Hopkins Children's Magazine

Fall 2022

Living Testament

Read about Sara Kathryn Smith, the Children's Center's new medical director of pediatric liver transplantation, who has a hard-won perspective on what it means to live with advanced liver disease.

Spring 2022

The Serious Side of Play
In the first online edition of Hopkins Children's, read about how child life specialists use toys and games to help prevent potential trauma from medical interventions. 

Fall 2021

The Second Surge
How did critical care specialist Meghan Bernier and other staff manage the pandemic, themselves and each other, the second time around?

Spring 2020

Sofia's Story
An unprecedented breakthrough for children with spinal muscular atrophy?

Spring 2019

Taurian's Story.
He saved his siblings from a fire — then the pediatric burn team rescued his dream of playing professional football.

Spring 2018

LJ's Journey
A Children's Center nurse searches for clues to her son’s puzzling symptoms.

Summer 2017

Beyond the North Star
With a visionary eye, Johns Hopkins Children's Center co-director and pediatrician-in-chief Tina Cheng leads pioneering, evidence-based approaches to pre-empt and prevent illness and injury in children.

Summer 2016

The Dover Decades
George Dover’s colleagues reflect on the director of pediatrics’ remarkable 44-year career at Johns Hopkins as a scientist, iconoclastic leader, child advocate and teacher.

Spring 2015

The Surgeon Scientist
In this issue, we look at the science in the OR, saving the newborn brain and residents in the Navajo Nation.

Summer 2014

Conquering Cloacal Exstrophy
Conquering cloacal exstrophy, nursing beyond the borders and All Children’s Hospital’s growing research enterprise in this issue.