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Children's Hospital's Pediatric Firsts
- First hospital in the nation devoted exclusively to pediatric medicine; established in 1855
- First formal medical training for pediatric doctors
- First pediatric day surgery unit in the U.S.
- First neonatal surgical and pediatric intensive care unit in the U.S.
- First multidisciplinary homecare program in the U.S. for children who need medical ventilators
- First designated Level I Pediatric Regional resource Trauma Center in eastern Pennsylvania
- First follow-up program for long-term survivors of childhood cancer
- First clinic in the nation for the treatment of childhood speech defects
- First to develop the closed incubator for newborns
- First to develop the balloon catheter for the treatment of certain heart defects
- First to discover the cause of infectious mononucleosis
- First to develop vaccines for mumps, whooping cough and influenza
- First to author a book on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- First to develop a unique acute insulin response test to diagnose patients with focal lesions of congenital hyperinsulinism that can be cured with surgical intervention
- First to develop a Family Faculty Program in which adult family members teach physicians and staff about the experience of illness
- First to offer subspecialty training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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