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Historical Highlights
A timeline for Boston Children’s Hospital in its first 150 years
Since 1869, when some Harvard Medical School graduates opened a 20-bed facility in the South End, what is now Boston Children’s Hospital has had myriad milestones.
Three ways technology is transforming care at Children’s Hospital
From 3-D printers that allow surgical teams to practice, to a robotic helping hand, these innovations are helping doctors do what they do best.
International patients
Doctors said the infant’s tumor could be fatal. His parents traveled 3,000 miles to save his life.
Why the world’s hardest cases come to Boston Children’s Hospital for help.
Pediatrics
Why children are complex patients
Kids are not just miniature adults. That’s a distinction that matters immensely in medicine.
Helping Paws
Meet the therapy dogs of Boston Children’s Hospital
Healing help from four-legged friends is just what the doctor ordered.
Young Athletes
How nutrition research is helping young gymnasts and figure skaters stay healthy
What young performing artist athletes eat today will make a big difference tomorrow.
Can community investment improve health? Boston Children’s is spending $53 million to find out
The hospital is working with local nonprofits to change social factors that influence children’s health.
Neonatal care
One woman’s quest to improve care for premature babies
Heidelise Als has spent decades getting hospitals to listen to their neediest patients, so all babies can benefit.