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Angel Torres was running out of options. After multiple rounds of chemotherapy and a fruitless search for a bone marrow donor, the 3-year-old’s odds against acute lymphoblastic leukemia were grim. That changed in June, when Phoenix Children’s providers recommended CAR-T cellular therapy, a breakthrough new treatment that uses a patient’s own T-cells to attack and destroy cancer cells. Only available at a handful of children’s cancer centers nationwide, CAR-T worked for Angel, destroying the leukemia cells and giving him a second chance at life.

Phoenix Children’s promotes Chad Johnson, Senior Vice President of Phoenix Children’s Care Network, to assume an expanded role with the health system, providing oversight for Phoenix Children’s Medical Group administrative operations.

Meekins will advance operational leadership to better serve children and families across the region

Phoenix Children’s announces Phoenix Children's Pediatrics is now a division within Phoenix Children's Medical Group, bringing pediatricians and specialists together under a single leadership. As part of the new structure, the health system appoints Darcey Winterland, MD, to Division Chief of Phoenix Children's Pediatrics.

Phoenix Children's ECMO program is the first and only center in Arizona to achieve Platinum Center of Excellence Status from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.

Phoenix Children’s has been designated a network site member of the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet).

The 16th annual Give-A-Thon for Phoenix Children’s Hospital became the top fundraiser of its kind in the country by collecting more than $1.58 million in donations during a 19-hour radio simulcast on KTAR News (92.3 FM) and Arizona Sports (98.7 FM). This marks the seventh year in a row that Bonneville Media’s two stations have exceeded $1 million in donations.