Center for Healthy Infant Lung Development (CHILD)

Programs Within the Center for Healthy Infant Lung Development

• The Esophageal Atresia Treatment Program (EAT) at Children’s Hospital Boston is the only center in the world that offers advanced and effective surgical treatment of esophageal atresia (EA) and the associated condition tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). Surgeons in our program use a technique called the Foker Process to stimulate the upper and lower ends of the esophagus to grow so they could be joined together.

• The Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children’s is the first comprehensive center focused on evaluating and treating children with a wide variety of complex and chronic sleep disorders. We see over 3,000 children each year in our sleep clinics and sleep laboratoriesand every aspect of what we do is designed specifically for children. 

• The Critical Care, Anesthesia, Perioperative Extension (CAPE) and Home Ventilation Programat Children’s provides high-quality, coordinated care in order to improve the lives of children who need long-term ventilator assistance. Our services are tailored to your child’s individual needs and include extensive home visits, outpatient clinics and inpatient consultation to meet a range of various needs.

• The Liver Transplant Programat Children’s is an integral part of the Liver Tumor Program at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center. We evaluate infants, children and adolescents who are potential candidates for liver transplantation and care for children after their transplants. Children cared for in our program may receive whole organ transplants, reduced-size liver transplants, split liver transplants or living donor transplants.