Elijah “Drax Shadow” is honored by WWE
Have you heard of World Wrestling Entertainment’s newest WWE Superstar, Drax Shadow? Standing at a mere four feet tall and weighing just over 50 pounds,…
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Girls’ Day Out at Tova Spa
There are many treatments, therapies and drugs for cancer, but sometimes a day of pampering with friends is just what the doctor ordered. That’s why…
Q&A with Christopher Dawes, CEO
Leading a children's hospital is unique in that providing healthcare for the patient means providing healthcare services for the whole family. Becker's Hospital Review checked…
WWE Raises $281K for Kids like Elijah
“We’ll keep fighting and fighting!” says Melody Mainville, mother of Elijah, a young boy receiving care at our hospital for neruoblastoma, “There’s no giving up.”…
The Dinner raises more than $2 million
Last week, we took over Stanford Stadium for a magical evening of dinner, dancing, and fundraising for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the child health programs…
The worst disease you’ve never heard of: Stanford researchers and patients battle EB
I’m often humbled by my job. Well, not the job, exactly, but the physicians, researchers, and especially patients who take the time to speak with…
Stanford doctors unraveling mysterious childhood psychiatric disease
A story in Sunday’s Wall Street Journal highlights Stanford’s leadership in treating a mystifying disease in which a child suddenly develops intense psychiatric problems, often after an…
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford named one of 2015’s Most Wired
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children’s Health have been honored as one of HealthCare’s Most Wired™ for 2015. Health data security and patient engagement…
Summer Scamper raises $500,000
More than 3,200 participants joined us at Stanford on June 21 for the Summer Scamper 5k, 10k, and kids' fun run and helped raise over…
5 questions: James Lock on guidelines for treating teens’ eating disorders
James Lock, MD, PhD, co-author of the first set of guidelines for treating adolescents with eating disorders, discusses why evidence-based therapies for these common and…