Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Sidra Medicine to Establish First-Ever Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program in Qatar

PHILADELPHIA, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sidra Medicine, a specialty healthcare organization for women, children and young people in Qatar. The MOU, signed by Dr. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch, CEO of Sidra Medicine, and Madeline Bell, President and CEO of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will establish a collaboration between CHOP and Sidra Medicine in Sidra Medicine's efforts to create the first-ever pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) program in Qatar.