Repairing Broken Hearts
Mark Skylar-Scott, PhD, joins BASE, Stanford’s new multidisciplinary initiative to cure congenital heart defects. It’s a futuristic 3D printing system—one of only two in the…
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Confronting Racism Head-on
With donor support, new research aims to reduce health disparities. Longstanding, underlying health disparities in America became even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic in…
A High-Stakes Decision
The Makhzoumi family chose Packard Children’s for their son’s care and their philanthropic support. Kate and Mohamad Makhzoumi say they felt a mixture of “shock…
2020 Report on Giving
During an unprecedented year, you and 11,966 other donors gave a total of $103 million to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the child and…
30 Years of Hope and Discovery
In 1991, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford opened its doors thanks to a $70 million donation from Lucile Packard, an advocate for the health of…
Thank You Notes (Summer 2021)
Every day, donors like you make gifts of all sizes to build a healthier future for children and expectant mothers. Your support makes our hospital…
In the News (Summer 2021)
Pediatric Transplant Program Receives Top Recognition Stanford Children’s Health is ranked as a national leader for pediatric organ transplantation, according to recent data from the…
Where are they now? Catching up with 2015 Patient Hero Breezy
Breezy, one of our very first Summer Scamper Patient Heroes, is training hard for an Ironman Triathlon. In 2011, Breezy was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a…
Gut It Out Foundation Launches Fundraiser in Support of the Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute
The Gut It Out Foundation, founded by Jake and Amanda Diekman, is fundraising to support the work of the Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research…
Meet Caroline, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero
In August 2020, Caroline told her parents her arm hurt. Eventually she stopped using it. “When we took her to urgent care, then an orthopedic…
