Dr. Cahill's focuses on improving treatments for patients with early onset chest and spinal deformity, employing a combination of clinical, biomechanical, and basic science research approaches.
Dr. Anari has research interests in pediatric chest wall and spinal deformities. His current research projects include understanding how children respond overall to chest wall surgery in thoracic insufficiency. He's working to identify which patients with early-onset scoliosis are at risk for unplanned surgery in an attempt to limit anesthesia exposure to the developing brain.
Dr. Mayer's research interests center on chronic respiratory failure, the pulmonary manifestations of neuromuscular disease, and assessing and managing patients with complex chest wall and spine disease.
Dr. Avitabile works to understand the impact of musculoskeletal deficits on exercise performance in children with complex heart and lung diseases. She also participates in multi-centered clinical trials to advance the care of children with pediatric pulmonary hypertension.
In this week’s news roundup, CHOP’s Department of Pediatrics ranked No 1. in U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Pediatrics Programs’ for medical schools.
Scientists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia attend the American Society of Cell & Gene Therapy Annual Meeting to share their expertise through posters, panel discussions, and workshops.
The Wyss Medical Foundation gifted CHOP $5 million to support thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS) patient care, innovative research and education at CHOP.
