The Ayla Gunner Prushansky Fund

We established a fund in Ayla’s honor through CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to advance Dr. Franks efforts in researching pulmonary vascular diseases to provide families like ours with hope and options. Helplessness as your baby fights for their life and the eventual loss that follows is something that no family should have to endure. The funds raised will be used to propel science forward to provide life-saving therapies for these horrific pulmonary vascular diseases. 

Please consider joining us in the fight to help these precious angels stay with us here on earth. Philanthropy is essential to establish the world’s most advanced translational discovery program for the kinds of diseases that took Ayla’s life. Our vision in creating and growing the Ayla Gunner Prushansky Fund will ensure that your gift will have an impact on future generations of children and families like ours. To flourish, translational research requires a knowledge-driven ecosystem, where experts generate, contribute, manage and analyze data available from all parts of the landscape. This type of research is the cornerstone of CHOP’s 163-year-old mission and globally-renowned excellence across pediatric medicine. CHOP is uniquely positioned to accelerate the translation of basic science into applicable clinical knowledge. Breakthrough discoveries are often developed with funding from generous donors like you. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.