Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is the nation's first children's hospital, founded in 1855, and consistently ranked as one of the top children's hospitals in the United States. It is affiliated with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

CHOP is world-renowned for its cardiac surgery (pioneering the Fontan procedure), oncology, neurology, gene therapy, and rare disease programs. Its research institute is one of the largest pediatric research programs in the world, driving transformative cures for childhood diseases.