Committee on Clinical Investigations (CCI)

The Committee on Clinical Investigations (CCI) is the Institutional Review Board at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

The Committee on Clinical Investigations is comprised of an institutional review board made up of doctors, researchers and community members.

Committee Members:

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Robert D. Bart, MD Critical Care Medicine
Diane Brown, MD, PhD Rheumatology
Judith E. Butler, BA Community Member
Rebecca Dahl, PhD Family Psychology
Felicitas A. dela Cruz, RN, DNSc Nurse Research
Girish Dhall, MD Hematology/Oncology
Hank Foshee, MFT Community Member
Jeffrey Gold, PhD Pediatric Psychology
Kellie Greenblatt, MD Radiology
Theresa Harned, MD Hematology/Oncology
Marcia Higareda Clinical Research
Thomas G. Keens, MD, CIP Pulmonology
Carol Kim, MS Child Life
Cheryl Lew, MD, MSEd, MS Pulmonology
Alan B. Lewis, MD Cardiology
Marcia Liuzzi Community Member
Wendy Mitchell, MD Neurology
John Pech, MS Pharmacy
Jose Polido, DDS Dentistry
Ami Shah, MD Bone Marrow Transplant
Hung Tran, MD Hematology/Oncology
Susan Turkel, MD Child Psychiatry
Rajkumar Venkatramani, MD Hematology/Oncology
Kenneth Wong, MD Radiation Oncology
Guy Young, MD Hematology/Oncology
Octavio Zavala, BS Hematology/Oncology


Emergency Response IRB

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Thomas G. Keens, MD, CIP Pulmonology
Alan B. Lewis, MD Cardiology
Judith E. Butler, BA Community Member
Hank Foshee, MFT Community Member
Marcia Liuzzi Community Member
Wendy G. Mitchell, MD Neurology
Robert D. Bart, MD Critical Care Medicine
Rebecca Dahl, PhD Family Psychology
John G. Pech, MS Pharmacy


IRB Committee 2012 Meeting Schedule

CCI Meeting Date
All meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise noted.*
Due Date for New Submissions
(Includes new studies, amendments and progress reports - due before 4:30 pm)
Due Date for Re-Submissions
(Due before noon)
January 4 December 21 December 26
January 18 January 4 January 9
February 1 January 18 January 23
February 15 February 1 February 6
March 7 February 15 February 20
March 21 March 7 March 12
April 4 March 21 March 26
April 18 April 4 April 9
May 2 April 18 April 23
May 16 May 2 May 7
June 6 May 16 May 21
June 20 June 6 June 11
*Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings take place in the CLIC conference room. Note: These due dates do not apply to studies that qualify for an expedited review under the HHS.