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Prom returned to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients and their guests celebrated “A Night in New York City.”
Packard Children’s hospital school celebrates 100 years of caring for young patients
Window cleaners changed into their secret identities as Batman, Flash, Mr. Incredible, and Spiderman, bringing a wave of smiles and joy to the little and big heroes inside.
Health care experts say vaccines are our superheroes when it comes to protecting people against highly contagious respiratory illnesses.
Through a photo project, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health patient families shared their hospital experiences through their eyes.
The critical care transport teams have more than 30 years of experience as mobile intensive care units at Stanford Children’s and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
The hospital’s annual Lunar New Year celebration was back in-person for the first time since the pandemic to ring in the Year of the Rabbit.
Fernando Hurtado, a social work resource coordinator at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, organized a toy drive to ensure that every patient in the hospital receives a special gift this holiday season.
From giant inflatable pumpkins to balloons, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health caregivers transformed the Dawes Garden into an interactive Halloweentown to bring patients and their families a spook-tacular celebration.
Having a child in the hospital is tough on any family. But imagine if you had to navigate this in an unfamiliar culture or English wasn’t your first language.
The annual Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford resumed outdoors in the Dunlevie Garden.
Jesus Cepero, PhD, RN, reflects on how his journey has taught him the benefits of workforce diversity for health care workers, hospitals, and, most important, for patients and families.
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.
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.
Felix is the first infant to receive a live donor liver transplant that was removed laparoscopically from an adult donor on the West Coast.
A $1 million gift from an anonymous donor will be providing a big boost to several key programs and initiatives supporting nurses and their patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Four families share the comprehensive and personalized support provided by care network physicians.
Two young boys got more than just a new kidney from the Pediatric Transplant Center—they got a friend for life.
Pectus excavatum is a depression in the chest wall that affects approximately 1 in 400 children.
Parents met with the liver transplant team and a month later she had transplant surgery.
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.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is the first to provide this procedure in the country.
A full liver transplant was his best chance of survival.
Complex brain surgery cures severe epilepsy in 7-year-old boy.
Biliary atresia is a rare disease, occurring in about 1 in 12,000 U.S. births.
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.
A spirit of cooperation drives care and research at Packard Children’s.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Aerodigestive and Airway Reconstruction Center uses collaborative, multispecialty approach to get to root of puzzling symptoms.
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.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital saves limb of teen with complex orthopedic surgery and microvascular surgery with skin, bone and vein grafts.
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.
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.
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.”
Sophie’s Place Broadcast Studio is up and running at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. The… Read more »
Whistles, smiles and laughter were in the air when players from the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters dropped in for a special visit to Packard Children’s.
Patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford celebrated Superhero Day on Wednesday, August 8. The hospital’s caped crusaders created a special day for the superhero patients receiving treatment at the hospital.
The Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discussed improving interoperability in health care with innovators from Stanford and Silicon Valley tech companies.
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.
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.
The Packard Children’s community opened its “Enchanted Tiki” doors to hundreds of patients and their families for an evening of tropical splendor.
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.
The Hospital School provides four hours of class every day for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, taught by accredited teachers.
6-year-old Effy Watson bounded on stage to help cut the ribbon at the official dedication of the new hospital, which will open its doors to patients on December 9.
How do you build the best children’s hospital? You start by asking patient families what they want it to include.
Innovative technology within the new hospital provides a remarkable modernization in our ability to care and cure.
Our new Sanctuary is meant to be used by all ages and faith traditions, providing a quiet refuge for prayer, meditation, or worship, or simply a place to step away.
We are proud to use the latest technologies and innovations to usher in a new era of pediatric care.
The Story Corner includes shelves loaded with books for all ages and soft, comfortable spots to sit and read, just a like a traditional library.
NICU grads visit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to reconnect with doctors and nurses.
19-year-old patient Nate Dennis-Benford gears up to run the 5th annual Omar’s Dream Foundation 10K Run on October 15.
The occasion recognizes winners of the Grace Awards, Excellence in Leadership, Gold ROSE awards, and employees celebrating milestone anniversaries.
We are adding 149 new patient beds in nearly all private rooms—so that families can stay together in a healing, comfortable space during treatment and recovery.
At every level, the lobby’s main elevator bank in the expanded Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford shows a deep commitment to recycling, sustainability, and the environment.
This week the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted an improvisational comedy program happening within our hospital school, which is fueling patients’ imaginations and bringing laughter and joy to their lives inside the hospital.
Silicon Valley is a hub for innovation — it’s not only home to the country’s most cutting-edge tech companies, but on a smaller scale, it is the birthplace of many “makerspaces”.
Child life specialists use age-appropriate education, preparation, and supportive activities to help normalize the hospital experience for children.
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.
Nine clinicians and ten teen patients along with their siblings opted to spend this past weekend trying out some new skills.
The Hospital School now has a new tool to help patients stay engaged — both in their lessons and with their peers.
Thanks to the power of social media, Denver Broncos star Vernon Davis answers a cancer patient’s wish.
The interpreter facilitates communication involving vital details of a patient’s care and helps navigate very complex conversations in our hospital’s often-complicated medical cases.
Patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital experience: An Evening at the Oasis
What is the most popular spot at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford? It’s the hospital train, a first-floor attraction that draws the young and the young at heart to gaze with wonder at the jolly train as it circles through a miniature version of a Monterey Bay-inspired town.
On Friday, Oct. 31, the hospital transformed itself into a Halloween playground for the young and the young at heart — complete with a haunted house, 50 different trick-or-treat stops and caregivers with costumes galore.
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