Thanks to the power of social media, Denver Broncos star Vernon Davis answers a cancer patient’s wish.
Linda Luna was five months pregnant with her first child when she got the bad news: Ultrasound scans showed a deadly defect in her baby boy’s heart. He had a 90 percent chance of dying before or just after birth. But thanks to a groundbreaking treatment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, two-month-old baby Liam, who just went home to San Jose last week, is beating those odds.
Young, athletic girls like Aminah Carter, 8, are being treated for sports injuries typically associated with adults and professional athletes.
Dateline NBC presented their 2nd national broadcast looking at the personal and medical journey the Binghams have faced, along with the many challenges ahead.
What should have been one of their family’s happiest moments quickly turned somber as they feared the seriousness of Wyatt’s condition. The dermatology team suspected it could be a skin disease, but they couldn’t know for sure. Wyatt needed to be transferred to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Recently, the Loh family, originally from the Bay Area, was in town for their annual visit from Shanghai to check in with son Elliot’s care team. They reflected on the experience of traveling across the world to give their son the best treatment possible.
The Wang family is truly one in a million.
Our implantable cardioverter defibrillator team provides lifesaving support for young people like Reina Villarreal, who suffers from an abnormal heart rhythm.
Lauren Catron, 26, credits the specialists at the Pulmonary and Cystic Fibrosis Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for keeping her alive.
A Salinas teen faced a heart defect that could lead to sudden death, so our Heart Center leads the way in fixing a defect more common that most doctors realize.
Jordan Ervin, 6, had 26 areas of blood flow blockage from his heart to his lungs. Surgeon Frank Hanley repaired all of the blockages in one marathon surgery.
Doctors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health have proven that cochlear implants in deaf children with developmental delay can help them from falling further behind their peers.
On Sunday, February 8, dozens of patient families with children that have congenital heart disease gathered to celebrate lives saved and CHD Awareness Week (2/7/15 – 2/14/15).
Less than one month after reading about “stealth surgery” online, Jennifer traveled cross-country for an innovative surgery that helped her turn the corner from a painful past toward a brighter future.
East Bay mom says she was told to consider terminating high-risk pregnancy, so she sought a 2nd opinion at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, where the baby was saved.
ABC 7’s Lilian Kim reports on heart transplant recipient Lizzie Johnson, 14, and her family, about receiving the ultimate gift for Christmas this year, a new heart and a second chance at life.
Thanks to a new Pediatric Interventional Radiology program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, the first of its kind in the Bay Area, kids can often forgo anesthesia and, in some cases, surgery for many of their treatments.
Lizzy Craze, 32, is the only heart transplant recipient in America, and likely the world, to survive 30 years with the same donor heart she received as a toddler.
A San Jose teen and wrestling champ has regained full function after a complex surgery on his leg and back.
When parents of baby Isla found out at 16 weeks of pregnancy that their baby had a heart defect, atrioventricular septal defect, or AVSD, they traveled from the UK to the US to get help from pediatric surgeon Dr. Frank Hanley and cardiologist Dr. Stafford Grady.
Siblings Dominic and Julia Faisca had a rare kidney disease that stunted their growth. Thanks to our top-ranked transplant teams, the kids are now back home in Hawaii and “growing like weeds,” according to their doctor.
The moment Vanessa Garcia of Hollister, Calif., was born in 1985, doctors knew that the two gaps in her top lip and the division of her upper gums would make it impossible for her to eat.
A Minnesota doctor diagnosed Katie Grace, now 12, with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension “IPAH,” at only 5 years old, and didn’t expect her to live. But the spunky lover of swimming beat the odds of that diagnosis, and received a rare heart-lung transplant in June.
Doris Diaz battled with severe cystic fibrosis. After her double lung transplant, Doris is able to take deep breaths for the first time in her life.
A gastroenterologist diagnosed teen with a swallowing disorder in which tight muscle fibers in the lower esophagus prevent food and liquids from passing
Back home at the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestine, 6-year-old Hadi Alkhadra has had to crawl or be carried by his parents his entire life.
In 2005 13-year-old Monica Datta joined several other young people in undergoing MRIs as part of a research study at Stanford University. Unlike everyone else, Datta’s unexpectedly revealed a spot in her brain that nobody had known about.
Elizabeth Rodriguez-Garcia was nearly six months pregnant when she arrived at a routine ultrasound in July 2013. It would be the first baby, a boy, for Elizabeth and her husband Salvador Alvarez.
A liver tumor for 5-year-old Finn might have required a transplant, but our doctors had a better plan.
Shelby Scott, age 10, has a lot in common with Stanford senior forward, Shelby Payne. Together, their examples give kids with type 1 diabetes hope for a very bright future.
Specialists from our Brain, Behavior and Neurosciences Center discuss the signs, symptoms and safest care for concussions—and why girls’ rates are rising.
13-year-old Jaden is finally migraine-free, thanks to collaboration between Packard Children’s and California Pacific Medical Center.
After years of treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia, 12-year-old Grace Chen is disease-free and making her mark through her game.
The Finlen family of Salinas is feeling pretty lucky today. Their newborn triplets, born at… Read more »
This Wednesday, June 5, at 8 pm, Dateline NBC will present the fascinating story of the Bingham family’s medical journey at Packard Children’s. It should be one of Dateline’s most talked-about programs of the year.
To care for her daughter, Lori Vargas first had to care for herself: a diet and fitness regimen helped her qualify to be a living organ donor. She lost close to 40 pounds – and saved her daughter’s life.
In the history of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Misty Blue Foster is remembered as a… Read more »
The first-ever “Kicking for Miracles” event, hosted by World Class Tae Kwon Do in San… Read more »
Karina Gomez’s daughter, Kassaundra, was born in 2002 with a rare and life-threatening cardiac abnormality. At just 2 days old, Packard heart surgeons attached a tiny pacemaker to one of the two lower chambers, or ventricles, of her heart. Five months later, it was replaced it with a more advanced device wired to both ventricles.
A kidney tumor sent Brandon to Packard Children’s when he was just 17 months old and a recurrence brought him back when he was 2. Today Brandon is a happy, healthy 11-year-old with no signs of cancer.
In September, when Jax Cannon was 17 months old, a household accident severed three branches of his facial nerve and paralyzed part of his face.
In jackets and ties, party dresses and heels, more than 125 young patients and their… Read more »
It’s been more than seven years since Cole Rossi was cured of a rare brain cancer. The tumor and therapy left him with low levels of growth hormone, double vision, and physical weakness. He remains on hormone treatment and gets MRIs twice a year. He sees an oncologist every six months and a neurologist every other year.
Noah Jackson was born without a voice. Because of a rare genetic disease, his airway… Read more »
Born with a congenital heart malformation, Maggie’s daughter, Grace, found her place in the hearts of the physicians, surgeons, nurses, and staff who helped her grow into a normal healthy childhood.
Ongoing chemotherapy means that 8-year-old Luke O’Moore of Los Gatos cannot take part in his beloved BMX races. So members of the northern California BMX community came together to organize an exciting pro-am racing series and fundraiser in his honor.
Katie Jo Shuman pitches for her school’s softball team, and loves basketball and soccer. She also has an artistic, entrepreneurial streak: One of her hobbies is designing and selling jewelry for good causes.
Caitlin Burns was born with an immune deficiency and pseudo-obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, a life-threatening condition that prevents the normal movement of food through her intestines. Packard specialists have been caring for her since she was an infant.
In an extremely rare three-day series of transplants in May, three young adults received new hearts at the Children’s Heart Center at Packard Children’s, including an extraordinarily uncommon double-organ heart and liver transplant.
“There’s nothing like having a bond with someone else who knows exactly what you’re going through.”
Angelina and Angelica Sabuco are running around, making new friends, and looking forward to their 3rd birthday party in August—their first as two separate little girls. “That is a great birthday gift!” said their mother Ginady Sabuco. “They love to run around, go out, and play with other children now.” It’s hard to believe that a short while ago, these same two girls were struggling to even walk and faced an uncertain future.
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