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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Marks 300th Liver Transplant

Father donates liver tissue to save son's life, and the family gets a visit from  CHLA's first-ever living donor liver patient, now all grown up. 4:17 pm Read More

CHLA Receives Top Epilepsy Ranking from The National Association of Epilepsy Centers

Comprehensive Epilepsy Program named a Level 4 Epilepsy Center – one of four children’s hospitals in California to meet the highest-level treatment for epileptic care.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Helps CHLA Heal Patients Through The Arts

"Dancing With The Stars" professional ballroom dancer Val Chmerkovskiy takes part in a dance movement therapy session at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with patient Josalin Escorcia, 6.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is continuing its support for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with its second $25,000 grant to drive collaboration between the entertainment community and the hospital’s Mark Taper-Johnny Mercer Artists Program. Led by arts therapists and partners in the community, program uses music, dance, drama and other arts to address the physical and emotional challenges faced by hospitalized infants, children, teens and young adults. 4:42 pm Read More

Nancy Lee Joins CHLA As New VP, To Oversee Clinical Services, Operations

In her new role at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Lee will oversee all clinical services and operations including inpatient and outpatient nursing, clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology, pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitation services, occupational, physical and speech therapy, audiology, respiratory therapy, social work, spiritual care services, language and cultural services, nutrition, clinical education and professional development, patient and family education and diversity services. 6:32 pm Read More

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Tips On Keeping Kids Safe During Summer Activities

With summer comes fun in the sun, beach outings, pool parties and outdoor adventures. Follow these guidelines to ensure you and your family have an enjoyable and safe summer in the heat and in and around the water. 3:49 pm Read More

Trying It On For Size

CHLA's CATCH Program, along with former major league baseball pitcher Jim Abbott, shows children with hand and upper limb differences (such as having a weak arm, missing fingers or missing an arm) that "anything is possible." 4:41 pm Read More

Beverly Hills News – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Unleashes Fun With Inaugural Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Twenty dogs gathered for a “pawty” when Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) declared Monday Dog Therapy Appreciation Day to celebrate a milestone. The hospital’s Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program marked a first by providing 365 consecutive days of dog therapy to CHLA patients, families and staff. The last day without a therapy dog on the CHLA campus was April 10, 2015. 6:56 pm Read More

Pediatric Epilepsy Expert Douglas Nordli Jr., MD, Joins Children’s Hospital Los Angeles As Director of Neurosciences Center

Nordli's research has focused on epilepsy classification, epilepsy surgery, febrile seizures and the ketogenic diet, which is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in children. 1:41 pm Read More

Alia Tutor, Ranjan Goswami Elected To Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Board Of Trustee

Philanthropist with strong ties to the United Nations, and VP Sales West for Delta Air Lines named to body that establishes the vision, mission and goals of one of the largest pediatric health-care facilities in the U.S. 11:31 am Read More

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Announces Plans For Pediatric Epilepsy Program

The Care+Cure arm of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles today announced plans to establish a $1.6 million endowment to fund the Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. 12:33 pm Read More

CHLA Seeking Public’s Help In Making Valentine’s Day Bright For Its Young Patients

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is again gearing up to distribute hundreds of Valentine's Day cards to its patients who can’t experience the fun of the day at home or school because they’re in the hospital. 4:43 pm Read More

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Dedicates Its New Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Interfaith Center

Rev. Dagmar Grefe, PhD, Spiritual Care Services program director, inside The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Interfaith Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Photo by Walter Urie

The 2,400 square-foot non-denominational indoor and outdoor space dedicated today will serve as an emotional and spiritual respite for CHLA patients, families and staff. 4:04 pm Read More

Tom And Holly Gores Partner With Children’s Hospital Los Angeles To Create New State-Of-the Art Allergy Center

The Gores $5 million gift will help establish the Gores Family Allergy Center, a new pediatric allergy treatment center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles that will expand clinical treatment for children with severe and life-threatening allergies, in particular allergies to food. 4:48 pm Read More

Making Holidays Bright For CHLA Patients

Volunteers from Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church delivered gifts from the “Holidays from the Heart” wish lists of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) patients and their families. 5:26 pm Read More

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Makes Top Hospitals List Again

For the fifth time in six years, Children's Hospital Los Angeles has made the list of top U.S. hospitals in an annual survey put together by a health care watchdog group. 11:55 am Read More

Tissue-Engineered Colon From Human Cells Develop Different Types of Neurons Required For Function

Tissue-engineered colon generated from cells from a patient with Hirschsprung’s disease. Nerve cells (derived from neurospheres) shown in green. Image courtesy of the Grikscheit lab, The Saban Research Institute, CHLA

A study by Children's Hospital Los Angeles scientists has shown that tissue-engineered colon derived from human cells is able to develop the many specialized nerves required for function, mimicking the neuronal population found in native colon. 1:48 pm Read More

Beverly Hills News – Petersen Foundation Donates $2.5 Million Gift To Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

The future of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ (CHLA) vision center is looking bright, thanks to a generous donation from the foundation of two former longtime Beverly Hills residents. 6:46 pm Read More

$2 Million Gift From Kort Family Foundation To Spur Research Into Brain Tumors At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

After their daughter’s tumor was successfully removed, Jill and Lee Kort and their foundation have committed $2 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ neurosurgery division to study the underlying cause and genetic profile of tumors. 3:48 pm Read More

CHLA, L.A. Kings High School Hockey League Join Forces To Provide Baseline Concussion Testing

Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Sports Concussion Program and L.A. Kings High School Hockey League joined forces to provide baseline concussion testing to 98 student athletes. During the six-hour event, athletes received ImPACT and SCAT3 evaluations, both of which assess brain function. 12:31 pm Read More

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Selected To Take Part In NIH Study On Transgender Youth

Funded with a $5.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health, Children's Hospital Los Angles is one of four centers to study evidence-based information on the physiological and psychosocial impact, as well as safety, of hormone blockers and cross-sex hormone use with transgender youth.

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