Scamper 2013 was a success!
On June 23, more than 3,000 participants joined us at the sold-out Packard Summer Scamper and helped raise over $360,000 for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital,…
Category: In the News
What makes Packard Children’s “the best”?
In June, U.S. News & World Report honored Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals, placing six of our specialties…
Toddler from Chico One of the “Biggest Saves Ever”
One year ago, Jessica and Jesse Vega watched a team from Packard Children’s work to save their son Dominic’s life in the back of an…
Many Minds, One Goal: Toward a Cure for Childhood Cancer
How does cancer start? Stanford cancer biologist Julien Sage, PhD, has spent much of his career tackling that fundamental question. Sage is not alone in…
Compassion, Innovation, Collaboration
In many ways, Mateo Kohler of San Jose is a typical 9-year-old. He likes to play soccer and practice tae kwon do, and he may…
Treatment for Life: Research, Therapy, Long-Term Care Converge at Bass Center
Twenty years ago, a child diagnosed with cancer faced a short life filled with toxic chemicals, long hospital stays, and multiple surgeries. Treatment took a…
Packard Children’s Breaks Ground: Transformational Expansion Now Under Way
In early September, Packard Children’s broke ground on a 521,000-square-foot expansion. The project will add 150 patient rooms, specialized operating rooms, and the most advanced…
Foundation for the Future: Hospital Expansion Update
Private patient rooms, advanced medical technology, and added space for clinical services, medical research, and training and education – all are benefits of the Packard…
Special Delivery
Meet Elena Though many pregnant women rush to the hospital during labor, few arrive as Tara Sharp did, flying 90 miles by emergency helicopter from…
Passion, Dedication, Expertise
Meet Dr. Concepcion Waldo Concepcion, MD, FACS, is director of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and professor of surgery at Stanford School…