Research conducted by Nemours Children’s Health played a pivotal role in the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-chwa), a gene therapy for a rare form of genetic hearing loss.

A summer lemonade stand allowed 6-year-old Lucy Johnson to do more than check an activity off her bucket list. It gave her an opportunity to support the four-legged friend who has helped make her hospital treatments less frightening.

An East Texas family is celebrating a medical miracle after their two-year-old daughter, who was born profoundly deaf, underwent a revolutionary surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando that has restored her hearing little by little.

As your child grows older, you might be wondering when kids can sit in the front seat of a car. We turned to pediatricians to learn more about vehicle safety.

R. Lawrence Moss, MD. President and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): At Nemours Children’s Health we embrace the fact that medical care is an important but small part of creating health for populations of children. We are proud to be investing deeply in kindergarten readiness not only for our patients but for every child who lives in our service area.

We talked with Stuart Mackenzie, MD, from Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware about choosing an orthopedic surgeon, how they can help "quarterback" a hypochondroplasia health care team, and healthy habits for young people with the condition.

Nemours Children’s Health has named a former digital healthcare company CEO, Patrice Harris, as its new executive vice president and chief health impact officer.

“I believe this makes [somatrogon-ghla] a viable long-term choice for the children and families we see with short stature due to GH deficiency,” Nelly Mauras, MD, director of research at Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville, Florida, told Healio. “The responses were sustained and comparable to daily GH.”

The Advanced Delivery Unit at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, takes cues from hospitality projects to ensure expectant mothers have a comfortable stay.

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, owned by Tower Health and Drexel University, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to form an alliance with three other health systems - Nemours Children’s Health, Jefferson Health and Temple Health - to support strong pediatric care across the city of Philadelphia.

A viral social media trend involving squishy toys is sending a growing number of children to hospital burn units.

Former Tennessee Titans safety and Rhodes Scholar Dr. Myron Rolle is making major moves off the field. In a press release on Monday, the NFL Players Association announced that Nemours “pediatric neurosurgeon, former NFL safety and Rhodes Scholar Dr. Myron L. Rolle has joined the union in strategic advisory roles focused on player health, brain cognition and preventive care across the player lifecycle.”

A Nemours program trained pediatric residents to conduct autism evaluations, improving confidence and helping families access care sooner.

It’s important to remember that clingy behavior is developmentally appropriate and a sign of a child’s secure attachment among the infant, toddler, and preschool set, according to Danika Perry, PsyD, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health.

The hospital’s leadership emphasizes investing in people, technology, and strategic integration of sterile processing department (SPD) with perioperative services.

Through its Advanced Care at Home program, Nemours Children's Health built an Epic-integrated operating model to coordinate workflows, expand capacity and support care delivery.

In this episode, Nicole Johnson, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CPEN, Chief Nursing and Patient Operations Officer at Nemours Children’s Health, joins the podcast to discuss how strong work environments and engaged nurses contribute to better patient outcomes. She shares why nursing recruitment and workforce development remain top priorities, along with how expanding virtual nursing programs can support care teams and improve the patient experience.

Pediatric hypertension is a significant concern because it can persist into adulthood and contribute to cardiovascular complications and shorter life expectancy, said Catherine Haut, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC, FAANP, FAAN, director of nursing research and evidence based practice at Nemours Children's Health in Delaware. With a lack of evidence to support treatment of hypertension in children, providers may base treatment on adult recommendations, said Haut.

In this episode, R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nemours Children’s Health, discusses why investing in childhood health can transform long-term outcomes for society, the role of healthcare systems in addressing social determinants of health, and Nemours Children’s innovative work in kindergarten readiness and pediatric global budgeting.

“Another big reason is that most of your vaccines are earlier in childhood, so there is a stretch of time where, outside of yearly influenza and COVID vaccines, there are years where no other vaccinations are recommended,” states Mark Murray, MD, physician in charge, Nemours Children’s Health in Media, Pennsylvania.

In this episode, Caswell Samms III, Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health, discusses financial priorities for 2026, including purposeful growth, Medicaid reimbursement pressures, and strategic investments in maternal care and virtual health. He also shares how CFOs must lead with agility, clinical insight, and mission focus in an uncertain healthcare landscape.

“While the pressures on healthcare institutions are real, I am proud to share that Nemours Children’s Health grew our workforce in 2025 and made meaningful, purposeful investments in our people and culture,” Mr. Baptiste told Becker’s. “In 2026, we are accelerating our efforts to retain, develop, and recruit the right talent to advance our Whole Child Health strategy.”

The system continues to prioritize building a healthy workforce to support excellent patient care.

KidsHealth, which recently marked its third decade of existence and surpassed 6 billion page views, features free, physician-approved articles, illustrations, newsletters, patient care instructions and videos. It is also the most-cited pediatric website by AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini.

Our kids are growing up in a very different world than we did. Given the advancements in technology that are now part of our kids’ lives, Lian Liu, PhD, a pediatric psychologist with Nemours Children's Health, points out that embarrassment—a normal part of growing up, to be fair—can be more acute and intense than in the past.

Linhda Nguyen, PA-C, a physician assistant at the Healthy Weight and Wellness Clinic at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, said GLP-1 prescriptions for adolescents have increased since the approval of semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk) in 2022.

Holidays are a busy travel time for families. There’s a lot of excitement about visiting relatives or traveling to new destinations. But sick kids can put a damper on travel. “Some of the top challenges that kids face during the holiday season can include respiratory illnesses, gastrointestinal infections, sleep disruptions, dietary imbalance and travel fatigue,” says Robert Snyder, MD, Chief of Florida Primary Care for Nemours Children’s Health. Dr. Snyder gives tips for keeping kids healthy so parents—and the whole family—can enjoy traveling during the holiday season.

In this episode, Dr. Peggy Greco of Nemours Children’s Health and Rachel Hamilton of NRC Health, discuss how their organizations use equity centered data, communication tools, and patient voice to close experience gaps and improve outcomes for children and families.

In November, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health stated that it has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions at home through its Advanced Care at Home program. The health system says it is the nation’s first at-home acute care model run by a freestanding children’s hospital.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has named Terry Haley, as its next executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has launched its Advanced Care at Home program, which has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions through a first-of-its-kind home-based care model.

Caswell Samms III. Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): At Nemours Children’s Health, one of the most valuable innovations came from reimagining how we use what we already have. By building digital care pathways within our existing Epic platform, we standardized care for common conditions like asthma and diabetes, improving outcomes and reducing unnecessary variation, like emergency department utilization, without major new spending. It’s a great example of frontline collaboration, using data and workflow redesign to create real value for patients, our associates and the organization.

“We saw a really bad season last year, and I worry that this season could be even worse,” said Jonathan Miller, associate chief of primary care at Nemours Children’s Health and president of the Delaware chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Since June, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions at home through a first-of-a-kind program. The Advanced Care at Home program is designed for children who are medically stable but require ongoing advanced care. It is the nation’s first at-home care model operated by a freestanding children’s hospital, according to a Nov. 10 news release from Nemours.

Colleen Schimpf, MSN, RN, CPNP-BC, a Certified Infant/Toddler Sleep Consultant at Nemours Children's Health, urges parents to fact-check the information they see online to make sure it’s safe and accurate—and take everything you see or hear on social media with a grain of salt.

Nemours Children’s Health is a leader in pediatric musculoskeletal care, offering comprehensive treatment for children with the most complex orthopedic, spine and neuromuscular conditions.

Indeed, a "velcro kid" is basically a child who has difficulty separating from a parent or caregiver, according to Danika Perry, PsyD, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health.

It’s important to remember that clingy behavior is developmentally appropriate and a sign of a child’s secure attachment among the infant, toddler, and preschool set, according to Dr. Perry.

Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville (Fla.) named Stacy White, Jr., MD, division chief or interventional radiology. Dr. White will strengthen collaboration between specialties, expand inpatient consultation services and streamline workflows to improve access to interventional radiology services, according to an Oct. 24 system news release shared with Becker’s. He will also work to expand regional operations.

Ashley Anttila, MD, a pediatrician at Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware.

The newly joined health systems are, according to an Oct. 20 news release: Endeavor Health (Evanston, Ill.), Henry Ford Health (Detroit), Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.), Northwestern Medicine (Chicago), Rush University System for Health (Chicago).

Pediatrics hospitals: Scottish Rite for Children (Dallas), Children’s Hospital of Alabama (Birmingham), Nemours Children’s Health System (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Caswell Samms III, CFO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health, also emphasized service line growth with a pediatric focus. Over the next two to three years, the health system will expand capacity through various strategic initiatives in Florida and the Delaware Valley. “This includes targeted investments in high-acuity pediatric specialty programs such as orthopedics, cardiology, maternal–fetal medicine, neonatology and oncology,” Mr. Samms said. “We are also advancing innovation in value-based care through the global budget model in Delaware. By continuing to operate as a unified health system, Nemours will strengthen brand recognition and foster strategic partnerships — ensuring we deliver the highest quality pediatric care across all our service areas.”

Wesley was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — a rare form of blood cancer that attacks the bone marrow — last year, in the final week of the season. Wesley completed his treatment this summer at Nemours Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., and is now in complete remission. In September, Hines-Allen and the rest of his family got to join Wesley in ringing the bell at Nemours, signaling the successful end of his treatment. Despite the Jaguars losing to the Seahawks on Sunday, it gave Hines-Allen a special moment with his son after a difficult year of treatment.

“Just want to say thank you to the doctors and nurses from the bottom of our hearts for saving our son's life. Thank you so much,” said of the doctors at Nemours.

In this Healio video perspective, Carly Levy, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM, shares her advice for physicians to cope with tough days at work. “Something that I do personally is reframe,” the director of the hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware said. “It’s reframing what I just witnessed and thinking about what I actually contributed vs. what I don’t have control over.”

AI chatbots are increasingly citing health system websites in their answers to healthcare-related questions. But which organizations show up the most in these AI-generated responses? 28. Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Nemours Children’s Health — a pediatric hospital network with locations in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida — was one of the health systems that delayed its Covid vaccine rollout until the CDC recommendation came out. Dr. Matthew Davis, Nemours’ enterprise physician-in-chief, said the network should receive doses soon.

In this Healio video perspective, Kirk Reichard, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP, explains what pediatricians should know about weight loss surgery for treating children with obesity. “I think it’s a relatively new topic for many people,” said Reichard, director of metabolic and bariatric surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware.

Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention and control at Nemours Children’s Health in Florida.

This week, the couple surprised doctors and nurses at Nemours Children's Health and Wolfson Children's Hospital with autographed jerseys and tickets to Monday Night Football.

Researchers obtained data from the NIH National Clinical Cohort Collaborative database, which included electronic health record data from 98 institutions in the U.S. Thao-Ly T. Phan, MD, MPH, pediatrician at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, said the data allowed researchers to assess the impact of a COVID-19 diagnosis across a diverse group of children.

A first-of-its-kind medical robot is helping doctors at Nemours Children's Hospital perform spinal surgeries. The robot is making surgery faster and more precise, which means a quicker and easier recovery for patients.

In this episode, Dr. Myron Rolle, Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Nemours Children’s Hospital, shares his inspiring journey from professional football to medicine. He discusses the impact of culture and resilience in pediatric care, advances in neurosurgery, and his advocacy for brain injury prevention and youth empowerment.

There are healthcare employers throughout the U.S. that are prioritizing the needs and wellbeing of their staffs. And for the first time, Forbes has evaluated these organizations to produce America’s Best Employers For Healthcare Professionals 2025.

As Elie Hessel, PhD, a pediatric psychologist with Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida, tells Parents, “Identifying and setting goals that are meaningful, and creating reasonable, measured plans to work toward achieving those goals can be a good thing.”

Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s has appointed Douglas Harrison, MD, as division chief of hematology, oncology, transplant and cellular therapy, as well as the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair. Dr. Harrison will shape the strategy of the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders, according to a Sept. 8 news release from Nemours Children’s.

Caswell L. Samms III, MBA. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): Nemours’ greatest growth opportunity over the next two to three years lies in expanding capacity through strategic initiatives in Florida and the Delaware Valley. This includes targeted investments in high-acuity pediatric specialty programs such as orthopedics, cardiology, maternal–fetal medicine, neonatology, and oncology. We are also advancing innovation in value-based care through the global budget model in Delaware. By continuing to operate as a unified health system, Nemours will strengthen brand recognition and foster strategic partnerships — ensuring we deliver the highest quality pediatric care across all our service areas.

Local childhood cancer warriors and their families took center stage at an unforgettable evening at the ballpark at last Saturday’s Nemours Children’s Health Childhood Cancer Awareness Night.

For many people, making a career change often involves a shift within similar industries. However, Myron Rolle, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Fla., opted to trade an NFL jersey, helmet and football field for scrubs, an operating room and a passion to treat young people with complex neurological conditions.

Strahm and Marsh will be decked out in green again on Saturday night, which is Nemours Children's Health Childhood Cancer Awareness Night.

“The overwhelming majority of sickle cell patients presenting to the ED with pain episodes have what we call an uncomplicated pain episode,” Gwarzo, a research scientist at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, told Healio. “It has been theorized that for these patients, hospital admission will not be needed if their pain is controlled adequately and promptly.”

8. Mark Twite, MD, was appointed chief of cardiac anesthesia at Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Del.

Ibrahim Gwarzo, Dr.P.H., M.B.B.S., from Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, and colleagues examined whether timely administration of opioids (within 60 minutes) in the emergency department is associated with hospitalization for sickle cell disease (SCD) pain. The analysis included 2,538 children (younger than 19 years) seen at 12 children’s hospitals with comprehensive SCD centers (9,233 emergency visits from 2019 through 2021).

At the same time, if a child is experiencing anxiety around the return to school, it can make getting sleep more difficult. “A child may have nightmares or trouble sleeping, especially falling asleep,” Leah Orchinik, formerly a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware, told HuffPost.

Josh Hines-Allen had three sacks in the 2023 meeting between Carolina and Jacksonville. He needs 2 ½ sacks to break the franchise record (55) set by Tony Brackens in 2003. Hines-Allen has 53 sacks over seven seasons, including 17 ½ in 2023. He finished with eight last season and missed the season finale while dealing with his son’s cancer diagnosis. His 7-year-old son Wesley is now in remission and rang the bell last month at Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville.

"Wesley is now in remission and celebrated the end of treatment with a bell-ringing ceremony on Tuesday, August 26, at Nemours Children's Health in Jacksonville. "They have people that can help support them and give them love. And again, my foundation is just to show support. We're contributing to four different organizations throughout the year, so each month is going to be different. An organization that we're targeting to help spread more awareness for them and for us as well. So, I'm excited about that journey and this first month is Nemours and then we'll start adding on when the season goes on.”

Interview airs on the national NPR broadcast station nationwide.

Dr. Kopsombut, triple board-certified in general pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine and clinical informatics, leads enterprisewide technology initiatives that enhance provider workflows, optimize EHR usability and expand AI integration across Nemours Children’s Health.

Nemours Children’s Health: Magna cum laude

Caswell L. Samms III. Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): Our biggest win is the global budget approval in our partnership with the state of Delaware.

Spine robots have made significant advancements, and in recent months three hospitals began offering the technology for pediatric patients. Dr. Shah, who has used Velys at Nemours Children’s Hospital, said he’s used the robot for placing instruments, intraoperative guidance and screw placement.

Orlando (Fla.) Health and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health donated financial support for the new facility, the UCF news release said.

"For families facing a diagnosis of SMA, the results of this study offer real hope. Treating children before symptoms appear -- when they are still developing normally -- can change the entire trajectory of the disease," coauthor Aledie Navas, M.D., from Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida, said in a statement. "We are no longer just managing symptoms; we are preserving strength, function and quality of life from the very start."

We also have Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital here, where Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is a key partner — they provide the physician component to Wolfson’s. And that’s another one where organizations, doing what’s squarely within their core competence and doing what’s best, have created something better than either one could have themselves.

“The majority of people who get an infection don’t have any symptoms,” said Dr. Karen Ravin, the pediatric infectious disease division chief and medical director of infection prevention and control at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware.

To learn more about how to tell when your baby will outgrow the bassinet, I interviewed Dr. Angela Goodwin, a primary care pediatrician at Nemours Children’s Health.

Monica Barreto, PhD, Clinical Director of Behavioral Health, FL Primary Care at Nemours Children's Health, recommends delaying social media for younger phone users. “Many social media platforms are not recommended for kids under the age of 13. Even those over 13 may need parental guidance,” she tells Parents.

The Emergency Nurses Association recognized 96 hospital emergency departments for demonstrating outstanding leadership, practice, education and advocacy that resulted in improved patient care and staff well-being.

Wesley underwent chemotherapy for six months. He has a few treatments remaining before he gets to ring the bell next month at Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville.

The best way to deal with big emotions younger sibs experience come autumn is to acknowledge and validate the feelings according to Elie Hessel, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist with Nemours Children’s Hospital in Florida.

“The most common triggers for social smiles in babies are close, face-to-face moments with parents, caregivers, or siblings—think: smiling faces, happy expressions, and gentle touches,” explains Dr. Madhushree Desiraju, MD, a primary care physician with Nemours Children’s Health.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health opened a specialty clinic in Salisbury, Md., that will offer specialty services starting with cardiology, with plans to add neurosurgery, otolaryngology, orthopedics, radiology, urology and neurology services over the next few months.

International bonds of friendship have formed at Nemours Children's Hospital between two little girls being treated for a rare disease.

Dr. Stephen Dunn at Nemours Children's Hospital and his one-time patient from South America, Diego Garcia, are now friends and are working together to help others who need organ transplants.