Celebrating the grand opening of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles — South Bay are: (l-r) Robert Adler, MD, MSEd; Cathy Siegel Weiss, Co-chair, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees; Pediatric Urologist Paul Kokorowski, MD, of Manhattan Beach; and Richard D. Cordova, FACHE,...

For the second time in four years, The American Nurses Credentialing Center bestowed Magnet recognition for nursing excellence on Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, according to an announcement today by Richard D. Cordova, FACHE, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “Earning Magnet...

Parul Bhatia, MD Investigators have determined that objective hearing screenings conducted during routine doctor visits are feasible and effective in detecting postnatal hearing loss.  The paper published in the January issue of The Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, resulted from a...

Dr. Henri Ford A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles donation of $326,102 in reusable pediatric medical equipment, supplies and hospital room furniture has arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and will be disbursed to regional hospitals to help the Caribbean country’s ongoing efforts to recover from the...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced Wednesday that the estate of the legendary Oscar-winning filmmaker Billy Wilder and his wife Audrey made an $11 million gift to the hospital’s new endowed chair in the Division of Neurosurgery and to the hospital’s Endowment in Neurosurgery. In honor...

Tragedy and disaster strike when we least expect it. The recent shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and the unfortunate events of Hurricane Sandy are prime examples of how trauma and disaster can affect children and families. Parents...

Tracy Grikscheit, MD [CHLA] – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles scientists, led by principal investigator Tracy Grikscheit, MD, have for the first time grown tissue-engineered human large intestine. This effort is part of the ongoing projects in Grikscheit’s laboratory to help babies who are...

Frank F. Ing, MD [CHLA] – One of the nation’s leading pediatric cardiologists in cardiac catheterization has joined Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. Frank F. Ing, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI, has been named associate chief of Cardiology and director of the...

DeAnn Marshall After a national search, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has named DeAnn Marshall of Sunland, Calif., as senior vice president, chief development and marketing officer. In her new capacity, she will lead the hospital’s Foundation department, filling the role of senior vice president...

[CHLA] – House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have announced an international consortium with the University of Verona in Italy to collaborate on teaching and research to advance the use of the Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) in children worldwide. The ABI is already...