Back in 1986, Audruin Pittman, was a frightened, pregnant 15-year-old with no place to turn. “I ran away from home to a friend’s house without telling my parents,” says Pittman, now 46. “I had two diapers and a stuffed animal and I figured that was all I would need.” Recent NATEEN grad Stephanie...

After 45 years of service at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, nurse and Valencia native Tommy Covington admits he has thought about retiring. “But what would I do?” he said. “I still love my job so much. I’m not ready yet.” Covington is the kind of caretaker that his colleagues admire and...

Ralphs Grocery Co. is pleased to announce that it is raising funds to support children’s hospitals in Southern California. Ralphs customers and associates can support their local children’s hospital through the supermarket chain’s nonprofit arm, The Ralphs Fund, by donating their spare...

Paul S. Viviano The Board of Trustees at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles  has announced that Paul S. Viviano, currently the chief executive officer for the University of California, San Diego Health System and associate vice chancellor for UC San Diego Health Sciences, will serve as the organization’s...

From left: Neonatologists Philippe S. Friedlich, M.D., and Steven W. Chin, M.D. of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team with Frances Su, M.D., a neonatologist at Providence Tarzana Medical Center. Children in the San Fernando Valley now have access to an enhanced level of pediatric care, under the...

For the seventh straight year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the country, an honor that acknowledges the hospital’s clinical excellence and the comprehensive scope of its patient care. CHLA also was named to the elite Honor Roll of the...

[CHLA] – An 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins, the first such operation ever performed on Haitian...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced Thursday the grand opening and dedication of the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation Rehabilitation Center honoring the couple’s two late sons, Bobby and Richie Petersen, who died in a 1975 plane crash. Late last month patients and staff moved in to...

[MHF] – Imagine the devastation of hearing your child has brain cancer. Brain cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in children in North America. It is the second most common type of childhood cancer, accounting for approximately 25 percent of all types, and occurring at a rate...

Once again, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is gearing up to distribute thousands of valentine’s day cards to our young patients who won’t be able to experience the joy of Valentine’s Day at home or at school because they are in the hospital. Children’s Hospital needs your help. This week,...