Eight-year-old Theo sat quietly in the Surgery Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, clutching his stuffed dinosaur and listening as a child life specialist gently explained the...

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 a special place for our patients and families, and...

New Allergy Clinic Opens at Stanford The new David and Julia Koch Clinic at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research is now open. A transformative $10 million gift from the Kochs...

“By being able to overcome life-threatening food allergies, I learned to persevere through challenges instead of avoiding them.” —JARED CHIN, 16, CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANT When Jared Chin was 4, he...

This artwork was created by Packard Children's Hospital patient Emmett, age 1, and his big brother Wyatt, age 4. Emmett underwent his first open-heart surgery at 4 months old at our Betty Irene Moore...

There is no cure for 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Stanford researcher Sergiu Pasca, MD, wants to change that. Often, understanding how cells behave is key to helping patients. Examining a cancerous...