To better serve families in the CDH community, CDH International and our CHERUBS division have instituted a new program. CDHi Ambassadors are new volunteer positions in each state and all 70+ countries that we serve that will do the following: Be on call to local parents...
Dear CDH International Members and Supporters, It has been another banner year here at CDH International! We have spent all of 2018 very much focused on research and global awareness and our hard work has paid off with the support of the World Health Organization, hospitals around...
Featured cherub of the week is Ellington McLaine Stringer. She is the infant daughter of Bryce and Elizabeth Stringer. She passed peacefully in the loving arms of her parents on January 21, 2018. Elizabeth recently posted the story of their CDH daughter to our Facebook...
Featured volunteer of the week is Mary Kate Brenner. Mary Kate is one of our newest volunteers this year and she joins our team as the Kansas State Representative and is also working on the Awareness and Fundraising Committee. She is the mom to angel...
Join us for our annual CHERUBS family conference! There will be updates on everything that is happening in the CDH world, and it’s HUGE! We’re rocking out in Nashville, Tennessee this year, July 25 – 27 at the Inn at Opryland. We’ll start with a...
Here is a list of the current Facebook fundraisers benefiting CDH International and CHERUBS: Corinne's #GivingTuesday Fundraiser Denise's Birthday Fundraiser David's Birthday Fundraiser Jerry's Birthday Fundraiser Shannon's Birthday Fundraiser In memory of my darling granddaughter Scarlett McKenzie Rhonda's Birthday Fundraiser A huge thank you to all of our wonderful fundraisers and donors! You...
CDH International is holding a virtual silent auction for FOUR tickets to the 2018 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida! The auction is for four seats in Section 228, Row B. All proceeds will being going 100% to CHERUBS/CDH International. For more information on the Gator Bowl,...
Bochdalek hernia (BH) is defined as herniated abdominal contents appearing throughout the posterolateral segment of the diaphragm. It is usually observed during the prenatal or newborn period. Here, we report a case of an adult patient with herniated omentum and colon due to BH that...
Scimitar syndrome is a form of a partially or totally right pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava, which may associate variably right lung hypoplasia, right pulmonary artery hypoplasia, pulmonary sequestration together with the presence of aortopulmonary collaterals from the descending aorta towards the...
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect that is often accompanied by other congenital anomalies. Previous exome sequencing studies for CDH have supported a role of de novo damaging variants but did not identify any recurrently mutated genes. To investigate further the genetics of CDH,...