Cherese Mari Laulhere (Orange, Calif. Nov. 20, 2019) – CHOC Children’s today announced it has received a transformational gift from the Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation to enhance and expand its pediatric mental health system of care. The announcement comes on the heels of the Conditions of Children in Orange County report, which highlights an alarming increase in the number of […]
CHOC Children’s names new neonatology nursing director
(ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 14, 2019) – CHOC Children’s has named longtime pediatric nurse Jennie Sierra as nursing director of neonatology. Her responsibilities will include oversight of CHOC Children’s Hospital’s neonatal units. In her new role, Sierra will work collaboratively with patient care services teams and CHOC’s neonatology division, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as […]
CHOC Welcomes New Performance Excellence Leader
(ORANGE, Calif., July 12, 2019) – CHOC Children’s has tapped a seasoned healthcare leader to further increase performance excellence across the pediatric healthcare system. In her role as executive director of performance excellence, Sharon Nielsen Wilson will find ways to improve and enhance how CHOC patients and families are served across the organization at all […]
CHOC Children’s Hospital honored with resuscitation recognition award
(ORANGE, Calif., June 21, 2019) – CHOC Children’s Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Silver Plus Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer cardiac arrests in the hospital. More than 200,000 adults and children have an in-hospital cardiac arrest each […]
Grammy-Award Nominated OneRepublic Joined Orange County Community in Supporting CHOC Children’s at Gala’s 10th Anniversary
Anaheim, Calif. (Feb.12, 2018) – Hundreds of community and business leaders, as well as philanthropists rallied together at the CHOC Children’s Gala to raise $2.7 million for Orange County’s only pediatric healthcare system, CHOC Children’s. Held on Feb. 3, at the Disneyland Resort, the gala featured exquisite food, heartwarming stories and entertainment provided by OneRepublic. […]
CHOC CEO and CFO Named to National “Leaders to Know” List
CHOC President and CEO Kimberly Chavalas Cripe and Senior Vice President and CFO Kerri Ruppert Schiller are among an esteemed group of healthcare executives recognized in Becker’s Hospital Review’s “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” list for 2014. Individuals included on the list lead some of the largest and most prominent hospitals […]