Howard Lei Ph.D. Sr. Data Scientist https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-lei/ This month, we had the opportunity to interview Senior Data Scientist Howard Lei, Ph.D. about his work at CHOC. Dr. Lei, you are working on multiple innovative projects. What is one that really stands out for you? I am working with Dr. Anthony Chang on a project using artificial intelligence to accurately detect patent […]
CHOC Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Earns Gold Beacon Award for Exceptional Patient Care
August 3, 2015 — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently conferred, for a second time, a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at CHOC Children’s Hospital (CHOC). The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy […]
Innovator Spotlight – Kent Lee
Kent Lee Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Departmentlinkedin.com/in/kent-lee-a48a029 Kent Lee, DNP, RN, CPEN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department is an inspiring innovator, who likes to see problems as opportunities for improvement. When did you become interested in innovation and how do you see problems differently? It goes back to when I first became a nurse at CHOC. […]
CHOC is Designated a Caris Center of Excellence
Caris Life Sciences®, a leading biotechnology company focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, today announced the establishment of the Caris Centers of Excellence for Precision Medicine Network™ in Pediatric Cancers (Network), and designated Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s) a center of excellence. Additionally, Leonard Sender, M.D., Medical Director at the Hyundai […]
Innovator Spotlight – Ashish Chogle and Wanda Rodriguez
Dr. Chogle and Wanda became innovation partners, working together to create CareXR, a suite of AR/VR modules in concert with the Innovation Lab and BioFlight VR.
CHOC Appoints Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer
A visionary physician leader has been appointed CHOC Children’s chief intelligence and innovation officer. Dr. Anthony Chang helped establish in 2013 the Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence and Innovations Institute (MI3) at CHOC, bringing together physicians, researchers and others, across multiple disciplines, to promote innovations in diagnoses and treatments for children. MI3 also focuses on artificial intelligence […]
