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.”…
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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…
$9 million grant to establish open-access autism database at Stanford
The project, funded by the Hartwell Foundation, will assemble many types of biological data from children with autism and make the information freely available to…
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…
Meet Miranda, your 2015 Summer Scamper Patient Hero
Even as a busy college student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Miranda still finds time for another important priority: supporting the hospital, the place…
Meet Doris, your 2015 Summer Scamper Patient Hero
Doris’ lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis, which included needing oxygen 24/7, hasn’t kept her from becoming a legend in her elementary school in Menlo Park….