Hospital News
Published on September 30, 2016
After the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015, nearly one million children were affected. Thus, the organization has issued warnings regarding the vulnerable status of children in such a situation. Potential risks that children can face during a disaster include:
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Published on August 12, 2016
More than 200 Children's Hospital Los Angeles physicians are recognized in Pasadena Magazine's Top Doctors issue for 2016! Many of the honorees are members of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group and are academically affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of... Read More
Published on February 9, 2016
Over the past few months, a lot of news coverage has been devoted to outbreaks of Zika virus around the world, including warnings that the virus can and is following some international travelers back into the United States. Some warnings involve pregnant women and the... Read More
Published on November 17, 2015
CHLA team members are sharing their pride today after learning that CHLA has been named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission for the care we provide for our asthma patients.
The Joint Commission is revered in the health care industry for setting the... Read More
Published on August 4, 2015
Pasadena Magazine just gave everyone at CHLA an opportunity to show our appreciation to the experts that we work with each day within our walls.
The July/August issue of Pasadena Magazine has been released on newsstands across Los Angeles and 85 physicians with privileges to... Read More
Published on July 1, 2015
Do you live in the San Fernando Valley? Well, you probably already know that we have an outpatient center near you in Encino.
But starting today, July 1, we’ll also have our physicians overseeing care in each of the three pediatric and neonatal units at Providence Tarzana... Read More
Published on June 8, 2015
For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has named Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to its prestigious Honor Roll of the best children’s hospitals in the nation. With the release of the 2015-2015 U.S. News Honor Roll, we have been named:
No.1-ranked children’... Read More
Published on April 16, 2015
For the last four years, the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center (HTC) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been traveling to Arequipa, Peru to help improve the state of hemophilia care through a World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) project: The Twinning Program. Just recently,... Read More
Published on December 19, 2014
Hosted by actress Patricia Heaton from “The Middle,” our Emmy award-winning television special, Imagine: A Celebration of Hope, featured several of CHLA’s transformative programs through stories of our brave patients and dedicated clinicians and staff members. Below are stories... Read More
Published on November 28, 2014
Recently, The Honest Company, Jessica Alba and Baby 2 Baby teamed up to give 20 deserving patient families from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles the gift of a safe crib and a bag of The Honest Company essentials.
Together, with Thomas Keens, MD, pediatric pulmonologist at CHLA,... Read More
Published on November 21, 2014
Dancers from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (DWTS), Val Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Artem Chigvintsev, Emma Slater, Sasha Farber and two contestants, Sadie Robertson from Duck Dynasty and Bethany Mota, a YouTube star, visited Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to join in on a fun... Read More
Published on September 11, 2014
The University of Southern California’s (USC’s) athletic director Patrick “Pat” Haden was fined $25,000 and reprimanded by the Pac-12 for his actions in the third quarter of the Trojans’ 13-10 win against Stanford on Saturday, Sept. 6. A few days later, Pat took to Twitter and... Read More
Published on August 26, 2014
On August 23-24, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles patients and doctors from the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases took the field at Dodgers Stadium for ThinkCure! Weekend. The annual two-day event benefits cancer research at CHLA and City of Hope by raising funds... Read More
Published on August 21, 2014
Fifteen-year-old Eileen Garrido is an accomplished singer, Junior Ambassador for Children’s Hospital, founder of the Beating Hearts Foundation and a long-time patient of CHLA. This past Wednesday, Eileen was CHLA’s honorary guest at Costco Wholesale’s philanthropic event and... Read More
Published on July 22, 2014
Los Angeles Medical Team Performs California’s First Auditory Brainstem Implant Surgery on Toddler at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Part of Only NIH-funded Study of Device’s Safety and Use In Young Children
3-year-old Canadian boy hears for first time after device... Read More
Published on June 5, 2014
At 14 years old, Eileen Garrido is an accomplished singer, Junior Ambassador for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and has established her own nonprofit called the Beating Hearts Foundation. She is also a heart patient at CHLA, scheduled for her third heart surgery on Tuesday,... Read More
Published on April 8, 2014
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles volunteer Marie Cassanelli, 87, likes to refer to her time at the hospital as her “tenure.” Why not? She has been a dedicated hospital volunteer since the mid-1960s and if there was such a thing as an honorary degree for volunteer service,... Read More
Published on January 10, 2014
Did you know these adorable plush animals can help our kids? As part of the Kohl’s Cares for Kids Program, stores are offering these plush favorites and classic children’s books for just $5.00.
If you make a purchase between now and April 26, 2014, Kohl’s will donate 100... Read More
Published on December 20, 2013
Save the date or set your DVR for Imagine: A Celebration of Hope, a three-time Emmy award winning, television special.
Date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Channel: ABC7 Hashtag: #ImagineCHLA
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Be moved and inspired by these patient stories:
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Published on November 1, 2013
We saw it all this Halloween…princesses, super heroes, monsters and creatures! The patients and families at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles got into the Halloween spirit with the help from nurses, child life specialists, hospital volunteers and Team Lilly. There were little... Read More